"J.W. Bizzaro" wrote: > "A.J. Rossini" wrote: > > > > JWB> From discussions we've had, it > > JWB> seems CORBA is superior in terms of speed and security. > > > > Agreed, in a sense (speed, yes; security, depends and is extremely > > contextual, so let's not go down that route...). > > I'm not an expert on any of the models. I am simply relying on what others > here tell me. Jarl has made favorable comments regarding CORBA's security > model. Also, regarding XML-RPC, SOAP and .NET (which, it appears, are now > related), I have HEARD that the intention is to run them through HTTP in order > to bypass firewalls. These are the reasons why I said CORBA is "superior" > (bad choice of words -- it tends to cause more flame wars). Just a small note on 'corba & security' : I didn't say corba is secure, I said we need a security mechanism, implemented by corba. But the actual security has nothing to do with corba. Corba just gives the option to do thing right. bye, jarl