| Web Services Take Float with JAXR |
| Frank Sommers | May 17, 2002 |
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| Learn how you can describe and advertise your Web service so that others can find it, and how you can locate services on the Web in this second installment of our Web Services column. This is an initial look at the Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) and its existing reference implementation, which ships with Sun Microsystems' Java Web Services Developer Pack (JWSDP). |
| Biometric Sensors Beaten Senseless in Tests |
| John Leyden | May 22nd, 2002 |
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| If you are considering biometric security systems, it might be time to re consider the decision. Over the past few weeks several excellent articles have been published showing how the current biometric security devices fall far short of being secure. |
| Some more can be found at the Crypto-Gram newsletter |
| Secrecy, Security, and Obscurity |
| Bruce Schneier | May 15th 2001 |
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| An interesting discussion of Kerckhoffs principle. This states in a well-designed cryptographic system, only the key needs to be secret; there should be no secrecy in the algorithm. It is interesting article since Bruce also looks at applying the principle to any generic security system, such as airport security. In the end Bruce states Kerckhoffs' Principle should be generalized to the following design guideline: minimize the number of secrets in your security system. |
| Creating Web Services with Apache Axis |
| Dion Almaer | May 22nd 2002 |
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| This is a look at Apache Axis. More specifically the article uses the new WSDL2Java and Java2WSDL tools to quickly get a WSDL descriptor, access the associated Web service, and then expose some Java code. |
| Open-Source Fight Flares At Pentagon |
| Jonathan Krim | May 23, 2002 |
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| A May 10 report prepared for the Defense Department concluded that open source often results in more secure, less expensive applications and that, if anything, its use should be expanded. I have to laugh since one interesting tidbit is that the DOD is prohibited from purchasing any software that has not undergone security testing by the NSA. However, since you generally don't purchase open source software, I wonder if that requirement applies to open source software? |
| A J2EE Presentation Pattern: Applets with Servlets and XML |
| Jeremy Dickson | May 24th 2002 |
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| A look at mixing applets, XML and J2EE. It is a initial level look which also examines some pro's and con's of mixing in an applet into your web application. |
| Jakarta Struts Book Review Project: |
| The ServerSide | May 22nd 2002 |
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| This book chapter examines Java exception handling mechanism within a Struts applications. Special attention will be given to the differences between performing the exception handling programmatically and using the new declarative feature added to the new version of Struts. |
| Building a Client-Side XML Application |
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| This article reviews a Project which was a proof of concept / demonstrator project whose purpose was to determine whether it was possible to build a useful, client-side XML application using only XML standards and freely available tools, rather than proprietary (non-standardized) script or code. To the extent that this turned out not to be possible, the project identified weaknesses and gaps in the standards that would need to be filled in order to accomplish this in the future. I found the article to be a bit slow, but it did have enough interesting tidbits for me to include as a link. |
| How to Select DISTINCT Items From XML via XSLT |
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| A quick tip on how perform Distinct style select statements within XSLT. |
| ebXML: The Debate Continues |
| Eric Knorr | May 21st, 2002 |
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| Some views on the ever confusing ebXML. |
| XML DOM Memory Usage |
| Cafe au Lait | May 27th, 2002 |
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| Elliot spends a little time showing how much memory a DOM representation can chew up. If you use XML, then this is well worth the time to quickly read his results. |
| Ant: The Definitive Guide. Chapter One |
| Jesse E. Tilly, Eric M. Burke | May 2002 |
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| The first chapter in this book about Ant is available at O'Reilly. |