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From: "Adam L. Beberg" <beberg@mithral.com>
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To: Rohit Khare <khare@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: DataPower announces XML-in-silicon
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:22:01 -0700 (PDT)
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Rohit Khare wrote:
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> DATAPOWER TECHNOLOGY ON Monday unveiled its network device designed
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> specifically to process XML data. Unlike competing solutions that
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> process XML data in software, DataPower's device processes the data in
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> hardware -- a technology achievement that provides greater performance,
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> according to company officials.
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Now, to do this, we all know they have to be cracking the strong crypto used
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on all transaction in order to process them... So this has some preaty heavy
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implications, unless it's just BS.
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> Kelly explained that converting data into XML increases the file size up
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> to 20 times. This, he said, makes processing the data very taxing on
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> application servers; DataPower believes an inline device is the best
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> alternative.
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Or.... you could just not bloat it 20x to begin with. Nah! (that was the
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whole point of XML afterall, to sell more CPUs - much like Oracle's use of
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Java allows them to sell 3x more CPU licenses due to the performance hit)
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> In addition to the large file sizes, security is also of paramount
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> importance in the world of XML.
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>
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> "Today's firewalls are designed to inspect HTTP traffic only," Kelly
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> said. "A SOAP packet with XML will go straight through a firewall.
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> Firewalls are blind to XML today."
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Again, see above... they _are_ claiming to decode the crypto...
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> "Our XG3 execution core converts XML to machine code," said Kelly,
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Mmmmmmmmmmm, machine code, never a good idea ;)
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- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
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http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/
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beberg@mithral.com
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