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Firewall-urile XML – solutia optima pentru protejarea serviciilor web

In prezent, exista doua tipuri de firewall-uri XML – cele bazate pe hardware si cele bazate pe software. Conform Jason Bloomberg, analist la ZapThink, cele doua tipuri functioneaza in mod identic. Totusi, “firewall-urile XML bazate pe hardware au ca avantaje viteza si manevrabilitatea. Prin urmare, acestea sunt si mai costisitoare.”
Conform afirmatiilor lui Bloomberg, firewall-urile XML sunt, de fapt, un subset al proxy-urilor XML, care, pe langa securitate, furnizeaza si alte servicii (de exemplu, transformare sau accelerare XML). Prin urmare, in cele mai multe cazuri, cei interesati de un firewall XML vor obtine protectia firewall ca parte a unui server proxy XML.

Read more at: Smart News (Romanian)

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XML Firewalls

There are generally two types of XML firewalls — those that are hardware-based, and those that are software-based. According to Jason Bloomberg, Senior Analyst at ZapThink, the two work similarly, except that “hardware XML firewalls have the advantages of speed and manageability.” As a rule, though, they cost more as well.

Bloomberg notes that XML firewalls are actually a subset of XML proxies, which provide other services in addition to security, such as XML transformation or acceleration. So in many instances, someone interested in an XML firewall will get firewall protection as part of an overall XML proxy server. While vendors continue to enter the market, the number of paying customers right now is limited. “It’s just getting started,” Bloomberg says. “Companies are just rolling out products. There are a few early customers, but not a significant market for it today. It will get big in the future, but it might not be a separate market in the long run — the traditional firewall market will incorporate a lot of it.”

Read more at: TechTarget

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Quadrasis steps out of parent Hitachi’s shadow with security software apps

“Quadrasis is a little different, because they have offerings in two different categories: a Web services security platform and an XML firewall (the SOAP Content Inspector),” Bloomberg said. “But they’re competing with Vordel (Ireland), Reactivity (Belmont, Calif.), and Westbridge Technology (Mountain View, Calif.) Each differentiates itself a little bit from the others in their offerings, but I think it will be between nine and 12 months before the demand for these products really explodes and we’ll see who comes out on top.”

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Startups tackle XML traffic

“In the last three months or so we’ve seen a number of startups emerge, addressing these challenges,” said Ron Schmelzer, a senior analyst at ZapThink. “And it is likely that we’ll soon hear more from Cisco Systems, Lucent, Nortel, and 3Com.”
According to Schmelzer, content inspection is an intensive task, particularly when it comes to avoiding latency. In a report issued in July, Schmelzer calls this new class of products “XML proxies,” or hardware and software solutions that listen for XML traffic on the network. He added they can operate as an XML gateway or as applications on the network.

Read more at: InfoWorld

XML – Chance für Startups

Tools, die den XML-basierenden (Extensible Markup Language) Datenverkehrs absichern sollen, entwickeln zur Zeit hauptsächlich junge Unternehmen. Laut Ron Schmelzer, Analyst beim mit den Themen XML und Web Services beschäftigten Marktforschungsunternehmen ZapThink, haben jedoch Hersteller wie Cisco, Lucent, Nortel und 3Com ähnliche Produkte in der Pipeline. Sie basieren auf Techniken, die SOAP-Pakete (Simple Object Access Protocol) analysieren. Die Pakete enthalten XML-Daten, die über das Transportprotokoll HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) transportiert werden.

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“Burning for Web services”

Its SAML-assertion capability makes SOAP Content Inspector a cut above the competing XML firewalls flooding the market, such as those from Vordel, Westbridge Technologies, and Reactivity, said Jason Bloomberg, a security analyst at ZapThink, a Web services research company in Boston.

Read more at: InfoWorld