Remote objects can give a program almost unlimited power over the Internet,
but most firewalls block non-HTTP requests. SOAP, an XML-based protocol,
gets around this limitation to provide intraprocess communication across
machines.
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what is ebXML? Distributed computing:SOAP Davanum Srinivas PREMIUM, Jan 21, 2002 ebXML is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet....
Is SOAP secure? Distributed computing:SOAP Davanum Srinivas PREMIUM, Nov 24, 2001 SOAP is as secure as HTTP is...SOAP travels across HTTP and enters via port 80, as does HTTP. The only difference is that a SOAP message carries a payload...
What is WSDL? Distributed computing:SOAP Davanum Srinivas PREMIUM, Nov 24, 2001
WSDL is a language for describing the capabilities of Web services. Proposed by IBM and Microsoft, WSDL combines the best of IBM’s NASSL (Network...
What is UDDI? Distributed computing:SOAP Davanum Srinivas PREMIUM, Nov 24, 2001
Ariba, IBM, and Microsoft developed the first version of UDDI, the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration specification. As the name suggests,...
