XML Programming Language and 7 Layer OSI Model : Security has become a main concern of enterprises looking to reap the integration benefits of XML. This is due in part to the open nature of Web Services as well as to their use of port 80 in current network infrastructures. New security technologies have surfaced at the application and network layers to address XML Web Services security requirements. Read this article to learn about a next generation XML network Intrusion Protection System.

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Building on the global adoption of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), a new class of mission critical applications, called Web Services, are emerging in enterprises and governments world wide. Web Services are based on the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). They rely on existing web protocols such as HTTP and portable XML messages (called Simple Object Access Protocol) to enable application-to-application communication for a wide range of mission critical enterprise applications.

However, security has become a main concern of enterprises looking to reap the integration benefits of XML. This is due in part to the open nature of Web Services as well as to their use of port 80 in current network infrastructures. New security technologies have surfaced at the application and network layers to address XML Web Services security requirements. Among them are network based security systems such as Firewalls, NIDS (Intrusion Detection System), and recently NIPS (Intrusion Prevention System). Enterprises are deploying these solutions to protect against XML threats, both known and unknown, and to improve network uptime. Specific application protection technologies such as Web Application Proxy Firewalls have emerged in a network appliance form factor. Increasingly, other network devices such as switches and routers are including security as an integral component as part of layered defense against attacks and vulnerabilities.



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