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Ajax alert raises security, scalability issues
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01/30/2006, By Colleen Frye
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With Ajax-style applications on the rise, organizations need to consider potential security vulnerabilities and performance issues, according to XML security vendor Forum Systems Inc., which today issued an alert today on this topic.
Ajax, short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, has gained traction as a way to enhance the user experience by creating rich Internet applications. According to Forum, by enabling more interactive Web pages that are interoperable with Web services, Ajax increases the amount of XML, text or HTML network traffic. Relying on XML as the content type for request/response payloads exposes applications to Web services vulnerabilities, according to the company. The company also points out that by transforming a user's Web browser into a Web services portal, the Ajax communication model increases the browser's processing responsibility.
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