When Web Services Are Offered Outside the Firewall, HTTP Traffic

question 106

Essay

When Web services are offered outside the firewall, HTTP traffic should be denied from reaching your internal networks through the use of some form of proxy access or DMZ architecture.

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Definitions:

Vicarious Performance

Performance by another designated person of the obligations under a contract rather than the actual contracting party.

Qualified Person

An individual who possesses the necessary education, experience, and credentials to perform a specific job or task.

Privity of Contract

A legal concept stating that only the parties to a contract have the right to sue each other to enforce the terms of that contract.

Supreme Court Decision

A ruling issued by the Supreme Court, which is the highest court in many countries, setting a legal precedent.