27 Aug
2004
27 Aug
'04
5:48 p.m.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 08:55:23AM -0700, Haynes, Tom wrote:
The problem for me is that I only want to do parsing error checking once, when the export is added to the DB. [...] There is a new class of problems, e.g., has the DB been corrupted, but if I can make better determination about entries in host lists, then I can make more intelligent procedures to resolve whether a request from a host is allowed access.
XML format seems to comfort both parties: you can have errors checking once, DB corruption should not be a problem (and if happens, it gets easy to fix), admins can use revision control systems to guard changes and also edit files manually (provided XML format is described, but even if not, one can make an educated guesses).
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