I am not an expert in SOAP, but as far as I know, SOAP is just an XML-formatted HTTP request to deliver structured data.
I need to implement a simple API with a list of parameters.
I suggested using a simple REST interface, but I was told that SOAP is more secure.
Any ideas on this?
I assume you were told that SOAP is safer due to the existence of various security standards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-Trust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-Security http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-SecureConversation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-Federation
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