[Asterisk-Dev] Manager XML /proxy

[Paul]

Olle E. Johansson wrote:

> Michael Giagnocavo wrote:
>
>> What was Mark's backing reasoning for that. XML is an easy way to get
>> parsing for free. Every platform has an XML parser. Otherwise, you're 
>> stuck
>> handling issues (escaping, character sets, schema, etc.) manually.
>> I don't think XML is anything amazing. It's a simple, well-defined, 
>> spec to
>> pass around data.
>
> I guess he's a bit afraid of burdening the PBX with a lot of parsing 
> that he sees as too complicated.
>
> As for now, I've discussed this with Mark and agreed to not push this 
> any forward but instead look into a proxy solution with a manager 
> proxy that converts into XML, as well as handles authorization, 
> multiplexing, event filtering and possibly SSL/TLS security.
>
> We have a proof-of-concept proxy written in perl in the CVS, that 
> works but is a big security hole... This was based on Nicolas 
> excellent work with Asternic - the Flash console.
>
> Does anyone out there has a more solid implementation to donate to the 
> project that I can start working with to see if I can implement some 
> of the XML ideas ?
>
Would XML-RPC support in manager be worth considering? That would allow 
easy connection to clients written in many languages.