One of the issues is the third party applications (3PA) that allow you to journal/blog when no active access to the Internet is present. These 3PA use the RPC XML to send the updates to the blog… examples are Ecto [http://infinite-sushi.com/software/ecto/], MacJournal [http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=85] and MarsEdit [http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/].
The turning off of XML RPC by default in NEW installations will mean that “new comers” and others who would rather have the desktop client and publish in “batches” will have to do some extra work to turn on the ability to post.
There are always problems with any application, be it web or desktop. They all have security issues… I am not familiar with the protocol, but if there was a way to use a certificate to help secure the negotiation and so on, then maybe we can get around some of the issues that people have with XML RPC availability.
Tags: Desktop Application, XMLRPC
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