>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Fling <SFLINGoppenheimerfunds.com> writes:

    Steven> Our application communicates across various application
    Steven> server environments via HTTP/HTTPS requests (versus RMI,
    Steven> etc.) and needs to pass data/parameters back and forth.

Everybody else assumed a user agent is involved in the data transfers...
Did you by any chance mean data transfers between applications under
your control?

    Steven> Naturally we use SSL to encrypt the request/response. I
    Steven> wanted to see if there were any Best Practices established
    Steven> to transfer data in this fashion. POST vs. GET method,
    Steven> querystring vs. hidden form variable, etc.

If you are transferring data between your apps the http method used
doesn't matter. Actually, even HTTP itself is not the best choice.

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