Re: URI resolution & safety

--On 01-11-25 02.31 -0500 Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org> wrote:

> The resolution of some URI aren't safe.  I saw an "aim:" URI scheme
> recently that allowed resolution of a URI to send an AIM message.  That
> is a Bad Thing.

This is the main reason why I want to have an easy process for registering
URI schemes. People use URI schemes anyway, regardless of whether they are
registered or not. I want to register all schemes, because it gives an
ability to have a security consideration section which talk about the
issues with the scheme.

  paf