Re: HTTPbis and the Same Origin Policy

Tyler Close wrote:
> AFAICT, HTTPbis says nothing about the Same Origin Policy (SOP), yet
> this policy is a major constraint on the behavior of many HTTP user
> agents, restricting what HTTP requests can be sent and what HTTP
> responses can be delivered. SOP is not defined by any standard. Should
> HTTPbis step up?
> ...

Well, HTTPbis (as WG and set of specs) is really constrained in what 
we're doing, see <http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/httpbis-charter>. 
And that's a good thing, because an open-ended charter would make it 
likely that we never finish.

That being said, defining this in a spec probably *is* a good idea. Did 
you just volunteer? Note that to produce a spec you actual IETF WG is 
required.

BR, Julian

Received on Wednesday, 25 November 2009 15:51:27 UTC