Re: LC nits on draft-ietf-websec-origin-04, Re: Fwd: [websec] WG Last Call on draft-ietf-websec-origin-02 until Aug-15

On 2011-08-26 04:35, Adam Barth wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Julian Reschke<julian.reschke@gmx.de>  wrote:
>> On 2011-08-24 19:43, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, Thomas. Just a quick note that this is in IETF Last Call now,
>>> ending on 2011-09-06. This is your last chance for feedback.
>>> ...
>>
>> Below a few late comments..
>>
>> 6. Serializing Origins
>>
>> - It really really seems that the two algorithms need to be swapped (the
>> first one converts to ASCII, but the second does not).
>
> I'm not sure I understand.  Doesn't the IDNA ToUnicode algorithm
> output Unicode (used in the first algorithm)?  Why do you believe the
> second algorithm does not produce ASCII (recall that "the host part of
> the origin triple" is defined to use the idna-canonicalized host
> name).

You are right. Sorry.

>> - Also, I'd prefer a declarative definition.
>>
>> 7. The HTTP Origin header
>>
>> - header *field*
>
> Fixed.
>
>> - the syntax doesn't allow multiple header fields, and the prose says
>> clients MUST NOT generate them; what is the recipient supposed to do when it
>> get's multiple instances anyway? Is the default approach (ignoring them all)
>> good enough? Do we need to warn recipients so that they check?
>
> The document does not impose any conformance requirements on
> recipients of the Origin header field.

Indeed. Should it? I mean, it wouldn't be good if some recipients took 
the first instance, and others took the last, right?

 > ...

Best regards, Julian

Received on Friday, 26 August 2011 06:41:27 UTC