Re: Proposed change: "xhr-src" to "connect"

Would "connect" be subject to "default-src" ?  It seems like it
should, but it doesn't have "src" in the name...

Adam


On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Brandon Sterne <bsterne@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Per previous discussions, I would like to broaden the scope of the
> xhr-src directive and rename it to reflect the change.  The tentative
> proposal for the new directive name is "connect" and it would define the
> list of sources that a page can connect to via DOM/JS APIs.  To begin
> with, this directive would cover:
>
>  - XMLHttpRequest
>  - WebSocket
>  - EventSource
>
> Are there other APIs that belong in this bucket?
>
> On a related note, Adam has advocated including Worker in this new
> category, but I believe we should add Worker under script-src since the
> stated purpose of that API is to run script in the background and I
> believe this will be "least surprising" to web developers.
>
> Would people support this change?
>
> Thanks,
> Brandon
>
>

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