Re: [cors] Incorrect use cases

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:02:32 +0200, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Bert Bos<bert@w3.org> wrote:
>> There are two incorrect use cases in
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-cors-20090317/
>>
>> 1) The draft says:
>>
>> "The xml-stylesheet processing instruction does not allow cross-origin  
>> loads
>> to prevent data theft (e.g., from intranets)."
>>
>> This is not true [...]
>
> Maybe what we can say here is that many implementations for security
> reasons does not allow XSLT stylesheets to be loaded cross origin.

Done.


>> 2) The draft says:
>>
>> "The CSS @font-face construct prohibits cross-origin loads."
>>
>> That is also not true. Neither the Rec[2] nor the latest draft[3]  
>> contain
>> such a restriction. For the same reason as above.
>
> Yeah, might be a good idea to leave out @font-face given how much in
> flux the formats and security models around @font-face seems to be.

Removed. (I actually changed my mind on this one and think that using CORS  
for this is an abuse of CORS.)


Thanks to you both!


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 17:18:31 UTC