Re: [CSP] SVG-in-img implementation difference

If we want 'img-src' to restrict a page's ability to reference a GIF, then
that restriction should apply regardless of whether the GIF is pulled in
via <img> directly or indirectly.

-mike

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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Mike West <mkwst@google.com> wrote:
> > This is especially relevant for scripting restrictions; I believe script
> > executes in an SVG document in the same execution context as the document
> > the SVG was included in. Given that, we'd certainly want to ensure that
> the
> > _page's_ 'script-src' directive applied.
>
> Well, SVG-as-image should not execute script to begin with. Part of
> the problem here is that the SVG-as-image concept is not very well
> defined. Given that SVG-as-image resources are already meant to be
> "safe" (no more dangerous than referencing a GIF) I do not see any
> reason why CSP would be applicable to it.
>
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