2009/7/24 Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>: > Vladimir wrote: >> >> I believe there is a simple work-around to resolve this problem. Root string >> in EOT-Lite does not have to be empty, it may contain the domain name of the >> origin that will simply be ignored by all other browsers except IE. When >> EOT-Lite is processed by Firefox and other browsers – the root string is >> ignored and same origin restriction is applied. For legacy IE browsers – the >> root string will serve the same purpose of same origin restriction and, >> therefore, no need to require Referrer checking. > > Technically that’d work but it also defeats one of the main purposes of the > original proposal which was to get us all out of the rootstring management > nightmare. Right - if root strings are a MAY requirement of the spec, that would bring back the looming threat of a court using DMCA-style laws to force browsers to perform DRM.Received on Friday, 24 July 2009 22:32:59 GMT
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