Re: Sec-* headers

I'm following up on the public-webapps@w3.org list.

Thread continues here: <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2011JanMar/0618.html>

Cheers,


On 22/02/2011, at 10:06 AM, Adam Barth wrote:

> I'm not sure I quite follow.  The only thing special about Sec-
> headers is that they can't be set using the XMLHttpRequest API.  That
> seems like a reasonable thing for the XMLHttpRequest API to define
> irrespective of other uses of HTTP.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
>> Thanks, Bjoern. I think the underlying issue is whether a W3C draft should unilaterally make such a declaration; it's kind of a one-time thing. I.e., if another use case comes along and declares *their* special prefix, it'll be impractical.
>> 
>> I'll put on my liaison hat and bring it up with the W3C.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> 
>> On 22/02/2011, at 8:14 AM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>>  Over in the hybi Working Group the issue of "Sec-*" headers came up.
>>> The XMLHttpRequest draft says "Header names starting with Sec- are not
>>> allowed to be set to allow new headers to be minted that are guaranteed
>>> not to come from XMLHttpRequest." It seems to me that if "Sec-*" headers
>>> are somehow special, that is something the core specifications needs to
>>> mention, like in the header registration specification, but I could not
>>> find anything there from a quick look.
>>> 
>>> regards,
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>> 
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>> 
>> 
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