Re: Editorial Issue: Persisted Settings... when does the client need to return them?

That's not what I see documented in the draft currently.  Pending update,
perhaps?
On Apr 27, 2013 2:38 PM, "Roberto Peon" <grmocg@gmail.com> wrote:

> The AP couldn't set anything w.r.t settings unless you connect to it
> specifically and it has a cert that your browser trusts, at least assuming
> the model where settings are persisted only for sessions using verified
> certs (like what is done with SPDY today).
> And then the browser (at least Chrome) will forget the setting upon the
> change of network.
> And of course, one could just set a cookie instead of doing SETTINGS, but
> then we announce it everyone, even when not useful. bleh.
>
> We'll talk about it later anyway.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:39 PM, James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To be honest, the whole persistent settings thing gives me the
>> willies, particularly given that SETTINGS as defined currently are
>> generally specific to individual connections. If I'm on the road and
>> on my phone connected temporarily to a free wifi access point, I don't
>> necessarily want that access point being able to tell my phone to
>> persistently store some piece of data that will never be used anywhere
>> else... Not to mention the inherent privacy concerns...
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Martin Thomson
>> <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Given that persisted settings are at risk, I think that we can defer
>> > addressing this one.
>> >
>> > (I'd say that once is enough and that persisted settings need only be
>> > returned at connection establishment time, but that's not the only
>> > thing we need to address with persistent settings, I think.)
>> >
>> > On 26 April 2013 14:28, James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> One bit that's not clear in the current draft...
>> >>
>> >> When the server asks the client to persist a setting, is the client
>> >> required to return that setting in EVERY subsequent SETTINGS frame it
>> >> sends to the server until the setting is cleared or is it only
>> >> required to send the persisted settings once when a new session is
>> >> established (i.e. in the client session header?)
>> >>
>>
>>
>

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