- From: Mike West <mkwst@google.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 16:04:03 +0100
- To: Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com>
- Cc: httpbis <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Received on Thursday, 7 January 2016 15:04:52 UTC
Hi Adam! On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com> wrote: > As written, draft-west-leave-secure-cookies-alone-04 gives the impression > that it solves the secure cookie integrity problem. However, there's still > a risk that a network attacker can set a non-secure cookie before the > honest server gets a chance to set a secure cookie. Because the secure > cookie doesn't yet exist in the cookie store, the user agent with accept > the non-secure cookie and the honest server might still be fooled. > > IMHO, we should explain this risk in the security considerations section. > Here's some example text that you should feel free to edit/use/ignore: > I agree, thank you for pointing this out. I've uploaded an -05 along the lines you suggested. https://github.com/mikewest/internetdrafts/commit/9e0a556801c2a2b08012f2dcb2937a1c222b57d1#diff-070f991d1d237dc8e63ce181c3da3f7e is the diff, which I hope says more or less the same thing you suggested. -mike
Received on Thursday, 7 January 2016 15:04:52 UTC