- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:35:07 +0200
- To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
- Cc: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, HTTP working group mailing list <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 2016-10-27 11:07, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > -------- > In message <b41122ed-b25a-7ce8-a3bf-331d9f916bad@gmx.de>, Julian Reschke writes > : > >> Yes, but it's not relevant whether we can transport random JSON. What's >> relevant is that all JSON can be converted to something that can be >> safely transmitted in HTTP/1.1 header field values (and that is the case). > > But then it is no longer JSON but "JSON with footnotes". > > We can haggle about how many footnotes are necessary, or if they're > important, but there's no escaping that they will trip people up > and cause bugs and possibly security holes down the line. Well, the conversion to field value notation is quite simple; see <https://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-ietf-httpbis-jfv-02.html#rfc.section.3>. Best regards, Julian
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