Re: inconsistency in draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-07 SameSite default treatment?

Thanks Lily, and sorry for the noise. I should have checked the editor's
draft before asking about it on list.

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 3:29 PM Lily Chen <chlily@google.com> wrote:

> Following up on this, it looks like it was already removed
> <https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/commit/c467bb923e727f7b03e5a7b6430c5fc91445aa1d#diff-c96f4fab694f25d91c3ae6f4cd68ae735dbcb33dcbb2f4b79a13675b293caa7b>
> (thanks Filippo!) and will be reflected in the -08 version of the draft.
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:21 PM Lily Chen <chlily@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for pointing that out! You're correct, the note should have been
>> removed or updated. I'll fix that!
>>
>> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 3:26 PM Brian Campbell <bcampbell@pingidentity.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Looking at parts of draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-07 today I noticed
>>> what is maybe a little inconsistency around the treatment of the default
>>> for SameSite.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-07.html#section-4.1.2.7
>>> has:
>>> 'If the "SameSite" attribute's value is something other than these three
>>> known keywords, the attribute's value will be subject to a default
>>> enforcement mode that is equivalent to "Lax".'
>>> and parts of
>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-07.html#section-5.5
>>> and
>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-07.html#name-draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-07
>>> also suggest Lax as the default. As does (relatively recent) current
>>> behaviour from most/all browsers.
>>>
>>> but
>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-07.html#section-5.3.7
>>> ends with this sentence that looks like it's maybe left over from when the
>>> default enforcement mode was "None":
>>> 'Note: This algorithm maps the "None" value, as well as any unknown
>>> value, to the "None" behavior, which is helpful for backwards compatibility
>>> when introducing new variants.'
>>>
>>>
>>>
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