[Bug 13072] IE8/9 treat different ports as same-origin

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13072

Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com
           Platform|Other                       |All
            Summary|Section 5.3 Origin.  "Two   |IE8/9 treat different ports
                   |origins are said to be the  |as same-origin
                   |same origin if the          |
                   |following algorithm returns |
                   |true: [...] If A and B have |
                   |port components that are    |
                   |not identical               |
            Summary|return false." IE8 and IE9  |
                   |do not conform to this.     |
                   |Per                         |
                   |http://msdn.microsoft.com/e |
                   |n-us                        |
         OS/Version|other                       |All

--- Comment #1 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2011-06-27 17:52:00 UTC ---
Not sure how we're supposed to pressure Microsoft here, if we want to keep the
current rules.  What's the rationale for making different ports different
origins, though?  Typically they'd be controlled by the same party just as much
as any two things on the same domain.

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Received on Monday, 27 June 2011 17:52:02 UTC