Re: [html5] Sandbox disables clickjacking protection

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011, Philippe De Ryck wrote:
> 
> Add the following warning to section 4.8.2 (the iframe element) of the 
> specification: Unwanted sandboxing of legitimate content can disable 
> javascript-based clickjacking protection mechanisms. To prevent such 
> attacks, legitimate content should provde adequate clickjacking 
> protection [1].
> 
> [1] Busting frame busting: a study of clickjacking vulnerabilities at 
> popular sites. Gustav Rydstedt, Elie Bursztein, Dan Boneh, and Collin 
> Jackson in IEEE Oakland Web 2.0 Security and Privacy (W2SP 2010)

I've added a warning to this effect in the introduction, along with some 
other security advice.

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