Re: [Bug 22214] How long do permissions persist?

On 13/06/2014 4:49 AM, bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote:
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22214
>
> --- Comment #3 from Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> ---
> Rough consensus from the mailing list discussion seems to be:
>
> - Stored permission is only given to HTTPS pages (previous consensus, just
> repeating here for background)
> - It is an UA choice whether permission is granted for one device, a class of
> devices, or all devices. UI needs to make clear what is being granted.
> - Non-stored permission to a device lasts only while a MediaStreamTrack with
> the device as source exists. Enabling/disabling the track has no effect on
> permissions.
> - Non-stored permissions do not survive a page reload (since the MST objects
> don't survive it either).
>
> These are a summary of the points on which I think the ML has rough consensus.

I asked before but don't recall getting an answer: is the permission 
scope (for HTTPS) the same as the HTTPS certificate? Meaning, does it 
span multiple domains if the certificate does? Or is it for a single 
domain? Or is it unspecified?

Gili

Received on Friday, 13 June 2014 14:10:07 UTC