Re: Fwd (TAG): Draft finding - "Transitioning the Web to HTTPS" from Mark Nottingham on 2014-12-25 (public-privacy@w3.org from October to December 2014)

From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 06:25:02 -0500
To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
Cc: TAG List <www-tag@w3.org>, "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>
Message-Id: <B3CCE14D-E553-428B-A746-F4FEE0822667@mnot.net>

Hi David,

> On 19 Dec 2014, at 3:25 pm, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> 2) I really think that this paragraph needs considerable more text:
> 
> "We recognize that as this policy is implemented, it will further reduce the utility of shared HTTP caches -- a trend started by the transition of many popular Web sites to HTTPS (and thus, loss of a high proportion of cache hits). This is an unfortunate outcome, and we should continue to examine how efficiency can be gained without compromising security.”

I’ve committed a few more edits; please have a look.

Cheers,

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Mark Nottingham   http://www.mnot.net/

Received on Thursday, 25 December 2014 11:25:45 UTC