Re: Intermediaries interfering with DNT signals [was ...decision-making] from Roy T. Fielding on 2012-09-10 (public-tracking@w3.org from September 2012)

From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:00:58 -0700
To: Tamir Israel <tisrael@cippic.ca>
Cc: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe@cdt.org>, "public-tracking@w3.org protection wg" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Message-Id: <DB5EB92A-3047-48F7-976A-48AF1E03C78E@gbiv.com>

On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Tamir Israel wrote:

> If that's the case, than the patch referred to here seems to be direct intermediary interference with a DNT signal, which violates the TPE.
> 
> So....does this mean that apache servers should categorically be treated as non-compliant?

Apache httpd 2.4.3 is not compliant with TPE and has never claimed to be.
It couldn't be compliant right now, regardless, since TPE depends on
TCS and we haven't even agreed on what compliance means for servers.

....Roy

Received on Monday, 10 September 2012 23:01:20 UTC