ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through

ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through

http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/track/issues/

Raised by: Josh Soref
On product: 

From:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0440.html

> 5:00 PM and as a should, I SHOULD be able to pick a proxy per widget
>   however it shouldn't be a requirement (MUST), because some systems won't
> want to
>  me: yeah, that adds quite a bit of complexity
>  timeless.bmo1: (not all widgets are created equal, some are more equal than
> others)
>  me: sounds like a 2.0 feature
>   if someone wants it
> 5:01 PM timeless.bmo1: the problem is that i can easily have some widgets
> that i only want to work in some environments
>   and some widgets that will need a proxy at some times
>   yeah stupid corporate firewalls
>  me: yeah, I can already think of use cases
>  timeless.bmo1: however, some things shouldn't work at some times
> 5:02 PM i have apps like this
>   which may be ip based and don't want them talking to any random server at
> that ip, but only via some trusted proxy... but i don't want all the other
> widgets to use that trusted proxy
> 5:03 PM or in some cases, i really really don't trust the proxy, but it's a
> necessary evil for a certain widget
>  me: you think it might be something to consider for 1.0 then?
>  timeless.bmo1: sadly yes

Received on Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:20:34 UTC