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

This issue has been closed, based on the WG's agreement on August 26.  
Please see the following for details:

  <http://www.w3.org/2008/08/26-wam-minutes.html#item03>

-Regards, Art Barstow


On Jun 26, 2008, at 4:18 AM, ext Web Applications Working Group Issue  
Tracker wrote:

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> ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to  
> specify which proxies they communicate through
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> http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/track/issues/
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> Raised by: Josh Soref
> On product:
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> From:
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> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/ 
> 0440.html
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>> 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
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Received on Saturday, 30 August 2008 14:14:00 UTC