Re: XHR without user credentials

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Adam Barth<w3c@adambarth.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Mark S. Miller<erights@google.com> wrote:
>> For concreteness, for the Origin header for these requests, I'll start with
>> the simplest proposal that meets my goals: no Origin header for either same
>> origin requests or cross origin requests. But for both the same origin case
>> and the cross origin case, I am actually indifferent between no Origin
>> header and an "Origin: null" header. If there's a reason for the "Origin:
>> null" header, I'm happy with that.
>
> Please send "Origin: null" in these cases.  The problem with omitting
> the origin header is that the server can't tell if the request comes
> from a legacy client or if the header was removed in transit.

For the GuestXMLHttpRequest scenario, why should the server
distinguish between these two cases?

--Tyler

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Received on Tuesday, 9 June 2009 16:19:40 UTC