Re: XHR and sandboxed iframes (was: Re: XHR without user credentials)

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Mark S. Miller wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> If it does transmit any of these currently, are there any 
> > > >> objections to revising the spec so that it doesn't?
> >
> > Why?
> 
> So that the containing page can use such a credential removing service 
> to allow sanitized content within the page to make requests -- either to 
> its own or to other origins -- while preventing this content from 
> "speaking for" the containing page or the user.

The contained page already can't speak on behalf of the containing page -- 
that's what removing the Origin (and setting Origin to 'null') prevents.

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