Re: STS and lockCA

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Bil Corry <bil@corry.biz> wrote:
> Gervase Markham wrote on 10/01/2009 5:51 PM:
>> I therefore propose a simple extension to the STS standard; a single
>> token to be appended to the end of the header:
>>
>> lockCA
>
> One idea to consider, especially for lockCA, is to somehow denote that STS should expire at the same time as the cert, perhaps by omitting max-age or allowing max-age=cert, etc.  This will prevent accidentally causing STS to last longer or shorter than the cert expiration, especially when it's rotated out or revoked.

Why do we need a browser mechanism for that?  It seems like the site
can easily compute whatever max-age value it wishes to set.

Adam

Received on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 08:59:04 UTC