- From: Mike West <mkwst@google.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:45:59 +0200
- To: "public-webappsec@w3.org" <public-webappsec@w3.org>
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
Received on Monday, 18 August 2014 07:46:47 UTC
On the last call, we briefly discussed the idea of sending a `context` HTTP request header containing the request context ( http://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-request-context) associated with the request. That is, a request generated from `<img src="/image.png">` would send something like `Context: image`, while a request generated from `<script src="/image.png"></script>` would send `Context: script`. This could potentially help developers limit their exposure to certain kinds of attack (e.g. a JSONP endpoint could reject non-"script" requests, which would mitigate exposure to things like http://miki.it/blog/2014/7/8/abusing-jsonp-with-rosetta-flash/). I haven't thought through the impacts of such a header, but I'd like to make sure the suggestion doesn't stay buried in the service worker thread. :) -- Mike West <mkwst@google.com> Google+: https://mkw.st/+, Twitter: @mikewest, Cell: +49 162 10 255 91 Google Germany GmbH, Dienerstrasse 12, 80331 München, Germany Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth Flores (Sorry; I'm legally required to add this exciting detail to emails. Bleh.)
Received on Monday, 18 August 2014 07:46:47 UTC