Re: Strict mixed content checking (was Re: MIX: Exiting last call?)

I don't think this has much to do with your cluefulness, but rather with
the sloppily written strawman. I've dropped the <iframe> bit and clarified
the effects of strict mode in the hopes of being a bit more comprehensible.
WDYT of https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/mixedcontent/#strict-mode?

-mike

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On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Brad Hill <hillbrad@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes.  Upon a more careful re-read, I see there is one more algorithm that
> needs to be updated.
>
> if(mkwst.confused) /* shouldn't happen */ {
>   doubleCheck(brad.clue)
> }
>
> On Mon Dec 15 2014 at 11:52:38 AM Mike West <mkwst@google.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 8:48 PM, Brad Hill <hillbrad@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Aha, yes, my mistake.
>>>
>>> So then I more emphatically suggest that we need a resource-level flag.
>>> One of the other unfortunate things ads do is start as a <script> tag and
>>> then dynamically inject an <iframe>.  Preventing any HTTP requests from
>>> happening in descendant contexts seems a reasonable goal. (even if <script>
>>> => <iframe> is a horrible pattern)
>>>
>>
>> Right. That's what the CSP header would do, right?
>>
>> I guess what you're saying is that we don't need both the header and the
>> attribute. That is, if you opt into strict checking for a protected
>> resource, then it and all of its descendents block all mixed content
>> period. That property makes the <iframe> attribute a bit superfluous, and
>> there's probably no good reason that you'd want a single frame to be
>> strictly processed while others weren't.
>>
>> Is that your point?
>>
>> -mike
>>
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>>
>>>