Re: ACTION-278 Hiding metadata for security reasons

OK.  Good!  You are both disagreeing in the right direction.
I don't understand how the secret URI can be made more secure but I can 
go back and read the thread.
All the best, Ashok


John Kemp wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Dan Connolly wrote:
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>> On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 14:50 -0800, ashok malhotra wrote:
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>>> Hi Larry:
>>> This is useful.
>>> Non-public URIs provide a weak level of security that is held to be 
>>> adequate for some usecases.
>>> I wonder if there is disagreement with the above statement.
>>>       
>> I disagree.
>>     
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> And in my previous email, I neglected to mention that I, too, disagree with that statement.
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>> The unguessable URI pattern can be made about as secure as you like;
>> in particular, as secure or more secure than passwords+cookies.
>>     
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> Yes, I believe that to be true too - apart from the case where a URI may end up being transmitted to another site "automatically" by means of the Referer HTTP header.
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> Regards,
>
> - johnk
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