Re: Insertion of adverisements (was: Re: Draft finding - "Transitioning the Web to HTTPS")

Thanks, Noah.

I agree this is an area that needs more scrutiny. In my discussions web developers this issue comes up again and again. I have created a wiki page here:

https://github.com/w3ctag/wiki/wiki/HTTPS-and-Advertising

…where we can hopefully collect some of the issues and see if there is scope for a future TAG deliverable on this topic.

I will send this URL out to some of the web community members who have engaged me on this topic so we can hopefully bring some real-world feedback to this discussion.

Thanks,
Dan

> On 28 Jan 2015, at 18:05, Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com> wrote:
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> Whatever the other issues, I think it would be good for the TAG to focus particularly on the importance of complying with specifications.
> 
> The specifications for HTTP and associated supporting protocols (TCP etc.) either do or do not make clear whether insertion of advertisements is conformant with the specifications. I would like to believe that such content alteration is non-conforming, but HTTP does allow for some transformations, and provides a header to prohibit such transformations being done [1]. In any case, I will leave it to others who are more expert in HTTP to decide whether insertion of advertisements is or is not conforming to the pertinent specifications.
> 
> I'm suggesting that the TAG's analysis (if any) should start with that question, though I can see the TAG going further to discuss other questions relating to ad insertion as well.
> 
> Noah
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> [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.9.5
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