Re: Origin vs Authority; use of HTTPS (draft-nottingham-site-meta-01)

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Breno de Medeiros <breno@google.com>
> wrote:
> > All of the above systems target browsers and none have the usage
> > requirements of the proposed spec.
>
> The point is there are enough HTTP servers on the Internet that let
> uses upload content in this way that these vendors have added strict
> Content-Type processing to their metadata mechanisms.  If you don't
> even warn consumers of your spec about these threats, those folks will
> build applications on top of host-meta that make these servers
> vulnerable to attack.


Yes, but your solution prevents legitimate use cases that are a higher value
proposition.


>
>
> Adam
>



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