Re: [apps-discuss] draft-sullivan-domain-origin-assert-00

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Fri, 11 May 2012 13:40 UTC

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On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 05:32:26AM +0000, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
> The term "origin" has been in use in DNS zone files (cf. RFC1034) far longer than there's been a Web.  :-)
> 

While true, this is yet another reason to avoid the term, since the
"origin" in this case isn't $ORIGIN.  I think Jeff's right, and that I
better come up with something else.

Thanks!

A

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