Re: [http-state] A non-string cookie API (was: non-ASCII cookie values)
Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com> Wed, 03 February 2010 16:47 UTC
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From: Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:47:36 -0800
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To: Dan Winship <dan.winship@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [http-state] A non-string cookie API (was: non-ASCII cookie values)
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I think what you're suggesting is to make this advice non-normative, which seems like a good idea. Adam On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Dan Winship <dan.winship@gmail.com> wrote: > On 02/02/2010 10:58 PM, Adam Barth wrote: >>> (And likewise, the spec could recommend that web site >>> frameworks/libraries SHOULD provide similar idiot-proof high-level >>> cookie APIs, rather than expecting authors to generate valid Set-Cookie >>> headers by themselves.) >> >> We can get input from long-time IETF folks, but my understanding is >> that the spec should keep its normative requirements focused on >> protocol messages. > > OK, maybe s/SHOULD/should/ then, but see below too. > > On 02/03/2010 02:42 AM, Daniel Stenberg wrote: >> Don't we pretty much assume and wish for this for every spec and >> protocol? I mean, we make a smaller set of libraries and frameworks for >> everything that then a large amount of users can use. >> >> It is really the job of this spec to spell it out? > > It's advice based on past implementation experience. We know that lots > of web site authors are going to generate invalid Set-Cookie headers if > their APIs let them. So we should encourage framework authors to provide > better APIs, because that means there will be more valid protocol > messages going over the wire and fewer invalid ones. > > -- Dan >