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Re: [http-state] http-state charter

Bil Corry <bil@corry.biz> Fri, 31 July 2009 14:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [http-state] http-state charter
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Daniel Stenberg wrote on 7/31/2009 7:42 AM: 
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Bil Corry wrote:
> 
>> BTW, my original goal for this WG was a bit more ambitious, but I've
>> rethought it.  If this WG can produce an updated Cookie RFC that
>> documents how cookies are actually widely implemented (including
>> HTTPOnly), I think that would be an excellent start.
> 
> Related to this, allow me to mention a pretty good resource for httpOnly
> details:
> 
>     http://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTPOnly
> 

That document is the reason for this group -- I started out (along with Jim Manico and others) wanting to create a RFC for HTTPOnly, but was told that doing so without an updated Cookie specification "seems like work bordering to useless".  You might remember the conversation :)

	http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2008OctDec/0237.html


- Bil

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