Return-Path: X-Original-To: json@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: json@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A1F121E8145 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:09:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.976 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.976 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.000, BAYES_00=-2.599, FM_FORGED_GMAIL=0.622, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from mail.ietf.org ([12.22.58.30]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0qgMm9Yaqphw for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ve0-f169.google.com (mail-ve0-f169.google.com [209.85.128.169]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D739221E813D for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:09:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ve0-f169.google.com with SMTP id db12so3624493veb.28 for ; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:09:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=aRTPeEcPoPaxk4d9spFHgXznAH1trsZdxxZtMvEoHi0=; b=f6pNR4PL8oa6CglWrWInhA2uUyvIcVgJ+vfaW5X2Pioe988h0F+vizjok5J2eQ1/0M 0yvfCjbmEi3tNTuvkCCtNjntb0dXs50yP9hl3I+S8xkBLsJwPDWaShRQ2YHduEg3IkpV XvvodUphrcTJGpDT4WjLA1U1nP6rDXWLSCGi06/DFQXkTmQKDv6YqmOD7fEzQkhCg6Vk j9GikQS1n71subqv33V63e09zGJAMUA24oe0UaHWYp60QpsOXCOaS7TKvr+1Ug77Edru 9ZGm0CxRoefNspMDErHUd4wek+KFQ6zFzM9X9OeAtAYgGDbISUoicwBSyXhLxIuXPDEO 4vzQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlnIFJsLCyov9noowhaO0b8U19tvRbvDftWD0Z5y0O5td84rthw9cQnSBTZQh9goELMcAUN MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.32.37 with SMTP id f5mr20290248vdi.17.1381118940130; Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:09:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.174.197 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:09:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [24.84.235.32] In-Reply-To: <8DD26019-C037-4E66-ADD8-AE01832E5EE1@vpnc.org> References: <7C4636E2-2819-4FD9-819F-A3594DADA711@tzi.org> <20131007014220.GR7224@mercury.ccil.org> <8DD26019-C037-4E66-ADD8-AE01832E5EE1@vpnc.org> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:09:00 -0700 Message-ID: From: Tim Bray To: Paul Hoffman Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec51d2552d1c47a04e81ecf6d Cc: John Cowan , "json@ietf.org" Subject: Re: [Json] Security considerations X-BeenThere: json@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: "JavaScript Object Notation \(JSON\) WG mailing list" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 04:09:07 -0000 --bcaec51d2552d1c47a04e81ecf6d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable What is the argument against including a conventional warning against a plausible-but-dangerous practice? The only one I can think of is =E2=80=9C= everyone already knows that=E2=80=9D which doesn=E2=80=99t seem very strong to me. On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: > On Oct 6, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > > > You mean will not cover might-make-you-safe regex, or will not warn of > the dangers of eval()? > > Correct. > > --Paul HOffman > _______________________________________________ > json mailing list > json@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/json > --bcaec51d2552d1c47a04e81ecf6d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
What is the argument against including a conventional warn= ing against a plausible-but-dangerous practice?=C2=A0 The only one I can th= ink of is =E2=80=9Ceveryone already knows that=E2=80=9D which doesn=E2=80= =99t seem very strong to me.


On Sun,= Oct 6, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> wrote:
On Oct 6, 2013, at 8:18 PM= , Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com= > wrote:

> You mean will not cover might-make-you-safe regex, or will not warn of= the dangers of eval()?

Correct.

--Paul HOffman
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