Re: [Webpush] ietf-webpush-encryption - untrusted push services

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Wed, 04 November 2015 00:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Webpush] ietf-webpush-encryption - untrusted push services
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On 4 November 2015 at 03:14, Adam Langley <agl@google.com> wrote:
> But, still, you can't depend on contributory behaviour. It's just not
> a property that's guaranteed.

Right.  I have requested that you put that in the security
considerations.  I am on the hook to produce a revision to the content
encryption draft that addresses the contributory behaviour concern.  I
expect that to be fairly simple in this case.  Expect something in a
week or so.