[websec] Question on Pinning Overrides

Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> Tue, 14 October 2014 16:33 UTC

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Subject: [websec] Question on Pinning Overrides
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Section 2.7 states:

   UAs MAY choose to implement additional sources of pinning
   information, such as through built-in lists of pinning information.
   Such UAs should allow users to override such additional sources,
   including disabling them from consideration.

>From section 2.7, I understand a _user_ can provide an override to a
_preloaded_ pinset. But I don't see where a user is provided the
authority to override a non-preloaded pinset. And I don't see where an
external entity is provided authority to override a preloaded or
non-preloaded pinset.

Is this correct?

If correct, shouldn't the user be allowed to override both preloaded
and non-preloaded pinsets?

If correct, won't that break Chrome with respect to
http://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/05/04/pinning.html (see section
"What about MITM proxies, Fiddler etc?")?