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Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax redux

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Thu, 05 January 2012 15:59 UTC

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FWIW, I'm with Julian on this, particularly:

> - principle of least surprise and consistency - if quoted-string works in other header fields with param syntax, why not here?


"We invented a header that your message-producing software must special-case" is not a good way to get security.

--Paul Hoffman

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