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

"Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com> Thu, 05 January 2012 20:22 UTC

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On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:06:42 +0100, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>  
wrote:
> It is indeed messy. And I think one of the reasons it is that there are  
> too many different formats, and too many special cases within a single  
> format; thus my proposal to allow token/quoted-string for all  
> parameters, and not only some.

Is there some kind of overview of the formats in use and indication of  
convergence? It seems you have a particular vision and it may be the right  
one, but without some kind of data it's hard to see where we are.


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