Re: [websec] On draft-ietf-websec-mime-sniff-01...‏

Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com> Sat, 05 February 2011 21:36 UTC

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Subject: Re: [websec] On draft-ietf-websec-mime-sniff-01...‏
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On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com> wrote:
> <!-- is a generic SGML/XML comment. It does not indicate the content is HTML.

Indeed.  However, that's the way the sniffing algorithm works.

Adam