Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax redux
Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Fri, 30 December 2011 10:00 UTC
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Subject: Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax redux
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On 2011-12-30 10:13, Adam Barth wrote: > Using quoted-string in the extension directive is the wrong thing to > do. Because none of the actual directives use quoted-string, folks > are likely to write parsers that don't handle all the complexities of > quoted-string (which are legion). That means when we go to actually > use quoted-string in a future directive, it won't actually work in > many user agents. Unless we clarify the syntax, allow q-s everywhere, and have test cases. > On the other hand, if we spec the extension directives without > quoted-string, future extensions will work even if folks mistakenly > implement quote-string (because DQUOTE is forbidden in the extension > syntax I suggested above, so we'll never trigger the mistaken > quoted-string parsing code). Everyone lives a happy life. Absolutely not. First of all, some implementations will parse q-s, because that's consistent with other header fields. Also, not having q-s makes certain values impossible to send, in which case you'll need to invent yet another escaping syntax. > Anyway, it's all somewhat of a moot point because the above will > happen regardless of what we write in the spec. Even if we write > quoted-string, when folks attempt to use these extension directives in > the future, they'll find that they don't work and they'll update the > syntax not to use quoted-string. Why would they find that? Implementations can be fixed. Or is this argument based on the fact that you *currently* "own" one implementation and claim it can't be fixed? That would be a very strange thing to do in the context of an IETF WG trying to reach consensus. Best regards, Julian PS: I note that we are in violent agreement that the syntax should be the same for all directives, predefined or extension. We just come to different conclusions about what that syntax should be.
- [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax redux Ryan Sleevi
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… =JeffH
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax redux =JeffH
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… =JeffH
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… =JeffH
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Bjoern Hoehrmann
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… =JeffH
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Roy T. Fielding
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Tobias Gondrom
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Anne van Kesteren
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Anne van Kesteren
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Anne van Kesteren
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Bjoern Hoehrmann
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Adam Barth
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Marsh Ray
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Julian Reschke
- Re: [websec] Strict-Transport-Security syntax red… Bjoern Hoehrmann