Re: [websec] Stephen Farrell's Yes on draft-ietf-websec-key-pinning-21: (with COMMENT)

Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> Thu, 09 October 2014 13:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [websec] Stephen Farrell's Yes on draft-ietf-websec-key-pinning-21: (with COMMENT)
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Just on the new point:

- In 2.2 you say: "(1) the processing rules for HTTP
>    request messages received over a secure transport (e.g.
>    authenticated, non-anonymous TLS); "
>
> Should the "e.g." be an "i.e." ? It's probably fine either
> way but just wondered.
>

It seems to me that "for example" is right, allowing for other possible
secure transports (perhaps IPSec, perhaps something that comes later).  The
concept is that it needs to be secured, and the example is apt.

Barry