Re: [websec] #16: lack of explanatory text and no justifications for the normative language

"websec issue tracker" <trac+websec@trac.tools.ietf.org> Tue, 15 November 2011 02:50 UTC

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#16: lack of explanatory text and no justifications for the normative language


Comment (by masinter@…):

 I think a test suite (with links to, copy of, or at least documentation
 of) real, deployed, useful sites which need each sniffing configuration
 will go a long way toward justifying what we have.

 Frankly, I suspect that some cases of sniffing which were valid in 2009
 may no longer be valid in 2011.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/websec/trac/ticket/16#comment:2>
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