Re: [websec] #55: Clarify that the newest pinning information takes precedence

Chris Palmer <palmer@google.com> Fri, 19 October 2012 21:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [websec] #55: Clarify that the newest pinning information takes precedence
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Any thoughts on this text?


On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 2:33 PM, websec issue tracker
<trac+websec@trac.tools.ietf.org> wrote:
> #55: Clarify that the newest pinning information takes precedence
>
>  In section "Interactions With Preloaded Pin Lists", we need to specify
>  that the newest information, even "stop pinning", must take precedence. I
>  propose this text:
>
>  UAs MUST use the newest information — built-in or set via Valid Pinning
>  Header — when performing Pin Validation for the host. If the result of
>  noting a Valid Pinning Header is to disable pinning for the host (such as
>  because the host set a max-age directive with a value of 0), UAs MUST
>  allow this new  nformation to override any built-in pins. That is, a host
>  must be able to un-pin itself even from built-in pins.