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Re: [websec] Acceptance of draft-gondrom-frame-options-02.txt and draft-gondrom-x-frame-options-00.txt as WebSec WG documents

Chris Weber <chris@lookout.net> Mon, 16 April 2012 18:49 UTC

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Subject: Re: [websec] Acceptance of draft-gondrom-frame-options-02.txt and draft-gondrom-x-frame-options-00.txt as WebSec WG documents
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On 4/16/2012 11:14 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Chris, just to be clear, are you objecting to acceptance of these
> documents as starting points for progression within the working group
> (i.e., do you think they are fatally flawed or not within the
> charter), or are you providing technical feedback on the assumption
> that they'll be accepted as working group items?

I think frame-options is flawed by even discussing itself as a protection against CSRF when it's primary function is to control and prevent framing.  However I do believe this is within charter, so I'm merely providing feedback on the assumption that they'll be accepted.

Best regards,
Chris Weber


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