Re: Wellknown suffix proposal: csp.txt

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Fri, 22 May 2020 02:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: Wellknown suffix proposal: csp.txt
From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
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Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 12:35:14 +1000
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Hello,

Thanks for the request.

The specification needs to be referred to using a URL, not inline. Generally, it's best to use an RFC or other publication by a standards body, or an organisational page (so that it's more likely to be stable over time).

That said, is this being run through the W3C WebAppSec Working Group? If not, we'd want to check with them before granting the registration; while registering this with a more specific name (e.g., `hiburn8-csp.txt`) wouldn't be a problem, consuming `csp.txt` without buy-in from them would be problematic.

Cheers,


> On 22 May 2020, at 12:25 pm, hiburn 8 <daniel@hiburn8.org> wrote:
> 
> URI suffix:  csp.txt
> 
> Description: 
> The csp.txt suffix should point to a plaintext file. This file describes the required Content-Security-Policy 
> (CSP) directives necessary for other origins to embed its content.
> This would be of use for site administrators to quickly allow content from other origins, without
> being required to first determine the CSP attributes that permit access to the content,
> while maintaining the most restrictive/secure policy. This would also allow site owners to quickly resolve 
> content issues; for example, when an allowed javascript file is modified to require additional content from 
> another domain which is not permitted by CSP.
> 
> Specification:
> There is only one mandatory field for a csp.txt, 'Content-Security-Policy'.
> The value of which is identical to the attributes of a Content-Security-Policy (rfc7762) header.
> Example:
> 
> ------------------This line is not included----------------------------
> Content-Security-Policy: font-src example.com; connect-src example.com
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------This line is not included----------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Optionally, the 'Path' field indicates the coverage of the 'Content-Security-Policy' field.
> It describes an absolute or relative path where the CSP attributes apply.
> This is useful if there are different content services on different paths, which can then be added to a CSP
> selectively. Likewise, the 'Path' field can show the same information for subdomains. An omitted 'Path' field 
> is identical to 'Path: /'
> 
> 
> Example:
> 
> ------------------This line is not included----------------------------
> Path: /fonts
> Content-Security-Policy: font-src example.com;
> Path: /scripts
> Content-Security-Policy: script-src example.com; connect-src example.com
> Path: iframe.example.com
> Content-Security-Policy: frame-src example
> 
> ------------------This line is not included----------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> Additional Info: The main purpose for proposing this suffix is to tackle the management overhead of 
> CSPs [Which is a pain in my ass], as well as make CSPs generally more secure.
> 
> - Daniel Reece @hbrn8
> 
> 
> 
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