STS and lockCA

2009-10-01 Thread Gervase Markham
Dear public-webapps, I would like to propose a small extension to the current draft specification for Strict Transport Security. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2009Sep/att-0051/draft-hodges-strict-transport-sec-05.plain.html The Problem --- At the moment, if one CA

Re: STS and lockCA

2009-10-03 Thread Gervase Markham
On 02/10/09 23:54, Hodges, Jeff wrote: Instead of adding them all in v1, we should allow / encourage this kind of experimentation by defining a forwards-compatible grammar for the STS header. Agreed, see the thread entitled more flexible ABNF for STS? That would be a great thing :-) I

Re: STS and lockCA

2009-11-11 Thread Gervase Markham
On 11/11/09 08:57, Adam Barth wrote: Why do we need a browser mechanism for that? It seems like the site can easily compute whatever max-age value it wishes to set. Not to mention the fact that you normally don't actually want the LockCA to expire at exactly the same time as the cert, because

Re: STS and lockCA

2009-11-12 Thread Gervase Markham
On 11/11/09 15:25, Bil Corry wrote: Would LockCA prevent the site from loading if it encountered a new cert from the same CA? No. Hence the name - lock _CA_. :-P (BTW, I'm not subscribed to public-webapps; you'll need to CC me on any conversation you want me in.) Or are you talking about a