This should land in 4.0.x On Oct 9, 2014 7:38 AM, "Ian Clelland" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm running into more and more problems caused by the whitelist (today, > it's because of the dual use of the internal whitelist for "should be able > to navigate to URL" and "should be able to XHR from URL") > > I'm going to start to pull it out, on a topic branch based off of Android > 4.0.x right now. I'll create a JIRA issue to track the work. > > Is 4.0.x the best place for this to land, or is there any support for > putting it on master as well, for an eventual 3.7 release? > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 to remove it for all the above reasons (and WKWebView in iOS 8) > > Those interested in this security blanket for checkmark ✓ purposes can > > install the plugin, and perhaps maintain it as well. > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Or remove it altogether and let the evolution of that code be > maintained > > by > > > those interested in the narrative it provides? :) > > > > > > On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Sounds like we both agree that it doesn't work and adds a false sense > of > > >> security (to those that do opt into it) :P. > > >> > > >> Maybe what we should do is redesign the whitelist to do something more > > >> useful. > > >> > > >> e.g. A whitelist that says what URLs you can navigate to is useful and > > easy > > >> to implement. Let's just drop the trying to stop network requests > > aspect of > > >> it? > > >> > > >> > > >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Joe Bowser <[email protected] > > >> <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >> > > >> > I'm in agreement with Andrew on this one. If we can get CSP > working, > > >> > that's a far better solution than our Whitelist, which was done > > >> > because it was needed at the time for the enterprise use case that > IBM > > >> > had. I don't think we're ever going to stop are users from doing > dumb > > >> > things like including thirdpartyadnetworkthatdoesnoteusehttps.js in > > >> > their apps any time soon, but they'll have to jump through more > hoops > > >> > to do dumb things, and making dumb things harder is a good thing. > > >> > > > >> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected] > > <javascript:;>> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > Heh. Why do we always seem to be at the opposite end of > > considerations? > > >> > > (Not a bad thing anyhow. ;) > > >> > > > > >> > > So making whitelist a plugin would most certainly isolate the code > > >> which > > >> > > would help us better understand: > > >> > > > > >> > > 1.) where the surface for bugs are (we seem to miss/find new > > security > > >> > holes > > >> > > each quarter…) > > >> > > 2.) if people actually use it > > >> > > > > >> > > I'm more interested in #2. I suspect the only people whom do use > it > > are > > >> > > security researchers disproving the whitelist veracity. I feel > this > > API > > >> > was > > >> > > a mistake, is misleading, and ultimately leads to poor web > security > > >> > > practices wrt 3rd part scripts. I'd like the evidence to remove it > > >> > > completely and making it a plugin would do that. (And still allow > > for > > >> its > > >> > > existence to those whom want to contribute to a "marketing" based > > api.) > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Andrew Grieve < > [email protected] > > >> <javascript:;>> > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > >> I don't think moving the whitelist to a plugin would aid in its > > >> > >> understanding. Right now the whitelist is used for two things: > > >> > >> > > >> > >> 1. Whether to allow network requests through (although this is > > broken > > >> > for > > >> > >> <audio>/<video> on iOS, and broken for them + websockets on > Android > > >> > >> 2. Whether to allow top frame navigations (e.g. clicking a link > to > > >> > http:// > > >> > >> * > > >> > >> opens in system browser vs. webview) > > >> > >> > > >> > >> #1 doesn't work very well due to technical limitations. > > >> > >> #2 is actually the more import one security-wise I think, and I > > don't > > >> > think > > >> > >> should be relegated to a plugin. > > >> > >> > > >> > >> I'm hoping medium-term that CSP can replace the use-case of #1. > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Ian Clelland < > > [email protected] > > >> <javascript:;>> > > >> > >> wrote: > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > What would be the security implication of removing it from > core? > > No > > >> > >> access > > >> > >> > at all by default? Or unlimited access by default? > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > I suspect that if the default policy with no plugin installed > is > > the > > >> > >> > latter, then we will be given the impression that it's not > > important > > >> > at > > >> > >> all > > >> > >> > :) > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > I had considered just turning the whitelist settings into a > > plugin > > >> -- > > >> > >> > either leaving the default rules as they are, and writing a > > >> > >> > "cordova-security" plugin that locks it down, or tighten > > everything > > >> by > > >> > >> > default, and tell people to install "cordova-plugin-insecurity" > > if > > >> > they > > >> > >> > want to open it up :) > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > I like the idea of making the entire whitelist architecture > into > > a > > >> > >> plugin, > > >> > >> > though. If nothing else, it should be easier to reason about > it, > > and > > >> > >> easier > > >> > >> > to fix or replace it in the future if we need to. > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Shazron <[email protected] > > >> <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > Actually it's already possible in any iOS version, we just > > have to > > >> > >> > > make sure the plugin loads at startup. This is for UIWebView > > only, > > >> > >> > > WKWebView has this issue: > > >> > >> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7049 - you can't > > >> intercept > > >> > >> > > any requests from it currently (not sure if anything changed > in > > >> iOS > > >> > 8 > > >> > >> > > beta 3) > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected] > > >> <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >> > >> > > > Was discussing this w/ Shaz and Joe and, in theory, this is > > >> > possible > > >> > >> > from > > >> > >> > > > iOS8 onward and possibly w/ some refactoring in the 4.x > > series > > >> of > > >> > >> > > Android. > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> > > > Its also probably the single most problematic areas of > > >> > >> misunderstanding > > >> > >> > > as > > >> > >> > > > it relates to security we have. Isolating it from core > would > > >> give > > >> > us > > >> > >> a > > >> > >> > > > better picture of how important it truly is. > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> > > > Thoughts? > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >
