On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:54 AM, Tony Finch <[email protected]> wrote:

> Paul Vixie <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > while i've generally included a localhost.$ORIGIN A RR in zones that
> appear in
> > my stub resolver search lists, in order that "localhost" be found,
>
> I agree with the rest of your message but I want to highlight this bit
> because it is directly related to the main reason this draft exists.
>
> Your localhost records (like the ones I deleted from cam.ac.uk last week)
> are troublesome for the web browser same origin security policy: they can
> lead to vulnerabilites when your websites are accessed from multi-user
> machines and in other more obscure circumstances - for details, see
> http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Jan/270


Cf.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomson-postel-was-wrong-00#section-4.1

When something shouldn't work, it shouldn't work.

--Richard



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