On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 6:51 PM Andrey Andreev <n...@devilix.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 5:46 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohg...@ohgaki.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 9:27 PM Andrey Andreev <n...@devilix.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 7:22 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohg...@ohgaki.net>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > One thing regarding implementation.
> >> > Since the internet RFC has only 2 values for "samesite", the parameter
> >> > can
> >> > be
> >> > bool rather than string so that users can avoid "broken security by a
> >> > typo".
> >> > If "samesite" has more than 2 values, the INI handler can be changed
> so
> >> > that
> >> > it can
> >> > handle both bool and string parameters.
> >> >
> >>
> >> The attribute has 2 possible values, but those are 2 different modes
> >> of operation *when enabled*, not 2 states in total. It doesn't fit in
> >> a boolean, and even if it did it wouldn't be forward-compatible that
> >> way.
> >
> >
> > What do you mean by "those are 2 different modes
> > of operation *when enabled*, not 2 states in total. "?
> >
> > samesite-value = "Strict" / "Lax"
> >
> > Flag is flag. It does not matter if it is used as combined values.
> >
> > An INI value can be bool and string/etc. Even when 3rd value is added, it
> > can
> > be supported. Such INIs exist in PHP already.
> >
>
> A boolean makes sense for Secure and HTTPonly, where the flag either
> exists or not. That's not what we have here, as SameSite=Lax is not
> the same thing as not having SameSite at all.
>
> bool(false) may make sense as an Off switch, yes, but that's not what
> you suggested ...
>


Bool actually have 3 values.

true/false/null(empty)

So there isn't issue being bool INI.
It's much secure than string, since current code does not have validation.
i.e. Typo breaks security setting.

Regards,

--
Yasuo Ohgaki
yohg...@ohgaki.net

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