I like this Eran, mmmmmmmm, On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Eran Hammer-Lahav <[email protected]>wrote:
> After much (re)deliberation and discussions, I've decided to drop the > <Host> element from host-meta. The two reasons why it was there were: > > 1. make host-meta self-contained so it can be obtained via other means than > /.well-known/host-meta > 2. provide a subject for signatures > > Since there are no use cases for #1, and #2 has failed to materialize after > more than a year of discussions (still no signature profile published), I > have decided that for the sake of simplicity and practicality to remove the > element. host-meta doesn't address security and it should not provide a hook > for future security profiles - that's their job. Those who find a need for > expressing the subject of a host-meta XRD (or JRD) can add it back in their > own spec (or make up something else). > > -09 dropped the element. > > Note that there is going to be a -10 coming out shortly which merges LRDD > back into host-meta, dropping links from HTTP headers and HTML bodies (which > don't have any driving use cases). > > EHL > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 12:45 AM > To: Eran Hammer-Lahav; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: New Version Notification - draft-hammer-hostmeta-09.txt > > New version (-09) has been submitted for draft-hammer-hostmeta-09.txt. > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hammer-hostmeta-09.txt > > > Diff from previous version: > http://tools.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-hammer-hostmeta-09 > > IETF Secretariat. > -- http://hi.im/santosh
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