Hi Rainer,
2009/2/13 Hillebrand, Rainer <[email protected]>:
> Dear Marcos,
>
> From my point of view the current model as described by you is ok. The author 
> of the update description document and the author of the widget resource that 
> shall be updated are able to control the security level shall be reached. 
> This is not mandated by the widget specifications family. If somebody wants 
> to provide an unsigned update package via HTTP for a signed widget resource 
> then this will not be prevented by a widget user agent.
>

Agreed. A lot of software out there already works over this model. I
don't think it is worth over complicating it. Lets just keep it simple
and let it work over HTTP/HTTPS. Adding more complexity is unnecessary
IMHO. If it can be shown that HTTPS does not provide overall security
needed to achieve a widget update, then I think we should consider
throwing another signature into the mix.

Kind regards,
Marcos
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Marcos Caceres
http://datadriven.com.au

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