Re: [FileSystem]: URI format, uses

2011-02-04 Thread Karl Dubost
Le 23 janv. 2011 à 18:13, Glenn Maynard a écrit : But that's the point: when you put pictures (or tax forms, or other private files) on a webserver, you have mechanisms for access control. You wouldn't put private files on a publically-accessible webserver; you put them on a

Re: [FileSystem]: URI format, uses

2011-01-23 Thread Robin Berjon
On Jan 22, 2011, at 01:04 , Glenn Maynard wrote: Putting family photos in a directory and giving a webpage access to it isn't the same as putting them on a publically-accessible webserver. How so? -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/

Re: [FileSystem]: URI format, uses

2011-01-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Robin Berjon ro...@berjon.com wrote: On Jan 22, 2011, at 01:04 , Glenn Maynard wrote: Putting family photos in a directory and giving a webpage access to it isn't the same as putting them on a publically-accessible webserver. How so? One makes them

Re: [FileSystem]: URI format, uses

2011-01-23 Thread Charles McCathieNevile
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:27:56 +0100, Glenn Maynard gl...@zewt.org wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Robin Berjon ro...@berjon.com wrote: On Jan 22, 2011, at 01:04 , Glenn Maynard wrote: Putting family photos in a directory and giving a webpage access to it isn't the same as putting

Re: [FileSystem]: URI format, uses

2011-01-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Charles McCathieNevile cha...@opera.com wrote: Not in my experience. People put them somewhere on facebook.com or skype.com or something, which makes them accessible through a very small number of single webpages. And often without loggin in, those are not

[FileSystem]: URI format, uses

2011-01-21 Thread Eric Uhrhane
The Entry.toURI method specified in the FileSystem spec [1] currently has an open issue to define its format. I believe we also need to describe the ways in which it can and cannot be used, as some potential uses may have security implications. I propose the following format:

Re: [FileSystem]: URI format, uses

2011-01-21 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Eric Uhrhane er...@google.com wrote: I think that, for the domain that owns the asset referred to by the URI, pretty much any reasonable use should be allowed: video/audio/img/iframe/script sources, XHR [GET only], etc.  I'm iffier on allowing any access to