Re: [cors] unaddressed security concerns

2009-10-23 Thread David-Sarah Hopwood
Doug Schepers wrote: > I'm not at all a security expert, or even particularly well-informed on > the topic, but it does occur to me that most of CORS' opponents seem > very much in the capability-based security camp [1], and may distrust or > dislike something more "authentication-based" like CORS.

Re: [cors] unaddressed security concerns

2009-10-23 Thread David-Sarah Hopwood
Doug Schepers wrote: > Jonathan Rees wrote (on 10/23/09 5:04 PM): >> >> The brief summary of the debate is that Mark M is citing Tyler's >> argument, and Mark's and Tyler's long experience with this kind of >> thing, in predicting that any system with the currently described CORS >> architecture wi

Re: Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: - EventSource is not a very big implementation burden - the WebKit patch to add it was a couple dozen lines, which were mostly the event stream parsing code. So it's not too terrible if we have it, and XHR in the future can do similar th

Re: [cors] unaddressed security concerns

2009-10-23 Thread Doug Schepers
Hi, Adam- Thanks for the reply. Adam Barth wrote (on 10/24/09 1:00 AM): On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Doug Schepers wrote: That's an interesting point... if the proponents or opponents of CORS did more testing and modeling, would that satisfy concerns? Surely it couldn't be hard to set

Re: [cors] unaddressed security concerns

2009-10-23 Thread Adam Barth
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Doug Schepers wrote: > That's an interesting point... if the proponents or opponents of CORS did > more testing and modeling, would that satisfy concerns?  Surely it couldn't > be hard to set up a few common model architectures using CORS and announce > them as tar

Re: Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Ian Hickson
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009, Michael Nordman wrote: > > An area that may be worth exploring, that would add to the list things > that go beyond syntactic sugar, could be for multiple documents to > listen in on the same event-stream backed by the same connection to the > server. This could reduce the t

Re: Request for Reviewers: Section 7.4 of Web Security Context: User Interface Guidelines; deadline Sep 24 ( LC-2255)

2009-10-23 Thread David-Sarah Hopwood
mzu...@us.ibm.com wrote: > We are changing 7.4.3 to: >> > User agents often include features that enable Web content to update >> > the user's bookmark file, e.g. through a JavaScript API. If >> > permitted unchecked, these features can serve to confuse users by, >> > e.g., placing a bookmark

Re: Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >>> >>> On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: >>> I also continue to miss actual developer demand fo

Re: Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: I also continue to miss actual developer demand for server sent events. Seems like it doesn't add a lot of sugar over simply using

Re: Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Oct 23, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Michael Nordman wrote: I buy all of those advantages. This feature is a nice formalization of the commonly used "hanging GET" found in many ajax applications. Indeed, that's basically the point. It provides a reliable and convenient interface to the "hanging

Re: Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: > >> >> I also continue to miss actual developer demand for server sent >> events. Seems like it doesn't add a lot of sugar over simply using >> XMLHttpRequest and progress events. But aga

Re: [cors] unaddressed security concerns

2009-10-23 Thread Doug Schepers
Hi, Jonathan- Jonathan Rees wrote (on 10/23/09 5:04 PM): Thanks for putting the situation in these terms; I like the form of this analysis, even if am not sure I agree with the conclusion. Thanks, I hope it helped. The brief summary of the debate is that Mark M is citing Tyler's argument,

Re: Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Michael Nordman
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: > > >> I also continue to miss actual developer demand for server sent >> events. Seems like it doesn't add a lot of sugar over simply using >> XMLHttpRequest and progress events. But a

Value of Server-Sent Events

2009-10-23 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote: I also continue to miss actual developer demand for server sent events. Seems like it doesn't add a lot of sugar over simply using XMLHttpRequest and progress events. But again, I'm fine with publishing a new WD. Besides syntactic sugar, here

Re: CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Arthur Barstow
On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:30 AM, ext Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: Fine for all except WebDatabase. I notice that its present ED is virtually the same as its FPWD (modulo a new section on data sensitivity). There is no movement on any of the thorny issues - locking granularity, relational model and SQL

Re: [cors] unaddressed security concerns

2009-10-23 Thread Jonathan Rees
Comments below On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Doug Schepers wrote: > Let's take it a step further, and propose a worst-case scenario.  Say that > some undetected hypothetical vulnerability in CORS is discovered some years > from now, with a degree of severity akin to CSRF. > > At that time, we

Re: CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:19 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > >> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish new Working Drafts of the >> following specs: >> >> 1. Server-Sent Events >> http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/ >> >> 2. Web Databas

Re: CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread イアンフェッティ
I also support publishing a new WD on all of these. 2009/10/23 Maciej Stachowiak > > On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: > > Fine for all except WebDatabase. >> >> I notice that its present ED is virtually the same as its FPWD (modulo a >> new section on data sensitivity). There

RE: Multimodal Interaction WG questions for WebApps (especially WebAPI)

2009-10-23 Thread Deborah Dahl
That's very interesting, thanks! > -Original Message- > From: w3c-mmi-wg-requ...@w3.org > [mailto:w3c-mmi-wg-requ...@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jonas Sicking > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:18 PM > To: Deborah Dahl > Cc: ingmar.kli...@telekom.de; olli.pet...@helsinki.fi; > public-webapps@w

Re: Re: Request for Reviewers: Section 7.4 of Web Security Context: User Interface Guidelines; deadline Sep 24 ( LC-2255)

2009-10-23 Thread mzurko
Dear Adam Barth , The Web Security Context Working Group has reviewed the comments you sent [1] on the Last Call Working Draft [2] of the Web Security Context: User Interface Guidelines published on 26 Feb 2009. Thank you for having taken the time to review the document and to send us comments!

Re: Multimodal Interaction WG questions for WebApps (especially WebAPI)

2009-10-23 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Deborah Dahl wrote: > Just a quick follow-up about WebSockets -- do you have > any sense of when implementations might start to > be available in browsers? There's a patch for Firefox already. It'll probably take in the order of a couple of weeks to get it review

Re: CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: Fine for all except WebDatabase. I notice that its present ED is virtually the same as its FPWD (modulo a new section on data sensitivity). There is no movement on any of the thorny issues - locking granularity, relational model and SQL

Re: CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:19 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish new Working Drafts of the following specs: 1. Server-Sent Events http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/ 2. Web Database http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/ 3. Web Sockets API http://dev.w3.org/h

RE: Multimodal Interaction WG questions for WebApps (especially WebAPI)

2009-10-23 Thread Deborah Dahl
Just a quick follow-up about WebSockets -- do you have any sense of when implementations might start to be available in browsers? > -Original Message- > From: w3c-mmi-wg-requ...@w3.org > [mailto:w3c-mmi-wg-requ...@w3.org] On Behalf Of > ingmar.kli...@telekom.de > Sent: Friday, October 23

Re: CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Nikunj R. Mehta
Fine for all except WebDatabase. I notice that its present ED is virtually the same as its FPWD (modulo a new section on data sensitivity). There is no movement on any of the thorny issues - locking granularity, relational model and SQL dialect. I am not sure what benefit is to be achieved

Re: Multimodal Interaction WG questions for WebApps (especially WebAPI)

2009-10-23 Thread Ingmar.Kliche
Olli, thanks for pointing this out. The Multimodal WG has looked into whats available on WebSockets and indeed it seems to be a good candidate to be used as a transport mechanic for distributed multimodal applications. -- Ingmar. > -Original Message- > From: Olli Pettay [mailto:olli.p

CORS: email from Henry Thompson re "CORS still not getting to closure"

2009-10-23 Thread Arthur Barstow
Below is an email from Henry Thompson re CORS that I am forwarding with HT's permission. -Regards, Art Barstow Begin forwarded message: From: "ext Henry S. Thompson" Date: October 22, 2009 2:18:55 PM EDT To: "Barstow Art (Nokia-CIC/Boston)" Subject: CORS still not getting to closure -

Re: CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Robin Berjon
On Oct 23, 2009, at 14:19 , Arthur Barstow wrote: This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish new Working Drafts of the following specs: 1. Server-Sent Events http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/ 2. Web Database http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/ 3. Web Sockets API http://dev.w3.org/html

CfC: to publish new WDs of Server-sent Events, Web {Database, Sockets API, Storage, Workers}; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Arthur Barstow
This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish new Working Drafts of the following specs: 1. Server-Sent Events http://dev.w3.org/html5/eventsource/ 2. Web Database http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/ 3. Web Sockets API http://dev.w3.org/html5/websockets/ 4. Web Storage http://dev.w3.org

Headsup: short CfC to publish new WDs of Web Database, Web Storage, Web Sockets, Web Workers and Server-sent Events to be started

2009-10-23 Thread Arthur Barstow
- in November (see [1] for some related discussion with Hixie). -Regards, Art Barstow [1] http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/webapps/20091023

Re: [cors] TAG request concerning CORS & Next Step(s)

2009-10-23 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:00:02 +0200, Henry S. Thompson wrote: Sorry for the delay -- the discussion has clarified the current relevance of client-side implementations, and as far as that goes the TAG is happy. We do assume that demonstrating interoperable server-side implementation will be a ne

Re: [widgets] Draft Minutes for 22 October 2009 Voice Conf

2009-10-23 Thread Robin Berjon
On Oct 22, 2009, at 18:25 , David Rogers wrote: Given that Marcin and Marcos appear to have resolved this on the mailing lists, I would like to support LC publication as soon as possible. Thoughts anyone? +1 Sorry for missing the call, I wasn't operational. -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.c

Re: [widgets] CfC to publish LCWD#3 of the Packaging and Configuration spec; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread Robin Berjon
On Oct 22, 2009, at 23:40 , Arthur Barstow wrote: The deadline for comments is October 26 which is shorter than usual but we want this spec to be published before the TPAC publication moratorium. We support publishing this ASAP. -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/

Re: [widgets] Potential bug in Rule for Identifying the Media Type of a File

2009-10-23 Thread Marcos Caceres
2009/10/22 Marcin Hanclik : > Hi Marcos, All, > >>>It seems more logical to me to not >>>treat it as an extension. Look at all the .whatever files on your >>>system. I bet you 2 beers that 99% will be text files. And I bet you >>>will ".whatever.ext" will identify a type (like .something.plist). >

RE: [widgets] CfC to publish LCWD#3 of the Packaging and Configuration spec; deadline 26 October

2009-10-23 Thread David Rogers
Thanks Art, OMTP are happy to proceed. Thanks, David. -Original Message- From: public-webapps-requ...@w3.org [mailto:public-webapps-requ...@w3.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Barstow Sent: 22 October 2009 22:40 To: public-webapps Subject: [widgets] CfC to publish LCWD#3 of the Packaging and C