The way the implementation in Chrome works is that max-age=0 only
clears the entry for that particular host name.  If there's another
shorter host name with includeSubdomains, that isn't affected.

Adam


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:16 PM, David Keeler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The current HSTS spec draft says "A max-age value of zero (i.e.,
> "max-age=0") signals the UA to cease regarding the host as a Known HSTS
> Host." (section 6.1.1) How does this interact with the includeSubdomains
> directive?
> For instance, if the UA receives an HSTS header with includeSubdomains
> from example.com but then receives an HSTS header with max-age=0 from
> sub.example.com, is sub.example.com to be noted as an HSTS host?
> Either way, I believe the language of the spec could be a bit more clear.
>
> Cheers,
> David Keeler
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