Thanks Adam.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-http-wg-requ...@w3.org [mailto:ietf-http-wg-requ...@w3.org]
> On Behalf Of Adam Barth
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:58 AM
>
> Wow, this draft is scary.

No the emotion I was looking for but at least it moved you... :-)

> In particular, you should require that
> the host-meta file should be served with a specific mime type (ignore
> the response if the mime type is wrong.  This protects servers that
> let users upload content from having attackers upload a bogus
> host-meta file.

I am not sure the value added in security (which I find hard to buy) is worth 
excluding many hosting solutions where people not always have access to setting 
content-type headers. After all, focusing on an HTTP GET based solution was 
based on getting the most accessible approach.

> Also, if you want this feature to be useful for Web browsers, you
> should align the scope of the host-meta file with the notion or origin
> (not authority).

The scope is host/port/protocol. The protocol is not said explicitly but is 
very much implied. I'll leave it up to Mark to address wordings. As for the 
term 'origin', I rather do anything but get involved with another term at this 
point.

EHL


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