ISSUE-14

opt-into-methods-headers

Opting into methods/headers

State:

CLOSED

Product:

CORS

Raised by:

Anne van Kesteren

Opened on:

2008-06-23

Description:

[[ This issue was created on 2008-06-06 as Issue #27 in the Web Applications Formats (WAF) WG and is copied in totality to the Web Applications WG's Issues database:
<http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/waf/issues/27> ]]

The current Access Control model allows all methods to be used and all headers (apart from a blacklist and some headers require a preflight request in case of GET).

There is a proposal to only allow methods and headers the server has opted into:

 [AC] Helping server admins not making mistakes
 <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-appformats/2008May/0034.html>

 This would make the server more secure by default when opting into Access Control.

The drawback is again that it makes the model more complicated and more prone to bugs.

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Related emails:

1. [access-control] Proposal to Close Issue#14 - Opting into methods/headers (from art.barstow@nokia.com on 2008-10-09)
2. [access-control] Issue list (from annevk@opera.com on 2008-07-08)
3. ISSUE-14 (opt-into-methods-headers): Opting into methods/headers [Access Control] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-06-23)

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