ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through
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Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through
- State:
- CLOSED
- Product:
- HISTORICAL: Widgets [Bugs and Issues are tracked via Bugzilla https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/describecomponents.cgi?product=WebAppsWG]
- Raised by:
- Josh Soref
- Opened on:
- 2008-06-26
- Description:
- From:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2008AprJun/0440.html
> 5:00 PM and as a should, I SHOULD be able to pick a proxy per widget
> however it shouldn't be a requirement (MUST), because some systems won't
> want to
> me: yeah, that adds quite a bit of complexity
> timeless.bmo1: (not all widgets are created equal, some are more equal than
> others)
> me: sounds like a 2.0 feature
> if someone wants it
> 5:01 PM timeless.bmo1: the problem is that i can easily have some widgets
> that i only want to work in some environments
> and some widgets that will need a proxy at some times
> yeah stupid corporate firewalls
> me: yeah, I can already think of use cases
> timeless.bmo1: however, some things shouldn't work at some times
> 5:02 PM i have apps like this
> which may be ip based and don't want them talking to any random server at
> that ip, but only via some trusted proxy... but i don't want all the other
> widgets to use that trusted proxy
> 5:03 PM or in some cases, i really really don't trust the proxy, but it's a
> necessary evil for a certain widget
> me: you think it might be something to consider for 1.0 then?
> timeless.bmo1: sadly yes
- Related Actions Items:
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- Related emails:
- Re: ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through (from marcosscaceres@gmail.com on 2008-09-05)
- Re: ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through (from BS3131@att.com on 2008-09-03)
- Re: ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through (from art.barstow@nokia.com on 2008-08-30)
- ISSUE-17: Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-06-26)
Related notes:
This issue has been closed, based on the WG's agreement on August 26. Please see the following for details:
<http://www.w3.org/2008/08/26-wam-minutes.html#item03>
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