ISSUE-17

widget-proxy

Widgets (not just widget engines) should be able to specify which proxies they communicate through

State:

CLOSED

Product:

Widgets

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

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1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)

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