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Bug 24407 - Why not add "ftp" as a whitelisted scheme?
Summary: Why not add "ftp" as a whitelisted scheme?
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2014-01-27 13:18 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2014-01-27 18:09 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2014-01-27 13:18:30 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/timers.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#custom-handlers
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#custom-handlers
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Comment:
Why not add "ftp" as a whitelisted scheme?

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2014-01-27 18:09:49 UTC 
Because that would let you insert yourself between all FTP requests, including to intranet FTP sites, which is a non-starter.