[whatwg] Same-origin checking for media elements

Robert O'Callahan robert at ocallahan.org
Tue Nov 11 20:02:02 PST 2008


On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> JavaScript already has measures along the lines of (2), in the context
> of frames. The information a script can obtain about a frame from a
> different origin is carefully restricted. I think that a similar
> solution would be best. It has the advantage of consistency and proven
> security.
>

I would say it has a history of proven *insecurity*. Look at clickjacking
for example.

Anyway, having discussed this with Hixie and Maciej and others a bit on
#whatwg, things seem to be leaning towards option 2.

Rob
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