[whatwg] @srcdoc and default @sandbox

[Maciej Stachowiak]

On Aug 30, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Aug 30, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> 
>>> While talking with the implementor of @srcdoc in Webkit, it came up
>>> that, though @srcdoc is *designed* for use with @sandbox, the author
>>> still has to explicitly add @sandbox to the <iframe> or else they
>>> don't get the sandbox security model.
>>> 
>>> Can we make this automatic?  Specifically, when <iframe
>>> srcdoc=foo></iframe> is specified (without @sandbox), it drops into
>>> the sandbox security model as if <iframe sandbox srcdoc=foo></iframe>
>>> was used.  If @sandbox is explicitly added, its value is instead used,
>>> so the author can set the sandbox security flags if desired.
>>> 
>>> This would mean that there is no way for an author to use @srcdoc
>>> *without* sandboxing.  This appears to be a minority use-case in the
>>> first place (as far as I can tell, it's pretty much just useful for
>>> testing purposes), but the author can always use a data: url in that
>>> case.
>> 
>> I think it's better to let these remain orthogonal features. In general I think it is a net negative to usability when Feature A implicitly turns on Feature B. Implicit relationships like this make the Web platform more confusing.
> 
> While I agree with you in general, in this particular case I cannot.
> @srcdoc wasn't designed as an orthogonal feature - it was explicitly
> built with @sandbox in mind, to allow authors to shove generic content
> into the sandbox without incurring a network request.  It has only
> niche technical use outside the context of @sandbox.

Should @seamless imply @sandbox too, then?

Regards,
Maciej