[whatwg] proposal for a location.domain property

[João Eiras]

On Thu, 24 May 2012 23:02:00 +0200, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com>  
wrote:

>
> I agree. Even though there are still legacy features like cookies and  
> document.domain that use domain-based security, most of the Web platform  
> uses origin-based security, and that has proved to be a sounder model.  
> While I acknowledge the use cases for exposing location.domain, it's  
> also likely to become an attractive nuisance that pulls developers in  
> the wrong direction.
>

Although I understand this opinion and agree with it, the domain based  
security checks are used for cross frame interaction, cookies, security  
certificates, etc, therefore it has to be specified and documented.

I don't think adding a location.tld property or location.topDomain would  
pull developers away from anything. It would just make the legacy domain  
based security checks a bit more easy to handle and understand. It's the  
specifications and APIs that tell which security model to use, not the  
developer.