[whatwg] Sandboxed IFrames and downloads.

[Mike West]

Ping. Is this a terrible idea? :)

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On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Mike West <mkwst at google.com> wrote:

> It's currently possible to force a download by serving a file with a
> "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=..." header. Notably, this
> mechanism can be used to download a file with minimal user interaction by
> including the resource to be downloaded in an IFrame. This holds even for
> sandboxed IFrames, as demonstrated by
> http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/sandboxed.html (clicking that link will
> download a file, fair warning).
>
> It seems consistent with the general thought behind the `sandbox`
> attribute that it should control downloads as well as the bits it already
> locks down. I'd propose adjusting the spec to include a sandboxed downloads
> flag, which, when present, would block all downloads from inside the frame
> (or, perhaps only require user confirmation?). This restriction could be
> lifted via an 'allow-downloads' keyword, if present in the sandbox
> attribute's token list.
>
> WDYT?
>
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> Mike West <mkwst at google.com>, Developer Advocate
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