[whatwg] AllowSeamless feedback

[Anne van Kesteren]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Markus Ernst <derernst at gmx.ch> wrote:
> The allow-seamless mechanism is to be triggered at the side of the embedded
> resource, which would also be the one affected by possible security risks
> (if I get this right). The developer of this resource will have to be aware
> of these risks, and avoid to expose critical stuff in pages that allow
> seamless embedding.
>
> So, would it be possible to generally treat resources that allow seamless
> embedding as same-origin from the security POV?

No. And "AllowSameOrigin" would not work either. Because of scripting
one resource granting such access means exposing the entire origin to
attacks.


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