Going with it: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-9238

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote:

> +1 to names.
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org>
> wrote:
>
>> No comments about the names yet, but I'm now leaning towards:
>>
>> cordova-plugin-legacy-whitelist
>>
>> and
>>
>> cordova-plugin-whitelist
>>
>> as the two new git repos to create (rather than "url-policy")
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I think how Cordova works right now was the best way. Have access
>> blocked
>> > by default, but have a <access origin="*"/> in the default template. It
>> > makes the setting visible, while still working out-of-the-box.
>> >
>> > If we turned on requests when no whitelist plugin is installed, then
>> > existing apps that have <access> tags will have their whitelist removed
>> > with 4.0.0 and not know it. If someone updates and their app can't hit
>> the
>> > network anymore, then I think Stack Overflow will tell them why pretty
>> > quickly. We should also be very clear in the release notes and upgrade
>> > guide.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Nikhil Khandelwal <
>> nikhi...@microsoft.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I like Ian's proposal of blocking network access only when a whitelist
>> >> plugin is added to do so and is choosing to override the default
>> behavior.
>> >>
>> >> Scanning config.xml on upgrade might be a good way to warn devs to
>> refer
>> >> them to use this plugin. These changes should also be documented in the
>> >> migration guide from Android 3.x to 4.0.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Nikhil
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Jesse [mailto:purplecabb...@gmail.com]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:05 AM
>> >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org
>> >> Subject: Re: Android's new Whitelist Plugins
>> >>
>> >> I like the defaults as discussed, regardless of how they are achieved.
>> >> ie. network yes, intents no
>> >> This is similar to how a plain webview works if you add it to a native
>> >> app on ios or android, at least the network part, not sure what the
>> default
>> >> intent handling is.
>> >>
>> >> Are there portions of this functionality that make more sense as part
>> of
>> >> the platform native code?  To me a plugin that is installed by default
>> is
>> >> just modular platform code. Is there ever a reason to NOT want this
>> plugin,
>> >> versus just opening up access?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> @purplecabbage
>> >> risingj.com
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I've been working on adding support to just install the whitelist
>> >> > plugin by default, and to add the <access origin="*"> to the default
>> >> app.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is that sufficient?  I think we may still need to do what Ian
>> suggests
>> >> > and prompt on upgrade (or prepare)?
>> >> >
>> >> > For downstreams, especially IDE based ones, they will need to make
>> >> > sure the plugin is added by default however they do that.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Ian Clelland <
>> iclell...@chromium.org>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Nikhil Khandelwal <
>> >> > nikhi...@microsoft.com>
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > Here are my thoughts on the default behavior:
>> >> > > > - navigation should be disabled.
>> >> > > > - XHR & network request should be enabled.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > And application launch through intent URLs should also be disabled.
>> >> > > (IMO)
>> >> > >
>> >> > > That's not a bad default -- it enables CSP usage by default, which
>> I
>> >> > think
>> >> > > is good. It also (I think) means we're giving up on suggesting that
>> >> > network
>> >> > > requests can be completely blocked by default, because that's
>> >> > > definitely not the case on Android.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > We can implement this within the new framework: there is the idea
>> of
>> >> > > a 'default policy' that only comes into effect when no plugins take
>> >> > > responsibility for the whitelist. As soon as any plugin, though,
>> >> > > handles the shouldAllowRequest() call, for instance, the default
>> >> > > policy is no longer in effect, and it is a true whitelist
>> >> > > (block-by-default)
>> >> > >
>> >> > > My biggest concern with this is that developers are going to
>> blindly
>> >> > update
>> >> > > to Cordova 4.0.0, and when their app *just works*, they are not
>> >> > > going to realize that they are actually less secure than before.
>> >> > > (Without a
>> >> > plugin,
>> >> > > we've opened up all network access)
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Idea -- maybe we can scan config.xml -- at run time, or on prepare,
>> >> > > or on upgrade -- and if we see any access tag other than <access
>> >> > > origin="*"> we can display a loud message, suggesting strongly that
>> >> > > they install an appropriate plugin.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Ian
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > The plugin name is fine.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > I'm not convinced about a user having to add this plugin to
>> enable
>> >> > > network
>> >> > > > requests for Android/iOS. This default behavior should work with
>> >> > > > the platform and should not require a plugin. This inhibits users
>> >> > > > from
>> >> > > getting
>> >> > > > the ground running on a Cordova app. It breaks existing templates
>> >> > > > in
>> >> > IDEs
>> >> > > > and other downstream CLIs as well - as all of them need to
>> include
>> >> > > > this plugin to have any network access work.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Thanks,
>> >> > > > Nikhil
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > > > From: mmo...@google.com [mailto:mmo...@google.com] On Behalf Of
>> >> > > > Michal Mocny
>> >> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 11:22 AM
>> >> > > > To: dev
>> >> > > > Subject: Re: Android's new Whitelist Plugins
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > I've filed a JIRA issue with my thoughts on how to approach this:
>> >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8597
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Andrew Grieve
>> >> > > > <agri...@chromium.org>
>> >> > > > wrote:
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > > Like your ideas a lot. Updating the project template makes a
>> lot
>> >> > > > > of
>> >> > > > sense.
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > > Tried to make it clear in the README, so if any part was not
>> >> > > > > clear please fix it. But, the CSP tag is the more important
>> bit,
>> >> > > > > since <access> can't actually block all requests. The only
>> >> > > > > reason to even leave <access> in there is to support pre-kitkat
>> >> > > > > webviews, where no CSP support exists. CSP is also used to set
>> a
>> >> > > > > navigation whitelist
>> >> > for
>> >> > > > > subframes, which the native side is not able to do.
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Michal Mocny
>> >> > > > > <mmo...@chromium.org>
>> >> > > > wrote:
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > > > My thoughts:
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > - The split between <allow-navigation>, <allow-intent>, and
>> >> > <access>:
>> >> > > > > Like
>> >> > > > > > it a lot.
>> >> > > > > > - I think the defaults *for the plugin* are very reasonable.
>> >> > > > > > However, we may want to provide a default set of tags for the
>> >> > > > > > hello world app.  A
>> >> > > > > year
>> >> > > > > > or so ago we added a default access * whitelist and I think
>> >> > > > > > maybe
>> >> > we
>> >> > > > > should
>> >> > > > > > continue that.  (on the other hand, I've gotten used to
>> >> > > > > > explicitly whitelisting every url as part of chrome packaged
>> >> > > > > > app development and its not so bad).
>> >> > > > > >   - Additionally, that means this plugin should be installed
>> >> > > > > > by
>> >> > > > default.
>> >> > > > > > As we discussed this morning, with the new plugin --save
>> >> > > > > > functionality we could just add this to the helloworld
>> >> > > > > > config.xml,
>> >> > I
>> >> > > > think!
>> >> > > > > > - Do you really need a CSP meta tag *and* <access>
>> declarations?
>> >> > > >  Thats
>> >> > > > > > what the README.md implies, but I would assume CSP trumps?
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > -Michal
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Andrew Grieve <
>> >> > agri...@chromium.org>
>> >> > > > > > wrote:
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > I've tried to explain it in the plugin's readme:
>> >> > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > >
>> https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugins/tree/master/url-po
>> >> > > > > > > licy
>> >> > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > > > Some points for discussion:
>> >> > > > > > > - What should the default behaviour be for the three
>> >> > > > > > > whitelists (what should happen if not whitelist plugin is
>> >> installed).
>> >> > > > > > >   - right now it can't open external URLs
>> >> > > > > > >   - and can't do XHRs to http(s)
>> >> > > > > > > - Is the plugin name decent ("url-policy"). We should make
>> a
>> >> > > > > > > dedicated
>> >> > > > > > git
>> >> > > > > > > repo for it (as well as for legacy-whitelist plugin)
>> >> > > > > > >
>> >> > > > > >
>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >>
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