Re: CSP : What does "allow *" mean?

2010-03-18 Thread Daniel Veditz
On 3/13/10 6:13 AM, Nick Kralevich wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Brandon Sterne > wrote: >> 2) How does one specify a wildcard for any protocol? >> >> I don't think we should allow that. Do you have a reason to >> believe we should? > > IMHO, any policy language needs to cover the e

Re: CSP : What does "allow *" mean?

2010-03-15 Thread Brandon Sterne
On 03/13/2010 06:13 AM, Nick Kralevich wrote: > I'm not sure if this clarifies things > > 1) There are now two ways to specify an "inherited-scheme / any port" > policy, "*" and "*:*". Having two ways to express the same concept may > lead to more confusion, not less. Sid addressed the overl

Re: CSP : What does "allow *" mean?

2010-03-15 Thread Sid Stamm
Hi Nick, On 03/13/2010 06:13 AM, Nick Kralevich wrote: > I'm not sure if this clarifies things > > 1) There are now two ways to specify an "inherited-scheme / any port" > policy, "*" and "*:*". Having two ways to express the same concept may lead > to more confusion, not less. > > 2) This i

Re: CSP : What does "allow *" mean?

2010-03-13 Thread Nick Kralevich
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Brandon Sterne wrote: > On 03/12/2010 04:38 PM, Nick Kralevich wrote: > > While reading through the Formal Policy Syntax of the CSP, it occurred to > me > > that the meaning of "allow *" might be confusing. The wildcard seems to > > correspond to a hostname only,

Re: CSP : What does "allow *" mean?

2010-03-12 Thread Brandon Sterne
On 03/12/2010 04:38 PM, Nick Kralevich wrote: > While reading through the Formal Policy Syntax of the CSP, it occurred to me > that the meaning of "allow *" might be confusing. The wildcard seems to > correspond to a hostname only, and not to a scheme or port. Another great question. I've made a

CSP : What does "allow *" mean?

2010-03-12 Thread Nick Kralevich
While reading through the Formal Policy Syntax of the CSP, it occurred to me that the meaning of "allow *" might be confusing. The wildcard seems to correspond to a hostname only, and not to a scheme or port. ::= "'self'" | ::=