Just a small correction. The http-state mailing list is David Kristol's,
not mine. I'm simply his humble sysadmin that hosts the list.
--tal
Eric Brunner wrote:
>
> I've set up a mailing list for discussion of policy implications of http
> cookies, and other persistent session artifacts which may be used as
> identifiers. We've list(s) for discussion of the mechanism(s), e.g., Tom
> Limoncelli's http-state list, the W3C P3P interop list, the mozilla general
> list, and of course the overworked ietf general list. These all tend to
> progress towards implementations, not towards user documentation.
>
> What I'd like to see is something along the lines of a draft in the IETF's
> User Services Area which is updated to reflect the changes of mechanism(s)
> employed, and what effect these have for user data protection and on-line
> privacy, modified for the browser, host and "idiot's guide" genre of user
> documentation. Rather than write a -00.txt draft first, then solicit any
> technical contributions, I've set up the contribution list first.
>
> Writing for the IESG, Keith Moore and Ned Freed have produced "Use of HTTP
> State Management" <draft-iesg-http-cookies-03.txt>, intended as a BCP RFC.
> This is a step in the right direction, and one that can be improved upon
> and made "accessible" to the general reader.
>
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> Cheers,
> Eric
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