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Add note about self-redirects - #237
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Clever strategy, thanks for documenting it.
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| Sites wishing to do a point-in-time challenge on a particular request can | ||
| accomplish this by triggering a redirect that also expires a bound cookie. For | ||
| example, returning an HTTP 307 to the same endpoint will force a DBSC refresh |
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| example, returning an HTTP 307 to the same endpoint will force a DBSC refresh | |
| example, returning an HTTP 307 to the same endpoint with a Set-Cookie header expiring the cookie will force a DBSC refresh |
| preventing an easy cross-site leak of login state. | ||
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| This results in a refresh followed by retrying the original request. |
It wasn't clear in #236 that this was possible. But it's a nice technique, so mention it in a non-normative section.
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It wasn't clear in #236 that this was possible. But it's a nice technique, so mention it in a non-normative section.