Returning objects in a collection vs. IDs
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@grishka I am developing a client application where this is a real concern.
But I agree that in general, originating servers are responsible for verification of client data. This part of FEP-fe34 will likely be revised in the future.@silverpill do you mean that the "malicious" attachment is not a facsimile of an actual note produced by that actor, but a forgery?
In these cases, I'll agree with
@grishka that some validation based on the ID should be necessary.For embedded object attachments on the other hand (like mastodon produces), probably the validation needs to check that attributedTo corresponds to the one of the parent object or missing.
Interesting corner case.
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@silverpill do you mean that the "malicious" attachment is not a facsimile of an actual note produced by that actor, but a forgery?
In these cases, I'll agree with
@grishka that some validation based on the ID should be necessary.For embedded object attachments on the other hand (like mastodon produces), probably the validation needs to check that attributedTo corresponds to the one of the parent object or missing.
Interesting corner case.
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> and it's wildly impractical to use anyway.
@grishka shush, you! 🤫
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@grishka I am developing a client application where this is a real concern.
But I agree that in general, originating servers are responsible for verification of client data. This part of FEP-fe34 will likely be revised in the future.
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Web Annotations has a neat solution here which is prefers representation, which allows the requestor to ask for minimal or full representation (i.e., just the IDs or the full representations)
You'd still likely want to gate that on authorization
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@grishka @silverpill @julian @technical-discussion true but we are talking about mistakes. like taking the origin of the keyId on the http sig instead of following the link to the owner/controller. such assumptions might be true for monoliths, but not everything is a monolith
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@trwnh @silverpill @julian @technical-discussion but even if, the actor object is still the ultimate source of truth as it's the one which contains the key ID
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@trwnh @silverpill @julian @technical-discussion it can in theory but no software currently in existence supports that
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@grishka @silverpill @julian @technical-discussion the key can be on a different keyserver
