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Re: [HASMAT] "STS" moniker (was: IETF BoF @IETF-78 Maastricht: HASMAT...)



> Quick nit/suggestion: ... is there any chance of renaming STS to something
> else?  Reason is (as you know) STS is used in WSS literature as Security
> Token Service. This term has also made it into the OAuth drafts.


Well, from an HTTP perspective, "Strict Transport Security" is what made most sense to a number of colleagues when we were discussing names. However, I've been thinking that we should probably qualify the name because it /is/ HTTP-specfic, i.e. "HTTP Strict Transport Security" yielding "HSTS" as an acronym (yes, I'm well aware of the acronym collision you mention).

=JeffH



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