WICG / WICG/webpackage

Long-lived content

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Description

The use case document mentions the ongoing web publication work. The key question has come up in many conversations, but I wanted to get it in GitHub. Certain types of publications, such as books, hope to live forever. Users expect to be able to access the content whether or not the publisher still exists. Moby-Dick was published 61,126 days ago, which is somewhat longer than the 7 days that signatures are valid.

What options might publishers have? What happens if we create a bundle of unsigned exchanges? Much of our content would use JS only for a service worker. How does that impact the security issues?

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Research direction

Start with the linked ongoing web publication section in the use case document, then investigate the seven-day signature limit, unsigned exchange bundles, and service-worker JavaScript security questions. Done means documenting viable publisher options and the security implications of each approach.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
security, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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