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! Action URL domain
! Action URL domain
! First visit
! First visit
! After action URL change
! After action URL change
! Rationale
|-  
|-  
| None (javascript changes onsubmit)
| None (javascript changes onsubmit)
| Allow save
| Allow save
| Allow use  
| Allow use
| If the site is modifying action URLs or other things by JS, action URLs are irrelevant
|-
|-
| Same domain  
| Same domain  
| Allow save
| Allow save
| Allow use
| Allow use
| If you're submitting to the exact domain you're on, odds are they control enough to get your password anyway
|-
|-
| Same TLD
| Same TLD
| Allow save
| Allow save
| Allow use
| Allow use
| Same argument as the same domain, roughly.  They can already use domain cookies to leak your sessions to the other domain anyway, so we're not changing much here
|-
|-
| Different TLD
| Different TLD
| Warn, but allow save
| Warn, but allow save
| Warn, provide enough details for users to decide whether to autofill
| Warn, provide enough details for users to decide whether to autofill
| Clearly a rare case, and likely risky.  Legit sites can easily ensure no one gets the warning.
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Revision as of 18:39, 22 November 2006

It has been suggested that

Action URL domain First visit After action URL change Rationale
None (javascript changes onsubmit) Allow save Allow use If the site is modifying action URLs or other things by JS, action URLs are irrelevant
Same domain Allow save Allow use If you're submitting to the exact domain you're on, odds are they control enough to get your password anyway
Same TLD Allow save Allow use Same argument as the same domain, roughly. They can already use domain cookies to leak your sessions to the other domain anyway, so we're not changing much here
Different TLD Warn, but allow save Warn, provide enough details for users to decide whether to autofill Clearly a rare case, and likely risky. Legit sites can easily ensure no one gets the warning.