MSC4266: Policies in /.well-known/matrix/support #4266
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Signed-off-by: Johannes Marbach <[email protected]>
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| Instead of querying the server, the client could store the policies in the | ||
| user's account data. If [encrypted] this would prevent the server from tampering | ||
| with the policies the user has consented to. This would, however, not allow | ||
| external users to retrieve the policies. |
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From a homeserver administration and moderation perspective and just a community moderation perspective having access to the policies of remote servers is very useful. Policy documents for a remote server can give an initial impression of if the server has compatible policies with a given community or not.
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| If the request is authenticated, the server SHOULD respond with the latest | ||
| version of the policies that the user consented to. |
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On second thought, I suspect this might be tricky to do for .well-known files because these usually contain static content only. A dedicated /policies endpoint might be better after all.
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In line with matrix-org/matrix-spec#1700, the following disclosure applies:
I am a Systems Architect at gematik, Software Engineer at Unomed, Matrix community member and former Element employee. This proposal was written and published with my gematik hat on.