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clarify ""Max-age > 10 years" warning #116

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion header.go
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Expand Up @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func preloadableHeaderMaxAge(hstsHeader HSTSHeader) Issues {
issues = issues.addWarningf(
"header.preloadable.max_age.over_10_years",
"Max-age > 10 years",
"FYI: The max-age (%d seconds) is longer than 10 years, which is an unusually long value.",
"FYI: The max-age (%d seconds) is longer than 10 years, which is an unusually long value, and may be disregarded by some browsers.",
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The wording "may be disregarded" makes it sound like the browser will disregard the max-age value (and thus the HSTS header) altogether, which is not the case. How about "may be capped at a lower value" instead?

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That's a valid concern. Revising.

hstsHeader.MaxAge.Seconds,
)

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