[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 218627] New: Introduce preference not to treat localhost and .localhost as mixed content

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218627

            Bug ID: 218627
           Summary: Introduce preference not to treat localhost and
                    .localhost as mixed content
           Product: WebKit
           Version: Other
          Hardware: Unspecified
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Page Loading
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: fred.wang at free.fr
                CC: beidson at apple.com
        Depends on: 218623
            Blocks: 171934

Created attachment 413325

  --> https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=413325&action=review

WIP Patch

This is the part of bug 171934 that is controversial since we don't necessarily resolve localhost and .localhost to loopback addresses. Let's try with a disabled-by-default flag first.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171934
[Bug 171934] Don't treat loopback addresses (127.0.0.0/8, ::1/128, localhost, .localhost) as mixed content
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218623
[Bug 218623] Don't treat loopback IP addresses (127.0.0.0/8, ::1/128) as mixed content
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