Re: [hybi] #1: HTTP Compliance

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 15.08.2010 20:51, Adam Barth wrote:
> Please read thread rooted at
> <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/hybi/current/msg02955.html>.
> Just because someone declares consensus at face-to-face meeting does
> not mean that the working group has, in fact, reached consensus.
> ...

That is true, but the message you cite says:

> Ticket #1 in the tracker issues:
>
> Based on the charter's clear text about the WG defining a mechanism between existing HTTP entities
> with as much compatibility as possible, and based on rough consensus on the mailing list:
>
>     - HTTP (typically on ports 80 and/or 443) the WebSocket protocol will be HTTP compliant until Upgrade
>     exchange is completed
>     - The WG's focus is on leveraging existing HTTP-based infrastructure, although a future rechartering could
>     investigate other alternatives.
>
> Joe Hildebrand and Salvatore Loreto
> as chairs

I'm aware of the related discussion of not using an HTTP-like handshake 
at all (which depends on TLS AFAIU), but it appears we *did* have rough 
consensus that "if it looks like HTTP, it needs to be HTTP".

Best regards, Julian