Re: [hybi] WebSocket feedback

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Fri, 05 March 2010 19:52 UTC

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Cc: Hybi <hybi@ietf.org>, Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org>
Subject: Re: [hybi] WebSocket feedback
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On 05.03.2010 20:42, Greg Wilkins wrote:
> Graham,
>
> it is my experience that GETs with bodies transit the internet without
> problem - which is as the spec says they should.
>
> But I agree that having a GET with a body can stretch the semantics
> of the method.  For this reason and for avoiding auto retries, I think
> POST would be a better method.
> ...

<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/19>