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Re: [hybi] Client offers invalid WS protocols, what must the server do? 101???

Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> Wed, 31 August 2011 16:30 UTC

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From: Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>
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Subject: Re: [hybi] Client offers invalid WS protocols, what must the server do? 101???
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2011/8/31 Philipp Serafin <phil127@gmail.com>:
> Why can't we take the presence of a subprotocol header in the client
> request as a hint that the client wants to speak a "standard" protocol?
> Then it would be reasoneable for the server to reject the connection if
> none of those standard protocols are supported.
> However, if the client sends no protocol header, then the server can
> still accept the connection and speak an unnamed, proprietary protocol.

That's exactly what I meant, but I did it worse :)

Thanks a lot.

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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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