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Re: [hybi] Experiment comparing Upgrade and CONNECT handshakes

Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Sat, 27 November 2010 17:37 UTC

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From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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Subject: Re: [hybi] Experiment comparing Upgrade and CONNECT handshakes
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On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 08:24:15AM -0800, Adam Barth wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 07:51:17AM -0800, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> >> What's the argument *for* having an insecure handshake?
> >
> > There's no argument *for* having an insecure handshake, there are arguments
> > for having a safe HTTP-compliant handshake.
> 
> The handshake we're proposing is both safe and HTTP compliant.

So I can use the Host header to route it through a shared infrastructure
and deliver the connect request to the appropriate server ? I'm not so
sure...

Regards,
Willy

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