Re: [hybi] Multiple connections serialization and proxies

[Jamie Lokier <[e-mail]>]

Christian Biesinger wrote:
> Note that if you want websockets to be similar to HTTP, it should
> always use host names instead of IP addresses for connection limits.
> At least Firefox uses hostnames for HTTP's limit, I'm not quite sure
> on the other browsers.

I agree with this.  This HTTP client behaviour is useful, and
independent WebSocket service providers should not be penalised by
interference with unrelated services just because their hosting
provider decides to share IP addresses among different customers.

That way would put pointless pressure on the IP address space, the
opposite of what is achieved with HTTP by Host now.

That said, there is a case for a finite but higher connecting-state
concurrency limit per IP, to resist connection-setup DOS attacks where
a wildcard DNS is used by the attacker.  If implemented, this should
probably coordinated with HTTP somehow, not a WebSocket-only feature.

-- Jamie