Re: [hybi] Apples and Orangutans

[Greg Wilkins <[e-mail]>]

Ian Hickson wrote:

> I don't understand why a 16bit integer solves the problem for TCP, but a 
> string doesn't solve the problem for WebSocket. They seem exactly 
> equivalent to me -- they identify the target of the connection, and by 
> convention, the protocol that that target supports.

The big difference is that for the web you only have 2 strings
while TCP/IP has an infinite number of 16 bit integers.

ie The TCP/IP model is that if you want a ssh and 2 ftp conversations
then you open one connection to port 22 and 2 connections to port 21

On the web, we are limited (or should be limited) to 2 connections,
so you can't open an arbitrary number of websockets.

cheers