Re: [hybi] WS port with BOSH-like fallback?

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Tue, 30 November 2010 15:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [hybi] WS port with BOSH-like fallback?
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On 11/28/10 4:49 PM, Greg Wilkins wrote:
> 
> So tell me again why we don't just ask IANA for a websocket port?
> 
> Browsers can try to port and if it fails to connect they can fall back
> to something like BOSH over port 80.
> This get's us through firewalls and keep port 80 for HTTP.

Agreed.

BTW, IANA has port 5280 registered for BOSH, although it's often served
up on port 80 or something else...

Peter

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