Re: [hybi] Proposal: HTTP upgrade process

[Willy Tarreau <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:23:41AM +1000, Greg Wilkins wrote:
> All,
> 
> there has been a lot of posting about the -76/-00 style handshake,
> it's HTTP compliance issues, it's fast fail (or otherwise)
> characteristics, it security features etc.    I don't think any of the
> conversations have been very productive nor is there any apparent
> convergence on a solution.
> 
> I think the reason for his is that we are starting with a solutions
> (the 8 random bytes etc.) and trying to reverse engineer the
> requirements for it and a retrospective consensus for it's inclusion
> into the draft. Thus I would like to propose  that we re-start
> consideration of the handshake with the -75 style handshake and try to
> move forward from there by identifying problems/requirements,
> discussing solutions and then applying the consensus solution to move
> forward.

Greg, I agree with your point and am willing to help spot practical
issues with various proposals.

Regards,
Willy