Re: [hybi] -09: handshake

"Simon Pieters" <simonp@opera.com> Fri, 17 June 2011 21:32 UTC

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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:32:55 +0200
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From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
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Subject: Re: [hybi] -09: handshake
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:50:55 +0200, Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im>  
wrote:

> I suggest:
>
>        If the client cannot determine the IP address of the remote host
>        (for example because all communication is being done through a
>        proxy server that performs DNS queries itself), then the client
>        MUST assume for the purposes of this step that each host name
>        refers to a distinct remote host.  Instead, the client SHOULD
>        limit the total number of simultaneous pending connections to a
>        reasonably low number (e.g., the client might allow simultaneous
>        pending connections to a.example.com and b.example.com, but
>        might not allow thirty simultaneous pending connections to
>        various hosts).  In a Web browser context, the client SHOULD
>        consider the number of tabs the user has open in setting a limit
>        to the number of simultaneous pending connections.

I think the wording on tabs should be dropped. Certainly it shouldn't be  
SHOULD. Tabs is a UI thing. "reasonably low number" is good enough.

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

[hybi] -09: handshake Peter Saint-Andre
Re: [hybi] -09: handshake Simon Pieters
Re: [hybi] -09: handshake Alexey Melnikov