Re: [hybi] Sec-WebSocket-Protocl

[Iñaki Baz Castillo <[e-mail]>]

2011/6/17 Dan Adkins <[e-mail]>:
> So, we know what the server MUST do if the server supports multiple
> subprotocols.  But what if the client didn't include that field?  Is
> the server free to respond with the protocol of its choice?  That
> seems strange that the server would be allowed to say to the client,
> "we're speaking this protocol, like it or not," as the client has no
> opportunity to respond.
>
> Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it does seem like there's a
> bit of a hole in the spec as I can't find the answer to my original
> question: if the client doesn't specify a subprotocol, can the server
> dictate one?

I agree. And I expect that subprotocol field will have not to much
real usage. Instead, a webdeveloper will make JavaScript to open a WS
connection with his server and start speaking the subprotocol even
without negociating it (as both the client side and server side will
be coded by same provider). It will be much like the web world, in
which each page is an independent world.



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