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

"Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> Wed, 01 December 2010 10:56 UTC

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Cc: Hybi <hybi@ietf.org>, Greg Wilkins <gregw@intalio.com>
Subject: Re: [hybi] WS port with BOSH-like fallback?
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On 2010/11/30 23:53, Brodie Thiesfield wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Greg Wilkins<gregw@intalio.com>  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.
>>
>> I think that is the right technical solution (use ports for what ports were
>> designed for) and avoids the growing conflict over usage of port 80.
>
> +1
>
> If WS does become popular and necessary (like HTTPS) then over time
> the WS port will be opened up in more locations. Clients should prefer
> the dedicated port, and when not available, support fallback to an
> attempted upgrade/connect via port 80.

This also seems to be supported by http://websocketstest.com/ws/stats. 
There is a figure entitled "WebSockets Success Rate by Port Number". The 
numbers are 80 => 69.71, 8080 =>69.1, 443 => 72.45. The difference 
between the eighties and 443 may be statistically significant, but I 
doubt that the difference between 80 and 8080 is statistically significant.

Regards,   Martin.

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