Re: [hybi] I-D Action: draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol-13.txt

[Gabriel Montenegro <[e-mail]>]

> > As chair, I note that the agreement regarding masking (client MUST mask to
> server) was one of the main points behind the VERY hard fought consensus. I
> think this is one of those things we can revisit in version 1.1, along with others
> we've been noting recently.
> 
> I think I understood that consensus slightly differently, more as a capability +
> operational practice than a protocol requirement.  Like I said to John, whatever
> the text says, masking will be appropriate in most cases.

The consensus was clear on the MUST on client to server, so it was a protocol decision, not an operational issue at least at that time.

> > As an individual, the MAY mask on Server to client seems to gain nothing (I'm
> with John Tamplin on this one) and potentially lose something (sendfile), so I'd
> rather say MUST NOT here.
> 
> It doesn't rule out sendfile, since the server can choose not to apply masking.  All
> the proposed text does is clarify that the server has the choice (as it does in the
> current text).

On the server to client, the text is not clear, so I'm not sure it is ok to claim the server can or cannot mask (it is simply not clear).