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Re: [hybi] More feedback on WebSockets

Greg Wilkins <gregw@webtide.com> Tue, 27 October 2009 10:13 UTC

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Ian Hickson wrote:
> I disagree that the current handshake isn't like HTTP enough, though. The 
> request is fully HTTP-compliant. What value would there be in relaxing the 
> rules on what WebSocket clients should send in the request? I don't 
> understand the real-world case you are concerned about.

What about a load balancer in front of the server that inserts
a cookie or X-Forwarded-For header into all HTTP requests that
it forwards.

This will probably be harmless with regards to the subsequent
WS connection, but it will break the handshake so there will
not be a subsequent WS connection.


regards

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