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Re: [hybi] Extensibility mechanisms?

Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> Thu, 22 July 2010 00:43 UTC

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From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
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On Jul 21, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:

> 
> The counterproposal at
> 
> http://hessian.caucho.com/websockets/draft-ferg-hybi-websockets-latest.html
> 
> not complicated at all: it's a trivial protocol, and yet it solves the HyBi requirements, including requirements that the current draft ignores, as well as being extensible to muxing requirements.

Can you explain how this proposal provides an HTTP-compatible upgrade in the non-TLS case? Or how it provides protection against cross-protocol attacks? I think those are two pretty important requirements, and it is not obvious to me how they are met.

Regards,
Maciej

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