[hybi] WebSocket & HTTP Keep-Alive

["Greg Longtin" <[e-mail]>]

To all,

Good day.  I don't want to use the term socket, so I'll define a channel as
a unique server ip:port and a client ip:port pair.  With HTTP Keep-Alive,
these channels may stay open after a HTTP request / response, creating a
(short term) group of channels.

The WS specs do not seem to address whether client can use an existing open
HTTP channel to begin a persistent WS connection.  Similarly, once a WS
channel is open, can a client use it for a HTTP request?

>From an abstract perspective, who cares.  From the perspective of server
implementation, it gets interesting in terms of closing Keep-Alive
connections and who listens to what.  Simply put, it complicates things a
bit.

This issue is only a problem when both HTTP and WS are on the same (server)
port.

If I haven't read the specs well enough, please accept my apology.  BTW, in
a past job I dealt with contracts between somewhat unfriendly parties.

Greg Longtin