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Re: [hybi] Experiment comparing Upgrade and CONNECT handshakes

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Mon, 29 November 2010 18:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [hybi] Experiment comparing Upgrade and CONNECT handshakes
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On 27.11.2010 00:48, Adam Barth wrote:
> David Huang, Eric Chen, Eric Rescorla, Collin Jackson, and I have been
> experimenting with the security of the Upgrade-based and CONNECT-based
> WebSocket handshakes.  Please find a paper detailing our findings at
> this location:
>
> http://www.adambarth.com/experimental/websocket.pdf
> ...

Very interesting stuff.

How about:

1) Installing a permanent test service which would allow people to check 
whether they have broken intermediaries in the path, and then

2) Re-run the experiment again at a later point.

Also:

3) Stop shipping implementations of the so-called "76" protocol; we 
know, that the current version performs better because of the framing, 
right?

Best regards, Julian

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