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Re: [rtcweb] Sending of zero-length messages over data channels

Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@gmail.com> Wed, 23 July 2014 12:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Sending of zero-length messages over data channels
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com> wrote:

> I
> Since we can't send a zero-length SCTP message, I propose we add a
> PPID_EMPTY value or something similar to indicate a message with empty
> content.
>
>
​Howdy,

The keepalive problem seems to be pretty amenable to any message, whether
of zero length, single byte or something else.  Is the convergence with
websockets on zero length important enough to re-open the drafts we just
sent to the ADs?

Ted

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