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

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Mon, 04 August 2014 20:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Sending of zero-length messages over data channels
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On 08/04/2014 08:08 PM, Makaraju, Maridi Raju (Raju) wrote:
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> */>PPID_OOB would make the compatibility problem worse, not better./*
> */<Raju2>/*
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> */I would appreciate if you can provide reasons on why PPID_OOB making 
> compatibility worse?/*
>

Because WebSockets doesn't have any functionality corresponding to PPID_OOB.

Adding more functions that WebSockets doesn't have makes compatibility 
with WebSockets worse.