Re: [Webpush] Ben Campbell's Yes on draft-ietf-webpush-encryption-08: (with COMMENT)

Ben Campbell <ben@nostrum.com> Wed, 16 August 2017 14:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Webpush] Ben Campbell's Yes on draft-ietf-webpush-encryption-08: (with COMMENT)
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> On Aug 16, 2017, at 12:19 AM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> - 1: "For efficiency reasons, multiple users of Web Push often share a
>>   central agent that aggregates push functionality."
>> 
>> Is the "central agent" a push server, application server, or something else?
> 
> With Spencer's comment addressed, this is now:
> 
>  Multiple users of Web Push at the same user agent often share a
> central agent that aggregates push functionality.
> 
> Does that make sense now?  PR here:
> https://github.com/webpush-wg/webpush-encryption/pull/21

Maybe? 

Is the shared “central agent” the same as  or part of the “same user agent”? Is it a push server? A shared session with the push server (i.e. a shared push client as part of the UA)?

To broaden the question: Is this “central agent” on the usual architecture picture for webpush, or is it something different?