Re: [whatwg] Simplified WebSockets

2008-10-29 Thread Richard's Hotmail
8 4:04 PM Subject: [whatwg] Simplified WebSockets > It occurred to me the other day when musing on WebSockets that the > handshake is more complicated than required to achieve its purpose and > still allows potential exploits. I'm going to assume for now the purpose > o

Re: [whatwg] Simplified WebSockets

2008-10-12 Thread Shannon
I have written an implementation of a websocket client and server for testing my proposed protocol. Testing in the real world has provided me some good information on what works and what doesn't, particularly in regards to relaying through public anonymous proxies. Those wishing to experiment w

[whatwg] Simplified WebSockets

2008-09-30 Thread Shannon
It occurred to me the other day when musing on WebSockets that the handshake is more complicated than required to achieve its purpose and still allows potential exploits. I'm going to assume for now the purpose of the handshake is to: * Prevent unsafe communication with a non-websocket service