Re: Websockets and connections to private IPs and localhost

On 3/20/15, 12:13 AM, "Bob Lund" <B.Lund@CableLabs.com> wrote:


>We have an application where a LAN ws server address is passed to page 1
>from internet site A. Page 2 from site A is loaded by a second device on
>the same LAN. The two pages rendezvous at an internet ws server.  Page 2
>is passed the LAN ws server address where page 1 and 2 rendezvous for
>future communication. Sounds like this wouldn't work anymore, which is too
>bad as it's a useful design pattern for in-home multi-screen apps.

FYI there is a bunch of companies in Japan which have this same use case -
copied Ken and Saki who know more about this (original post:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webappsec/2015Mar/0141.html)

Thanks!

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