- From: Yutaka Hirano <yhirano@google.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:04:08 +0900
- To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CABihn6ExrvhHV4oNyszfBstcPyXdhegWCvZo+SYA4JqAmbNKUw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi, I am trying to use ALTSVC for the protocol negotiation of WebSocket over HTTP/2 and I have noticed ALTSVC cannot work with a mixed scheme environment. I want to use it to advertise the server's support of WebSocket over HTTP/2. There are two cases: 1. An HTTP/2 connection exists. I would like to use ALTSVC frame to advertise that the server supports WS over HTTP/2. 2. When an UPGRADE is requested to the server with HTTP/1.1, I would like to use ALTSVC response header to advertise that the server supports WS over HTTP/2. For the first case, it is not a valid ALTSVC use. When it is sent to the client, the client will use the alternative service for all requests including HTTP ones. For the second case, it is a valid ALTSVC use. Nevertheless, I am not sure whether the extent of ALTSVC is limited to ws(s):// scheme. If not, the same problem occurs. I think it is reasonable to limit the extent of ALTSVC in individual schemes. That means a new property for the scheme should be introduced in ALTSVC frame. In addition to that, the current alt-svc draft says: Using an alternate service implies accessing an origin's resources on an alternate port, at a minimum. For the first case, I would like to use ALTSVC frame for the same host and port. Actually, I want the server to say "The client should use h2ws service (this connection) for wss://(host):(port)/ requests" by using ALTSVC frame. Is it possible? Thanks,
Received on Thursday, 20 March 2014 08:04:35 UTC