Re: Websockets

On 12-09-17 02:09 PM, Martin Atkins wrote:
> On 09/17/2012 07:07 AM, Evan Prodromou wrote:
>> Has anyone else looked into using Websockets for server-to-server
>> distribution of activities?
>>
>> Seems like it could be very efficient.
>>
>
> I'm curious to hear what advantages you consider Websockets to have 
> over tranditional sockets. Aside from the explicit message framing, is 
> there any functional difference beyond a bare TCP socket?
I didn't have any in mind, but if there were drinks on the line I could 
probably make up a few plausible-sounding ones.

  * WebSocket happens over the same port 80 as "regular" HTTP. You don't
    have to have a separate listener for a different ad-hoc port.
  * You could use the same stack for handling C2S and S2S realtime
    communications (similar to how we use HTTP for C2S and S2S in e.g.
    OStatus).
  * WebSocket is cool.

-Evan

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