websocket; hixie: add an explicit paragraph about how ws:...:443 isn't to be blocked. (whatwg r5052)

websocket; hixie: add an explicit paragraph about how ws:...:443 isn't
to be blocked. (whatwg r5052)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/websockets/Overview.html?r1=1.170&r2=1.171&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5051&to=5052

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/websockets/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.170
retrieving revision 1.171
diff -u -d -r1.170 -r1.171
--- Overview.html 15 Apr 2010 00:21:46 -0000 1.170
+++ Overview.html 15 Apr 2010 01:00:35 -0000 1.171
@@ -369,13 +369,21 @@
    this fails, throw a <code>SYNTAX_ERR</code> exception and abort
    these steps.</li>
 
-   <li><p>If <var title="">port</var> is a port to which the user
-   agent is configured to block access, then throw a
-   <code>SECURITY_ERR</code> exception. (User agents typically block
-   access to well-known ports like SMTP.)</li>
-   <!--
-    e.g. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/PortBanning.html
-   -->
+   <li>
+
+    <p>If <var title="">port</var> is a port to which the user agent
+    is 7configured to block access, then throw a
+    <code>SECURITY_ERR</code> exception. (User agents typically block
+    access to well-known ports like SMTP.)</p>
+
+    <!-- e.g. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/PortBanning.html -->
+
+    <p>Access to ports 80 and 443 should not be blocked, including the
+    unlikely cases when <var title="">secure</var> is false but <var title="">port</var> is 443 or <var title="">secure</var> is true
+    but <var title="">port</var> is 80.</p>
+    <!-- paragraph requested by zcorpan -->
+
+   </li>
 
    <li><p>If <var title="">protocol</var> is present but is either the
    empty string or contains characters with Unicode code points less

Received on Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:01:24 UTC