Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) I. Fette
Request for Comments: 6455 Google, Inc.
Category: Standards Track A. Melnikov
ISSN: 2070-1721 Isode Ltd.
December 2011
The WebSocket Protocol
Abstract
The WebSocket Protocol enables two-way communication between a client
running untrusted code in a controlled environment to a remote host
that has opted-in to communications from that code. The security
model used for this is the origin-based security model commonly used
by web browsers. The protocol consists of an opening handshake
followed by basic message framing, layered over TCP. The goal of
this technology is to provide a mechanism for browser-based
applications that need two-way communication with servers that does
not rely on opening multiple HTTP connections (e.g., using
XMLHttpRequest or