On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Kyle Mathews <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is. It uses HTTP to set up the socket but once it's set up, it's a real > full duplex socket which the server can use to push data. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket
"Because ordinary TCP connections to ports other than 80 are frequently blocked by administrators outside of home environments, it can be used as a way to overcome these restrictions and provide similar functionality with some additional protocol overhead" Wow. Couldn't we all just ask to have some ports unblocked? Bryan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
