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MostAwesomeDude
on July 17, 2011
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An Introduction to Web Sockets
I can't watch the slides, but I wonder if they spend any time discussing how WebSockets don't offer any client security beyond raw TCP sockets.
palish
on July 17, 2011
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Why would WebSockets offer any client security beyond raw TCP sockets?
MostAwesomeDude
on July 17, 2011
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It was one of the original promises of WS and
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reason that browsers offer it to client-side JS.
camwest
on July 17, 2011
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There are some people building on top of WebSockets with an eye towards security. Check out
http://pusher.com/
for example, they designed system to account for 100% untrusted client.
zeroxsys
on July 17, 2011
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I agree, security in Web Socket must be robust/comprehensive in both ends. This post says so too:
http://blog.kotowicz.net/2011/03/html5-websockets-security-n...
. Thanks!
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