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0 pointswmf3y ago0 comments

No, despite the name WebSockets are not plain TCP.

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They're an http protocol for setting one up, you mean?

First sentence at this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket

No, they're more than that. After you upgrade to WebSocket you still have to speak the WebSocket protocol over TCP. It includes message framing — with different defined message types, masking, ping/pong, an extension system (including for example optional per-message compression), ...

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jjtheblunt3y ago

They're an http protocol for setting one up, you mean?

First sentence at this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket

jhugo3y ago

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