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RFC 6202: Known Issues and Best Practices for the Use of Long Polling and Streaming in Bidirectional HTTP

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

On today's Internet, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is often used (some would say abused) to enable asynchronous, "server- initiated" communication from a server to a client as well as communication from a client to a server. This document describes known issues and best practices related to such "bidirectional HTTP" applications, focusing on the two most common mechanisms: HTTP long polling and HTTP streaming. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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Document ID
RFC6202
Published
April 2011
Authors
S. Loreto; P. Saint-Andre; S. Salsano; G. Wilkins
Status
INFORMATIONAL
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IETF
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Pages
19
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