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RFC 7977
The WebSocket Protocol as a Transport for the Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP),September 2016
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updates:
- RFC 4975,RFC 4976
- Authors:
- P. Dunkley
G. Llewellyn
V. Pascual
G. Salgueiro
R. Ravindranath - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7977
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Abstract
The WebSocket protocol enables two-way real-time communicationbetween clients and servers in situations where direct access to TCPand UDP is not available (for example, from within JavaScript in aweb browser). This document specifies a new WebSocket subprotocol asa reliable transport mechanism between Message Session Relay Protocol(MSRP) clients and relays to enable usage of MSRP in new scenarios.This document normatively updates RFCs 4975 and 4976.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.