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Re:Comet is dead, long live websockets by est on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @01:31PM (#999381)
Comet is not dead because websockets is:

1. too obvious handshake fingerprints for a firewall to block

2. No passive mode

3. Not supported by every browser.

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Re:Comet is dead, long live websockets by franksalim on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @01:35PM (#999395)
WebSockets: 1. Can use TLS 2. The client always initiates the connection 3. Can be use the same API with a shim or comet underneath
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