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Smarter Clients Via ReverseHTTP and WebSockets

Posted by kdawson on from the edges-are-not-dumb dept.

igrigorik writes "Most web applications are built with the assumption that the client / browser is 'dumb,' which places all the scalability requirements and load on the server. We've built a number of crutches in the form of Cache headers, ETags, and accelerators, but none has fundamentally solved the problem. As a thought experiment: what if the browser also contained a Web server? A look at some of the emerging trends and solutions: HTML 5 WebSocket API and ReverseHTTP."

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  1. Re:A problem that I can see. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's Windows that you can't trust for good security. I bet if this ran on Linux or OpenBSD it would be no problem to integrate a web server into the web browser. Let's face it, all the virii are for Windows and not running it is the best way to avoid them.