I-D ACTION:draft-gettys-webmux-00.txt

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	Title		: The WebMUX Protocol
	Author(s)	: J. Gettys, H. Nielsen
	Filename	: draft-gettys-webmux-00.txt
	Pages		: 15
	Date		: 04-Aug-98
	
This document defines the experimental multiplexing protocol referred to as
'WebMUX'. WebMUX is a session management protocol separating the underlying
transport from the upper level application protocols. It provides a lightweight
communication channel to the application layer by multiplexing data streams on
top of a reliable stream oriented transport. By supporting coexistence of
multiple application level protocols (e.g. HTTP and HTTP/NG), WebMUX should ease
transitions to future Web protocols, and communications of client applets using
private protocols with servers over the same TCP connection as the HTTP
conversation.
 
WebMUX is intended for, but by no means restricted to, transport of Web related
protocols; the name has been chosen to reduce confusion with other existing
multiplexing protocols.
 
This document is part of a suite of documents describing the HTTP-NG design and
prototype implementation:
    * HTTP-NG Short- and Longterm Goals, ID
    * HTTP-NG Architectural Model, ID
    * HTTP-NG Wire Protocol, ID
    * The Classic Web Interfaces in HTTP-NG, ID
    * Description of the HTTP-NG Testbed, ID


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