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[Aaron Brown <>]

Hey Folks,

Someone asked about a javascript NDT implementation, and I was wondering what 
folks thought about the feasibility of this. Based on my rather cursory 
understanding of websockets, it looks like essentially a simple socket that 
requires an initial handshake and that data to be formatted in a specific 
manner. If we have the NDT server look for that initial handshake in the 
initial connection (and in test connections), respond to the handshake, and 
then pack/unpack the normal protocol back-and-forth into websocket frames, 
theoretically, the entire thing could be handle with essentially no major 
protocol changes. It wouldn’t be pretty by any stretch, but it theoretically 
could(?) work.

Can anyone with more websockets knowledge throw a wet blanket on this idea, 
or do other folks otherwise think it’s a dumb idea?

Cheers,
Aaron