@misc{rfc6202, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 6202, howpublished = {RFC 6202}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC6202}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6202}, author = {Peter Saint-Andre and Salvatore Loreto and Stefano Salsano and Greg Wilkins}, title = {{Known Issues and Best Practices for the Use of Long Polling and Streaming in Bidirectional HTTP}}, pagetotal = 19, year = 2011, month = apr, abstract = {On today's Internet, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is often used (some would say abused) to enable asynchronous, "server- initiated" communication from a server to a client as well as communication from a client to a server. This document describes known issues and best practices related to such "bidirectional HTTP" applications, focusing on the two most common mechanisms: HTTP long polling and HTTP streaming. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.}, }