Security
Authenticate the connection and limit what it can do.
What you will be able to do
- Authenticate at handshake.
- Validate every message.
- Rate limit and cap frame size.
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Authenticate the connection and limit what it can do.
- Authenticate at handshake.
- Validate every message.
- Rate limit and cap frame size.
const socket = new WebSocket('wss://example.com/ws')
// Send the session token in the first authenticated message, not the URL.Your turn
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