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This is ongoing "communication" in the loosest sense right? It keeps the connection open but it's not like the connection is being actively used to pass data,
by nmstoker 6y ago
This is ongoing "communication" in the loosest sense right?
It keeps the connection open but it's not like the connection is being actively used to pass data, so surely the only information for the server is simply that the user is still there (and thus you could infer they haven't turned their computer off). That might be deeply interesting in some obscure edge cases but it's not sounding like anything that would keep me up at night. Or am I missing something?
- wolfgang42 6y agoYes, exactly. There might be some keepalive messages to prevent timeouts, but unless the browser is explicitly instructed to make an HTTP request no data is passed.
- habeebtc 6y agoMost http logs just store request info. It is quite possible to capture detailed connection info, but web logs at scale are not free and better deliver some value. Akamai for example only logs connection termination errors for failed transactions--and it needs a valid header to do so, or it will not get logged. I am not too worried about the described behavior.