Websocket is arguably another application layer protocol acting as a transport protocol. It's a special case because it's one of the only ways to get bi-directional streams into the browser. With any protocol that can act as a transport you can really nest in arbitrary ways. One of the reasons not to take models like the OSI network layers too seriously.
Websocket is arguably another application layer protocol acting as a transport protocol. It's a special case because it's one of the only ways to get bi-directional streams into the browser. With any protocol that can act as a transport you can really nest in arbitrary ways. One of the reasons not to take models like the OSI network layers too seriously.
I agree. It is misleading in that case 😅