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Nikolay
Nikolay

Reputation: 185

Can I change Origin value of a web socket request and how

I start a server on my computer and load a local html file. When i send web socket request to the server and i check client handshake and the sent handshake from the server the Origin value is different. Can I manipulate this value or set it from somewhere and how? enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1771

Answers (1)

kanaka
kanaka

Reputation: 73217

You can't change the origin value being sent by the browser. This is a security feature that allows cross-origin security. The Sec-WebSocket-Origin you are seeing sent back from the server is a feature of the Hixie 76 version of the protocol that is going away in the more recent protocol versions.

Upvotes: 1

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