By Ilya Grigorik on October 21, 2009 Server push is the most efficient and low latency way to exchange data. If both the publisher and the receiver are publicly visible then a protocol such as PubSubHubbub or a simpler Webhook will do the job. However, if the receiver is hidden behind a firewall, a NAT, or is a web-browser which is designed to generated outbound requests, not handle incoming traff