You can now use Amazon CloudFront for applications using the WebSocket protocol to provide improved performance and security to your end users. WebSocket is a real-time communication protocol that provides bidirectional communication between a client (such as a browser) and a server over a long-held TCP connection. By using a persistent open connection, the client and the server can send real-time
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