Will html5 websockets be crippled by firewalls?

Question

I\'m extremely excited about html5\'s websockets spec but I have a concern.

These days everyone is operating off of some network, with routers (wired/wireless) that have

Answer 1

Since firewalls typically simply enforce the rules for inbound traffic rejection and outbound traffic routing (usually through the proxy server), there usually are no specific WebSocket traffic-related firewall concerns.

Proxy servers (and to some extent, certain load balancing routers as well) are a different matter though (See Why don't current websocket client implementations support proxies?)