EKEP is Asylo's gRPC security stack's protocol for secure sessions. Uses ephemeral Diffie-Hellman keys for perfect forward secrecy. Supports multiple identities per participant. Requires cryptographically bound credentials during handshake
WebSocket is Centrifugo's main transport, built on TCP with low overhead. Works in all modern browsers and programming languages. Default connection endpoint is ws://localhost:8000/connection/websocket
NIPs document possible implementations of Nostr-compatible relay and client software. Repository contains 99 NIPs covering various protocol features and functionality. Standards emerge through copying existing implementations or new feature proposals
SOAP is a messaging protocol for exchanging structured information in web services. Uses XML Information Set format and relies on HTTP or SMTP for transmission. Provides messaging protocol layer in web services protocol stack. Consists of envelope, encoding rules, and procedure call conventions
Handshaking is a signal between devices used for authentication and coordination. It establishes communication protocols before full communication begins. Handshaking negotiates parameters like transfer rate and coding alphabet
gRPC is an open-source RPC framework developed by Google. Enables remote communication between client and server applications. Uses protocol buffers as both IDL and message interchange format