by Jens.Alfke:

The WebSocket hander rejects an incoming connection if the HTTP request does not include
an "Origin" header. This is contrary to the spec; the Origin header is only
necessary if the request came from a web browser:

        "The request MUST include a header field with the name |Origin|
        [RFC6454] if the request is coming from a browser client.  If
        the connection is from a non-browser client, the request MAY
        include this header field if the semantics of that client match
        the use-case described here for browser clients."
        -- RFC 6455, section 4.1, item #8:

In my use case the request is coming from an application that's not a browser, and
there's no meaningful value for this header. I have to set it to an arbitrary value of
"http://localhost"; to work around this bug.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run the WebSocket handler example shown in the package documentation:
http://godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.net/websocket#example-Handler
2. Telnet to its port and send the following data:

GET /echo HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:12345
Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13
Upgrade: websocket
Sec-WebSocket-Key: oyPxhvkIKpUZSD9Bv9I5xg==
Connection: Upgrade


What is the expected output?

HTTP/1.1 101 Switching Protocols

What do you see instead?

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

(If a line "Origin: http://localhost"; is added to the request, the expected
response appears.)

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?
"go" command


Which operating system are you using?
Mac OS X 10.9

Which version are you using?  (run 'go version')
1.1.1

Please provide any additional information below.