diff --git a/lib/faye/websocket/draft75_parser.js b/lib/faye/websocket/draft75_parser.js
index a60fa71..d2abe64 100644
--- a/lib/faye/websocket/draft75_parser.js
+++ b/lib/faye/websocket/draft75_parser.js
@@ -22,8 +22,23 @@ var instance = {
   },
   
   parse: function(data) {
-    for (var i = 0, n = data.length; i < n; i++)
-      this._handleChar(data[i]);
+    for (var i = 0, n = data.length; i < n; i++) {
+      switch (data[i]) {
+        case 0x00:
+          this._buffering = true;
+          break;
+        
+        case 0xFF:
+          this._buffer = new Buffer(this._buffer);
+          this._socket.receive(this._buffer.toString('utf8', 0, this._buffer.length));
+          this._buffer = [];
+          this._buffering = false;
+          break;
+        
+        default:
+          if (this._buffering) this._buffer.push(data[i]);
+      }
+    }
   },
   
   frame: function(data) {
@@ -35,24 +50,6 @@ var instance = {
     this.FRAME_END.copy(frame, buffer.length + 1);
     
     return frame;
-  },
-  
-  _handleChar: function(data) {
-    switch (data) {
-      case 0x00:
-        this._buffering = true;
-        break;
-      
-      case 0xFF:
-        this._buffer = new Buffer(this._buffer);
-        this._socket.receive(this._buffer.toString('utf8', 0, this._buffer.length));
-        this._buffer = [];
-        this._buffering = false;
-        break;
-      
-      default:
-        if (this._buffering) this._buffer.push(data);
-    }
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js b/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
index 38725d7..bcb11db 100644
--- a/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
+++ b/lib/faye/websocket/protocol8_parser.js
@@ -11,7 +11,18 @@ var Protocol8Parser = function(webSocket, options) {
   this._protocols = options && options.protocols;
 };
 
+Protocol8Parser.mask = function(payload, mask, offset) {
+  if (mask.length === 0) return payload;
+  offset = offset || 0;
+  
+  for (var i = 0, n = payload.length - offset; i < n; i++) {
+    payload[offset + i] = payload[offset + i] ^ mask[i % 4];
+  }
+  return payload;
+};
+
 var instance = {
+  BYTE:   255,
   FIN:    128,
   MASK:   128,
   RSV1:   64,
@@ -54,7 +65,7 @@ var instance = {
   
   handshakeResponse: function() {
     var secKey = this._socket.request.headers['sec-websocket-key'];
-    if (!secKey) return;
+    if (!secKey) return null;
     
     var SHA1 = crypto.createHash('sha1');
     SHA1.update(secKey + Handshake.GUID);
@@ -175,7 +186,7 @@ var instance = {
   },
   
   frame: function(data, type, code) {
-    if (this._closed) return;
+    if (this._closed) return null;
     
     var isText = (typeof data === 'string'),
         opcode = this.OPCODES[type || (isText ? 'text' : 'binary')],
@@ -186,6 +197,7 @@ var instance = {
         offset = header + (this._masking ? 4 : 0),
         masked = this._masking ? this.MASK : 0,
         frame  = new Buffer(length + offset),
+        BYTE   = this.BYTE,
         mask, i;
     
     frame[0] = this.FIN | opcode;
@@ -195,30 +207,29 @@ var instance = {
     } else if (length <= 65535) {
       frame[1] = masked | 126;
       frame[2] = Math.floor(length / 256);
-      frame[3] = length & 255;
+      frame[3] = length & BYTE;
     } else {
       frame[1] = masked | 127;
-      frame[2] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,56)) & 255;
-      frame[3] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,48)) & 255;
-      frame[4] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,40)) & 255;
-      frame[5] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,32)) & 255;
-      frame[6] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,24)) & 255;
-      frame[7] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,16)) & 255;
-      frame[8] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,8))  & 255;
-      frame[9] = length & 255;
+      frame[2] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,56)) & BYTE;
+      frame[3] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,48)) & BYTE;
+      frame[4] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,40)) & BYTE;
+      frame[5] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,32)) & BYTE;
+      frame[6] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,24)) & BYTE;
+      frame[7] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,16)) & BYTE;
+      frame[8] = Math.floor(length / Math.pow(2,8))  & BYTE;
+      frame[9] = length & BYTE;
     }
     
     if (code) {
-      frame[offset]   = Math.floor(code / 256);
-      frame[offset+1] = code & 255;
+      frame[offset]   = Math.floor(code / 256) & BYTE;
+      frame[offset+1] = code & BYTE;
     }
     buffer.copy(frame, offset + insert);
     
     if (this._masking) {
       mask = new Buffer([1,2,3,4].map(function() { return Math.floor(Math.random() * 256) }));
       mask.copy(frame, header);
-      for (i = 0; i < length; i++)
-        frame[offset + i] = frame[offset + i] ^ mask[i % 4];
+      Protocol8Parser.mask(frame, mask, offset);
     }
     
     return frame;
@@ -237,7 +248,7 @@ var instance = {
   },
   
   _emitFrame: function() {
-    var payload = this._unmask(this._payload, this._mask),
+    var payload = Protocol8Parser.mask(this._payload, this._mask),
         opcode  = this._opcode;
     
     if (opcode === this.OPCODES.continuation) {
@@ -309,16 +320,6 @@ var instance = {
     for (var i = 0, n = bytes.length; i < n; i++)
       number += bytes[i] << (8 * (n - 1 - i));
     return number;
-  },
-  
-  _unmask: function(payload, mask) {
-    var unmasked = new Buffer(payload.length), b;
-    for (var i = 0, n = payload.length; i < n; i++) {
-      b = payload[i];
-      if (mask.length > 0) b = b ^ mask[i % 4];
-      unmasked[i] = b;
-    }
-    return unmasked;
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5acb851..336d7ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { "name"            : "faye-websocket"
-, "description"     : "Robust general-purpose WebSocket server and client"
+, "description"     : "Standards-compliant WebSocket server and client"
 , "homepage"        : "http://github.com/jcoglan/faye-websocket-node"
 , "author"          : "James Coglan <jcoglan@gmail.com> (http://jcoglan.com/)"
 , "keywords"        : ["websocket"]