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HTTP/2 . . . good news and bad news

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by bwilson4web, Mar 2, 2015.

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    Ok,

    So I'm just starting to read the draft RFC. Starting with the FAQ: HTTP/2 Frequently Asked Questions

    Good news:
    • binary instead of character - will make debugging more 'wireshark' oriented and save a lot of volume.
    • multi-threads in a single TCP link - Ok, we don't always need so many SYN,SYN-ACK,ACK, . . . FIN,FIN
    Bad news:
    • state-full connection - this means debugging becomes extremely complex as loss of or failure to create the state on each end introduces multiple, impossible to diagnose problems.
    • embedded ad-ware from server - today we can block ads with little more than a firewall. But in the future, ad-ware from the server would be unavoidable, even dominant. Yes, this means more SYN,SYN-ACK,ACK, ... FIN,FIN that can be blocked by the host, outside of the browser.
    Bob Wilson
     
    #1 bwilson4web, Mar 2, 2015
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