A QUIC look at HTTP/3
A QUIC look at HTTP/3
[Development] Posted Mar 13, 2020 21:35 UTC (Fri) by mrybczyn
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a core component of the world-wide web. Over its evolution it has added features, including encryption, but time has revealed its limitations and those of the whole protocol stack. At FOSDEM 2020, Daniel Stenberg delivered a talk about a new version of the protocol called HTTP/3. It is under development and includes some big changes under the hood. There is no more TCP, for example; a new transport protocol called QUIC is expected to improve performance and allow new features.