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Probably because it requires sockets to be kept open. Makes it a lot easier to DDOS the server (because you need to maintain HTTP + TCP state), especially at CD
by throwasehasdwi 10y ago
Probably because it requires sockets to be kept open. Makes it a lot easier to DDOS the server (because you need to maintain HTTP + TCP state), especially at CDN traffic levels.
Too bad IPV4 NAT has made open ports on client machines nearly impossible, otherwise maintaining this connection would not be required.
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- chucke 10y ago> Probably because it requires sockets to be kept open. HTTP2 requires kept-open sockets, not server push. HTTP1.1 already supports keep-alive sockets btw, and CDNs have survived that DDoS attack :)