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Just to make sure I understand this: - Google has been spearheading a protocol called 'QUIC' - It bypasses tradition TCP by using UDP to create it's own versi
by randomerr 9y ago
Just to make sure I understand this:
- Google has been spearheading a protocol called 'QUIC'
- It bypasses tradition TCP by using UDP to create it's own version of TCP but encrypts the data it sends
- However it could be (is?) sending a bit and header that can make tracking the message path easier.
I would guess if that is true then and would not effect the performance the bit and header should be removed. I don't see what the fuss is about. Can't two different implementations exist along side each other and the public will choose the better one?
Correction: I misread the article and thought though spin bit was for an encryption key. Let this be a lesson to everyone: if you are going to comment at 2 am in the morning reread your article.
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- JoshTriplett 9y agoIt doesn't make decrypting the message easier. It just exposes a bit of unencrypted information, that makes it possible to infer information like how the connection's round-trip time. And the argument is over whether exposing that information has value, and whether routers and other boxes in the middle will abuse that information.