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I was thinking the same thing, though maybe QUIC doesn't send acknowledgements on every packet? I think you get this information for free as part of TCP.
by georgyo 7y ago
I was thinking the same thing, though maybe QUIC doesn't send acknowledgements on every packet?
I think you get this information for free as part of TCP.
- driax 7y agoThat's the answer, almost all of QUIC is encrypted for privacy and protection against meddling middleboxes and protocol evolution. ACKs can be done in many ways which should enough reason for them to be protected so middleboxes doesn't stop protocol evolution.