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They do. HTTP/3 is over QUIC, which uses UDP (on ports 80 and 443, as it should). That effort has been spearheaded by Google. Edit: Also, putting everything on
by snazz 6y ago
They do. HTTP/3 is over QUIC, which uses UDP (on ports 80 and 443, as it should). That effort has been spearheaded by Google.
Edit: Also, putting everything on port 443 is a major security and privacy boon. Internet service providers can no longer just block ports for services they don't like.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoQUIC would never have been needed if it was actually possible to use SCTP without unnecessary roadblocks.
- zozbot234 6y agoIs there an actual problem with routing SCTP over the Internet? ISTM that the main issue would be enterprise middleboxes being generally unable to deal with it, in which case QUIC may turn out to be more of a stopgap solution.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agos/generally unable/not compliant with IP standards/
- Reelin 6y agoThis might be naive, but it bugs me that protocol ports are visible to intermediaries. HTTPS encrypts the URL path. Why don't TCP and UPD encrypt (or otherwise scramble) their port numbers? (Yes, I know, those protocols don't include cryptographic provisions. Maybe they should be updated?)