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> TCP is a transport, not an application protocol It turns out that what people wanted was application protocols, not transports. This is why HTTP(S) is basic
by jiggawatts 4y ago
> TCP is a transport, not an application protocol
It turns out that what people wanted was application protocols, not transports.
This is why HTTP(S) is basically the only protocol used inside and outside of the data centre these days. Even storage protocols are migrating towards HTTPS, with the public clouds using S3-like protocols on top of HTTPS even for virtual disks.
- jandrese 4y agoThis is also because firewall administrators don't want to let anything through except DNS and HTTP. Everything runs on HTTPS because it's the only thing that won't leave your help desk constantly running traces to figure out where you're getting blocked. It's ironic that in an effort to only allow web traffic on the network, these administrators have instead made it impossible to block anything else, because their actions forced all of those other application to disguise themselves as web traffic.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoNot in classified networks.