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You terminate SSL (err, TLS) at the pop so the clients TCP connection gets setup faster, and then you use a hot TCP connection from the pop to a centralized API
by fragmede 3mo ago
You terminate SSL (err, TLS) at the pop so the clients TCP connection gets setup faster, and then you use a hot TCP connection from the pop to a centralized API server. That gets you not having to deal with the headache of running a distributed system but a better experience for the client.
- LtdJorge 3mo agoAnd you still have to send your light pulses through a fiber over thousands of kilometers, so 50ms is still physically impossible.
- fragmede 3mo agoIf you want 50ms then you're gonna have to do the distributed systems headache that rcxdude was trying to avoid. For everything smaller than Google, that's too expensive, but it can be done.