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QUIC is a very new, experimental protocol that runs on UDP. Their (relevant) basis is that TCP's algorithms are completely controlled by the OSes and the router
by pritambaral 13y ago
QUIC is a very new, experimental protocol that runs on UDP.
Their (relevant) basis is that TCP's algorithms are completely controlled by the OSes and the routers and all. Using UDP, QUIC can quickly deploy new algorithms without requiring a major part of the world's infrastructure changed.
- tptacek 13y agoSure, but SPDY is a TCP protocol, and so inherits TCP-friendliness from that; I'm just not seeing what that has to do with HTTP.