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Isn't SPDY encrypted by default? Why would you assume it should outperform the unencrypted HTTP? Is it because Google made that claim, or why? Either way, secu
by salient 13y ago
Isn't SPDY encrypted by default? Why would you assume it should outperform the unencrypted HTTP? Is it because Google made that claim, or why?
Either way, security at the application level on the Internet seems quite broken. We need easy to implement strong security at the Transport and IP levels. Google (or IETF, rather) should be experimenting with a CurveCP-like protocols to encrypt all the packets on the Internet to replace TCP. That's what I'd really like to see.
- gsnedders 13y agoThe problem is plenty of boxes (esp. consumer-grade NAT stuff!) drops any IP packet that is not TCP or UDP, hence introducing anything at that layer is as hard as introducing IPv6 (i.e., it might happen, eventually, maybe). This is why Google's QUIC is layered on top of UDP — as UDP is a thin enough layer (on top of IP) it doesn't add too much bloat.