HTTPS' massive speed advantage

Re:HTTPS' massive speed advantage by JoelBennett on Thursday July 21, 2016 @03:15PM (#12139292)

Despite the calls of "it's not fair!", I can see what he is getting at. From the end-user perspective, it doesn't matter what the underlying technology is: if it provides a faster (and more secure) experience, it's a win.

If there was some huge drawback to using HTTP/2, I can see why people might cry foul, but whether they like it or not, HTTP/2 is coming, so we might as well embrace it.

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Re:HTTPS' massive speed advantage by WorldMaker on Thursday July 21, 2016 @05:24PM (#12140190)

Right, users see HTTP and HTTPS, they don't see /1.0 versus /1.1 versus /2.

(There's a good argument that users seeing HTTP versus HTTPS was a mistake, too, versus just secure/unsecure markers in browsers. TLS shouldn't have needed a new port number and URL prefix... but it is way too late to fix that now.)

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Re:HTTPS' massive speed advantage by josteink on Friday July 22, 2016 @04:34AM (#12142391)

> if it provides a faster (and more secure) experience, it's a win.

Http/2 without tls would be even faster. Had it not been for someone with an agenda deliberately saying it should not be supported.

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