HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)

Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015) by alexasmyths on Sunday October 01, 2017 @03:44AM (#15376833)

I didn't mean to say that they would do something 'decentralized' - of course they wouldn't. But possibly something 'better' than HTTP.

One of the things about the net, is that it's transactionally open.

There's no inherent identity/or security, it was grafted on with SSL - 'kind of'.

I suggest it might have been better if identity were required to even make connections, to avoid many kinds of attacks. Hopefully, it could be done in an unbureaucratic manner, also wherein 'identities' can remain de-facto anonymous.

My main point was that 'http' is kind of old, but we're stuck with it unless a 'major power' does something about it.

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Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015) by caymanbruce on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:13AM (#15377308)

I know what you mean. But this 'better' than HTTP thing would only be a dream in China. Most websites, including some very big websites in China, have no concern about security. It will take longer than you can ever imagine for them to embrace SSL.

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