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HTTP/2 in Action
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HTTP/2 in Action

by Barry Pollard
April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
14h 4m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 9. TCP, QUIC, and HTTP/3

This chapter covers
  • TCP inefficiencies
  • TCP optimizations
  • An introduction to QUIC
  • Differences between QUIC and HTTP/2

HTTP/2’s aim was to improve the inefficiencies inherent in the HTTP protocol, mainly by allowing a single, multiplexed connection. Under HTTP/1.1, the connection was vastly underused, because it could be used for only one resource at a time. If there were any delays in answering a request (such as because the server was busy generating that resource), the connection was blocked and not being used. HTTP/2 allows the connection to be used for multiple resources, so other resources can still use the connection in this scenario.

In addition to preventing wasted connections, ...

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