Week - 6 (HPBN Speedread - Part 2 [HTTP Cont.])

​Continuing from last week we explore HTTP/2 and HTTP3/QUIC. They promise to make our applications faster, simpler, and more robust. HTTP/2 was specifically created to reduce the load latency of web pages by addressing some of the well-known performance limitations of HTTP/1.1. At the same time, QUIC/HTTP3 presents a new transport mechanism altogether to replace TCP. Companies are still rolling out a lot of these optimisations. This represents the cutting edge of advancements in networking protocols. Happy reading and see you all this Saturday :)

• ​HTTP/2 - Chapter from HPBN

• ​QUIC: next-generation multiplexed transport over UDP

• ​Explaining QUIC: the protocol that is both very similar to and very different from TCP By Peter Door

• ​HTTP/3: the past, the present, and the future