> -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Phillip Hallam-Baker > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:47 PM > To: Mark Nottingham > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: FYI: SPDY > > Sounds good. But making HTTP faster is somewhat less of a concern to > me than making it easier to make it more robust. And the big problem > in all these schemes has been how to detect that there is a speedier > option and WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE. > > Anyone can make a 'negotiation' mechanism that allows you to choose > between existing HTTP and their scheme du jour. Thats not really > architecture in my view, you have to solve for the rather more general > case without having code of this type > > if (token1 = frobble) > protocol = speedy > elseif (token2 = magicQ) > protocol= m12 > elseif (token3 = ei3ir) > protocol = jeie > else > protocol = http > > This approach works only so long as you have code to support. It tends > to assume we are surfing not web servicing. > > > We have this SRV header that has some really useful mechanism to help > provide reliable service. As a side benefit it also allows us to avoid > the need to always use port 80. That could be an important factor in > conserving IPv4 addresses > > We need a general purpose signalling mechanism that is DNS based and > applicable to any protocol negotiation of this sort. draft-yourtchenko-tran-announce-dns-00 is a start in that space. -d > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Mark Nottingham > <mnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Chromium has been experimenting with speeding up HTTP using > a new protocol, > > SPDY. > > > > See: > > http://blog.chromium.org/2009/11/2x-faster-web.html > > http://dev.chromium.org/spdy/spdy-whitepaper > > > > My (personal) take: > > http://www.mnot.net/blog/2009/11/13/flip > > > > Interesting times. > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > > > > -- > -- > New Website: http://hallambaker.com/ > View Quantum of Stupid podcasts, Tuesday and Thursday each week, > http://quantumofstupid.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf