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HTTP/3: Practical Deployment Options (Part 3)

Smashing Magazine

Luckily, multiple companies have been working on open-source QUIC and HTTP/3 implementations for over five years now, so we have several mature and stable options to choose from. Note that there is an Apache Traffic Server implementation, though.). Implementing them from scratch would involve reading (and understanding!)

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HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

However, TCP is typically implemented in the operating system’s (OS’) kernel, a secure and more restricted environment, which for most OSes isn’t even open source. Other causes of packet loss can lead to fewer or individual packets becoming lost (or unusable), especially on wireless networks. Did You Know?