[Bloat] Google's QUIC has reached NANOG

[Dave Taht]

The design document is a very valuable read. Tons of good ideas in there...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNHkx_VvKWyWg6Lr8SZ-saqsQx7rFV-ev2jRFUoVD34/preview?sle=true

On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Bruce Atherton <bruce at callenish.com> wrote:
> On 28/06/2013 3:05 PM, Justin Andrusk wrote:
>>
>>
>> So am I the only one concerned that they are looking to use udp instead of
>> tcp?
>>
>>
>
> It is an important part of the design. They want to multiplex streams into a
> single connection, and ordered packets means one lost packet in one stream
> holds up all the streams. Only way around that is with something other than
> TCP right now. This is a major downside of multiplexing SPDY over using
> multiple connections, which I believe was one of the prime motivators to
> develop QUIC.
>
> In the FAQ, they mention that they are hoping once they get a good design in
> QUIC some of its ideas can be moved into TCP. Someday.
>
>
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