Re: The future of forward proxy servers in an http/2 over TLS world

Why would be a proprietary side-channel be better? Still it is a third 
party which needs to be trusted and a standard proxy let me choose which 
service provider to use which isn't possible with a proprietary 
side-channel.

Regards,
Roland

Am 16.02.2017 um 21:17 schrieb Tom Bergan:
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> Yes, I'm asking why the blocking needs to happen in a proxy. For 
> example, Chrome's SafeBrowsing feature doesn't use a proxy. Your 
> client is a willing participant that will customize their software and 
> configuration as you ask them. Why does the protocol for deciding what 
> to block necessarily need to happen over a proxy, rather than a 
> side-channel? Maybe I'm being naive and don't know all the obvious 
> reasons why a proxy is needed and a side-channel won't work. Has 
> someone written an RFC describing why?