Re: Streaming Header Compression

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 09:06:32PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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> In message <MWHPR08MB2432213CA1E00C15FF346F11DAC00@MWHPR08MB2432.namprd08.prod.outlook.com>, Mike Bishop writes:
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> >However, that means it's no longer possible to write the beginning
> >of the frame without having seen and processed the entire header
> >set.
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> Speaking for the Varnish Cache project:  We are fine with that.

Same for haproxy, we always process all headers at once.

And BTW, we have still not implemented support for CONTINUATION frames
because in the current model they would cause too many problems,
precisely because we process headers at once. No negative feedback for
this yet, only h2spec noticed, possibly indicating that they are not
that much used in field.

Willy

Received on Wednesday, 28 February 2018 04:30:53 UTC