Re: Some half-baked thoughts about cookies.

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In message <20180816072859.GB25355@1wt.eu>, Willy Tarreau writes:

>The idea instead was to expose those bits (which are not specific to a client
>but to a path taken by several clients) so that load balancers do not even
>need to decrypt TLS to find the routing information anymore. That was
>discussed as a way to improve server-side performance, and it also happens
>to reduce the need for decrypting along the path, which can be an improvement
>overall.

A bit more context: http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/httpbis.html

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Received on Thursday, 16 August 2018 08:11:52 UTC