Re: Ascii-based SPDY "compression" idea from Poul-Henning Kamp on 2012-04-02 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from April to June 2012)

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:39:53 +0000
To: Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>
cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Message-ID: <3279.1333377593@critter.freebsd.dk>

In message <4F79AB4C.8070900@treenet.co.nz>, Amos Jeffries writes:
>On 3/04/2012 12:10 a.m., William Chan (é™ˆæ™ºæ˜Œ) wrote:

>Assuming that the host can be bound to the TCP layer details prohibits 
>all types of multiplexing, virtual hosting and intermediary pipelining 
>from being done in the middle.

Not to mention the reasons certain Google personel have communicated
in private for that aspect of SPDY's design:

	"It keeps the telcos out of our bits."

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