Re: About Padding in PUSH_PROMISE/HEADERS from Martin Thomson on 2014-10-07 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from October to December 2014)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:39:41 -0700
To: Raullen Chai <raullenchai@google.com>
Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Michaela LaVan <mlavan@google.com>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnUPu0d=BnQaPSTSVKxWUQYGmZuLrfDpGvVLdwpUytXtdQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 7 October 2014 15:30, Raullen Chai <raullenchai@google.com> wrote:
> Yes, this is the specified way. Is the latency introduced by transmitting
> the padding payload before transmitting the remaining data payload a
> concern?

Actually, it's probably better.  You don't risk opening a timing
side-channel by having the receiver complete processing prior to
receiving the entire block.

Received on Tuesday, 7 October 2014 22:40:08 UTC