Re: draft-ietf-httpbis-http2-latest, "9.2.1 TLS 1.2 Features"

On 2015-01-13 16:35, Julian Reschke wrote:
> <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-ietf-httpbis-http2-16.html#rfc.section.9.2.1.p.2>:
>
>
> "A deployment of HTTP/2 over TLS 1.2 MUST disable compression. TLS
> compression can lead to the exposure of information that would not
> otherwise be revealed [RFC3749]. Generic compression is unnecessary
> since HTTP/2 provides compression features that are more aware of
> context and therefore likely to be more appropriate for use for
> performance, security or other reasons."
>
> This makes it sound as if HTTP/2 offers compression for request
> payloads, which is not the case.
>
> Best regards, Julian

Also, in 
<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-ietf-httpbis-http2-16.html#rfc.section.10.6.p.1>:

"HTTP/2 enables greater use of compression for both header fields 
(Section 4.3) and entity bodies."

Best regards, Julian

Received on Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:48:19 UTC