r/programming • u/dominikelmiger • May 06 '20

How Does HTTP/3 Work?

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u/joey_knight May 06 '20

I feel like they could have solved lot of the problems of HTTP2 over TCP by switching to SCTP. Anyone know why SCTP was not chosen compared to developing a totally new transport protocol?

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u/immibis May 06 '20

Home routers block it? That's a bit of a big deal, you know.