Re: http/2 flow control

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 24 January 2013 22:32 UTC

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From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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Quick question: is the flow control in SPDY 3 like SSHv2's?  I.e.,
with per-flow window sizes advertised by the receiver?

I ask because this has caused serious problems in the SSH world.  I
don't want HTTP/2.0 to make the same mistakes.

Nico
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