Re: Call for Adoption: TCP Tuning for HTTP

Leif Hedstrom <leif@ogre.com> Mon, 07 March 2016 01:23 UTC

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> On Mar 1, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
> 
> [ copying Alison as our Transport Tech Advisor ]
> 
> Daniel has kindly started a document about how HTTP uses TCP, both for /1 and /2:
>  <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-stenberg-httpbis-tcp>
> 
> We haven't explicitly discussed this at a meeting, but I have heard interest in this topic from a variety of folks.
> 
> What do people think about adopting this with a target of Best Current Practice?
> 
> Please comment on-list.


+1 on adopting this as a BCP.

I think its focus / bias towards Linux has to be addressed, which requires input / feedback from other OS vendors of course. But the adoption of this draft would likely help such efforts significantly.

Cheers,

— leif