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HTTP/3 - HTTP over QUIC is the next generation

HTTP/3 is designed to improve in areas where HTTP/2 still has some shortcomings, primarily by changing the transport layer.

Daniel Stenberg at Full Stack Fest 2019

HTTP/3 is the designated name for the coming next version of the protocol that is currently under development within the QUIC working group in the IETF. This time TCP is replaced by the new transport protocol QUIC and things are different yet again! HTTP/3 is designed to improve in areas where HTTP/2 still has some shortcomings, primarily by changing the transport layer. HTTP/3 is the first major protocol to step away from TCP and instead it uses QUIC. Daniel Stenberg does a presentation about HTTP/3 and QUIC. Why the new protocols are deemed necessary, how they work, how they change how things are sent over the network and what some of the coming deployment challenges will be.