| ▲ | initramfs an hour ago | |
That's because I wrote about QUIC & UDP in my previous post yesterday. https://inavoyage.blogspot.com/2026/06/5-things-to-lighten-d... https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-road-to-quic/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC#Client_support https://nordvpn.com/blog/what-is-quic-protocol/ https://www.fastvue.co/fastvue/blog/googles-quic-protocols-s... My writing is tangential as it is, so I try to keep the layers separate in different analyses. Java ME, Azul & OS (Symbian): https://inavoyage.blogspot.com/2026/06/how-about-new-java-ba... Edit: One thing I didn't include in the article was file sharing protocols, because of security vulunerabilities. I recall IPFS had some known issues, but others have tried to use similar protocols: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_synchroniza... There are at least two that use QUIC, such as Kubo/IPFS and Syncthing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncthing Do they work faster than the regular web? Well, torrents can download faster. But I do not know how much the web depends on it or needs it. I know Microsoft and Steam servers allow downloading games and updates from other PCs, including ones outside a local network. Why they offer it (for Windows system files), is beyond me. Maybe some areas (public networks) share an unsecure wifi network more often and do not own a separate router for trusted internet access. I guess the files are encrypted enough that there is a checksum that can determine if the files are not tampered? | ||
| ▲ | protocolture 16 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
>That's because I wrote about QUIC & UDP in my previous post yesterday. Ok >My writing is tangential as it is, so I try to keep the layers separate in different analyses. I must admit I am still having a hard time following you. >Why they offer it (for Windows system files), is beyond me. Why should a household or office download windows update files more than once? Seems like a great idea. >Do they work faster than the regular web? Well, torrents can download faster. IPFS in my limited experience is slow but reliable. Torrents are slow in peer discovery but fast after that. >I guess the files are encrypted enough that there is a checksum that can determine if the files are not tampered? Digital signature also. | ||