From b166117c606d55d2e96b85581caf0e8a40b60362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:07:31 +0100 Subject: README.http2: mention some alt-svc thoughts --- lib/README.http2 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/README.http2') diff --git a/lib/README.http2 b/lib/README.http2 index 0a397523d..3e9ba2064 100644 --- a/lib/README.http2 +++ b/lib/README.http2 @@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ SSL libs NSS: ALPN and NPN GnuTLS: ALPN +Alt-Svc + + Alt-Svc is a suggested new header with a corresponding frame (ALTSVC) in + http2 that tells the client about an alternative "route" to the same content + for the same origin server that you get the response from. A browser or + long-living client can use that hint to create a new connection + asynchronously. For libcurl, we may introduce a way to bring such clues to + the applicaton and/or let a subsequent request use the alternate route + automatically. + Applications We hide http2's binary nature and convert received http2 traffic to headers -- cgit v1.2.3