What willwould a Chromium-only Web look like?
Most of the complexity and nuance of the Web is stuffed into browser engines. Even though they’re a huge burden to develop and maintain, the world is lucky enough to have three major ones, and…
Category: MNOT
Yet More New HTTP Specs
The HTTP “core” documents were published on Monday, including a revision of HTTP semantics, caching, HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and the brand-new HTTP/3. However, that’s not all that the HTTP community has been up to. Today the…
A New Definition of HTTP
Seven and a half years ago, I wrote that RFC2616 is dead, replaced by RFCs 7230-5. Now, it’s those specifications’ turn to be retired. The RFC is dead; long live the RFC! Why? The emergence…
A New Definition of HTTP
Seven and a half years ago, I wrote that RFC2616 is dead, replaced by RFCs 7230-5. Now, it’s those specifications’ turn to be retired. The RFC is dead; long live the RFC! Why? The emergence…
Server-Sent Events, WebSockets, and HTTP
The orange site is currently discussing an article about Server-Sent Events, especially as compared with WebSockets (and the emerging WebTransport). Both the article and discussion are well-informed, but I think they miss out on one…
How the Next Layer of the Internet is Going to be Standardised
A big change in how the Internet is defined - and who defines it - is underway. For a while now, it’s been apparent that Internet and Web standards have stagnated at the ‘top’ of…
No news is… a sign of a stagnating Internet
Today, Facebook shut off the news in Australia – all of it, and much more besides. For example, when I tried to post a link to this blog entry on Facebook, they responded: Reactions in…
RFC8890: The Internet is for End Users
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) has published RFC8890, The Internet is for End Users, arguing that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) should ground its decisions in what’s good for people who use the Internet,…
What limits legal access to cloud data in Australia?
The Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 20181 has proven controversial both before and after passage,2 with considerable debate about its industry assistance framework and its potential for systemically weakening encryption on…
On RFC8674, the safe preference for HTTP
It’s become common for Web sites – particularly those that host third-party or user-generated content – to make a “safe” mode available, where content that might be objectionable is hidden. For example, a parent who…