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Laukev7:

quote:Originally posted by M. O'Brien:
I don't know if you have read this before

What makes IE so fast?  It cheats.

Your experience sounds similar, but the above mentioned link says that standard (== not IIS) servers ignore the first request.
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Does this also explain why MSIE is so insecure? If not, shouldn't every browsers and servers adopt that method to speed up browsing?

hm_murdock:
IE seems like it's insecure because of all the useless crap that's in it, and how it hooks into everything

mobrien_12:

quote:Originally posted by Laukev7: Has half Macman's posts:


Does this also explain why MSIE is so insecure? If not, shouldn't every browsers and servers adopt that method to speed up browsing?
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This is a violation of TCP standards.  People should not use it.

Laukev7:

quote:Originally posted by M. O'Brien:


This is a violation of TCP standards.  People should not use it.
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OK, but is there anything inherently wrong about it? I know it violates standards and all, but if that method were to be adopted as a TCP standard, and all browsers used it, would this have negative effects?

mobrien_12:

quote:Originally posted by Laukev7: Has half Macman's posts:


OK, but is there anything inherently wrong about it? I know it violates standards and all, but if that method were to be adopted as a TCP standard, and all browsers used it, would this have negative effects?
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The whole point behind TCP is to have two way communication for error checking (data integrity) and security.  MS says, "hey if we bypass syn and ack we can make things move faster."  Which translates to "if we break TCP we can move things faster."  

There is already a protocol for high speed, insecure, non-error checking data transfer.  It's called UDP.  It's very fast and not secure, and online games use it almost exclusively.

Trying to make TCP work like UDP is  a BAD thing.  It would be better to move web traffic to UDP.

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