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CloudFlare is introducing HTTP/2 support for all of its users, to be available on all SSL/TLS connections – while still supporting SPDY – so netizens can spend more time with their families instead of waiting for pages to load this Christmas. Talking to The Register on Tuesday night, CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince explained the …

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  1. Charlie Clark Silver badge
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    Great news

    I take my hat off to CloudFlare for really working hard on this and providing it at no extra cost.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Great news

      It's a net saving for them too, since HTTP2 compresses headers.

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    2. TheInternetsFullOfNumbers
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      Re: Great news

      I take my hat off to the individuals in NGINX who worked really hard on this and provided it at no cost (open-source) so that anyone (including CloudFlare) can use it

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Hats off to the people who are forced to be unpaid beta testers so that the people who do pay get a less buggy service :-)

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    I'm going to wait for HTTP3.

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    1. NotBob
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      Maybe we can just get a service pack. HTTP2SP1RC3 or the like?

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      1. Donkey Molestor X
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        HTTP2SP1RC3? Sounds like you've sprinkled CRISPR/Cas9 on your HTTP RFCs. Are you trying to genesplice an abomination?

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    2. Captain DaFt
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      "I'm going to wait for HTTP3."

      Nah, better to wait until the prequels.

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    3. Michael Wojcik Silver badge
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      I'm going to stick with HTTP/1.1, which does everything I need and contains significantly less stupidity.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    It's the quiet bahstads you've got to watch....

    Hell, didn't even know they had a free tier. Still, well done, every one.

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    1. Andrew Jones 2
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      Re: It's the quiet bahstads you've got to watch....

      You will have missed the announcement of SSL being activated for all the free tier customers a few months back then.

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