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		nirvdrum on May 16, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Validating UTF-8 strings using as little as 0.7 cy... People routinely read text files larger than 1 KB into memory. HTTP responses are often larger than 1 KB. Serialized data (JSON, XML, etc.) is often larger than 1 KB.

bumblebritches5 on May 16, 2018 [–]

HTTP headers are not anywhere near 1kb of text.

the packet's themselves are only 1.5kb.

nirvdrum on May 16, 2018 | [–]

The headers are one component of a response. The body is often larger than 1 KB.

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