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		e12e on Jan 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The State of HTTP in 2022 > HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 implemenations require the use of CA based TLS. Well, the standard doesn't, but the browser(s?) implantation(s) do?: https://http2.github.io/faq/#does-http2-require-encryption

superkuh on Jan 1, 2023 [–]

Very few people are going to be setting the compile time options for the libraries that implement HTTP/3 to enable plain HTTP/3 (no one has for HTTP/2). So Google, MS, Apple, etc not supporting plain HTTP/3 is a defacto standard more powerful than the spec Google/MS openwashed through the IETF.

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