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by nicky0 3005 days ago
The point is that QUIC is supposed to be fully encrypted below the UDP layer. The question is why add bits in the clear on top of this to water it down and open an avenue for potential abuse.
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IshKebab 3005 days ago
Yes but it doesn't really say why anyone wants this spin bit. What are they going to do with it? Measure RTTs? Why? What for?
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majewsky 3005 days ago
The currently top-voted comment in this thread explains it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16696159
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nicky0 3005 days ago
Yes questioning the spin bit is the point of the article.
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