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by samtho 1132 days ago
I understand what you’re saying, but if someone decides to post a link to their project that is an HTTP/3 server in under X lines of code but only implements HTTP/2 features, is it really an HTTP/3 web server?
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fsckboy 1132 days ago
the HTTP/3 standard for servers is not backward compatible with HTTP/2 servers, it is backward compatible with HTTP/2 clients. And vice versa

And therefore, an HTTP/2 server calling itself compatible with HTTP/3 clients is OK

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samtho 1132 days ago
It might be OK on a technical level, but my concern is where someone is showing off a project they used to supposedly learn how to implement HTTP/3 but only goes far enough to use an HTTP/2 implementation because fully implementing 3 is too complex or not worth it.
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skaushik92 1131 days ago
Where does it say it is an HTTP/3 server? Looking at the tests it seems that it’s just a HTTP/1 server I think.
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