HTTP Pipelining: A security risk without real performance benefits

Everyone wants web sites and applications to load faster, and there’s no shortage of folks out there looking for ways to do just that. But all that glitters is not gold, and not all acceleration tech...
Published Apr 02, 2009
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Apr 02, 2009
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There was actually a good discussion on the subject I found on a mailing list while researching (and of course can't find it now, grrr...). There was actually a good technical reason behind the decision - at least at the time. Whether they are still valid or not is up for debate.

 

 

I will keep looking for the discussion and if/when I find it I'll post a link to it.

 

 

Lori