MsQuic one alternative to TLS in the near future

[Tigersharke]

According to the github page, this has not reached RFC as yet but the description of this protocol does sound good.

Protocol Features

QUIC has many benefits when compared to existing "TLS over TCP" scenarios:

• All packets are encrypted and handshake is authenticated with TLS 1.3.
• Parallel streams of (reliable and unreliable) application data.
• Exchange application data in the first round trip (0-RTT).
• Improved congestion control and loss recovery.
• Survives a change in the clients IP address or port.
• Stateless load balancing.
• Easily extendable for new features and extensions.

GitHub - microsoft/msquic: Cross-platform, C implementation of the IETF QUIC protocol, exposed to C, C++, C# and Rust.

Cross-platform, C implementation of the IETF QUIC protocol, exposed to C, C++, C# and Rust. - microsoft/msquic

github.com

 

[anodos]

Yeah, I attended a presentation a year or so ago about SMB over QUIC. IIRC interest was high in using it for writing to azure storage.

 

[Chris Moore]

Yeah, I attended a presentation a year or so ago about SMB over QUIC. IIRC interest was high in using it for writing to azure storage.

Is it moving forward or stuck as an idea?

 

[anodos]

Is it moving forward or stuck as an idea?

I believe it's moving forward, but don't have any details. Here's some publicly available info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com...-over-quic-files-without-the-vpn/ba-p/1183449