From 8e35111f470080a9d136ca1cdf892b1f60270de9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard van der Hoff Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:52:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ: remove 'Why don't you use websockets' todo ... since we already have an answer that answers it --- supporting-docs/guides/2015-08-19-faq.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/supporting-docs/guides/2015-08-19-faq.md b/supporting-docs/guides/2015-08-19-faq.md index 174cdef5..9dd309ce 100644 --- a/supporting-docs/guides/2015-08-19-faq.md +++ b/supporting-docs/guides/2015-08-19-faq.md @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ Privacy of metadata is not currently protected from server administrators - a ma Rather than relying on Certificate Authorities (CAs) as in traditional SSL, a [Perspectives](https://perspectives-project.org/)-style system uses a more decentralized model for verifying keys. Perspectives uses notary servers to verify that the same key is seen across the network, making a man-in-the-middle attack much harder since an attacker must insert itself into multiple places. For federation in Matrix, each Home Server acts as a notary. When one Home Server connects to another Home Server that uses a key that it doesn't recognize, it contacts other Home Servers to ensure that they all see the same key from that Home Server. -##### Why HTTP? Doesn't HTTP suck? +##### Why HTTP? Doesn't HTTP suck? Why don't you use websockets/CoAP/HTTP2/etc? HTTP is indeed not the most efficient transport, but it is ubiquitous, very well understood and has numerous implementations on almost every platform and language. It also has a simple upgrade path to HTTP/2, which is relatively bandwidth and round-trip efficient. @@ -666,7 +666,6 @@ This FAQ is a constant work in progress - patches and pull requests are *very* w * What's on the roadmap? * How can I use Matrix to talk on Freenode or other IRC networks? * Where can I learn more about Matrix? (link to PDFs of other presentations etc) - * Why don't you use websockets? * Why is synapse so resource intensive immediately after federating for the first time? * \[your question goes here...\]