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FAQ: remove 'Why don't you use websockets' todo

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... since we already have an answer that answers it
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@ -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. 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. 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.
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* What's on the roadmap? * What's on the roadmap?
* How can I use Matrix to talk on Freenode or other IRC networks? * 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) * 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? * Why is synapse so resource intensive immediately after federating for the first time?
* \[your question goes here...\] * \[your question goes here...\]

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