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		svieira 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Taking a Look at Compression Algorithms In fact there is a new feature Chrome is championing (and just shipped) called "Compression dictionary transport" - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-compress... / https://chromestatus.com/feature/5124977788977152 that allows any HTTP resource to specify the dictionary it wants to use (including the "use me as the dictionary for future reuqests") which allows a website to use a dictionary that specialized to _its_ contents instead of the contents of something completely different.

genewitch 10 months ago [–]

Another state machine in the browser what can go wrong

pixl97 10 months ago | [–]

Heh and if dictionaries can be shared between sites, another potential security leak.

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