Inventing a new binary format instead of using standards

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Inventing a new binary format instead of using standards #309

Closed paulehoffman closed 2 years ago

paulehoffman commented 4 years ago

Why does this document invent a new binary format instead of using one that has already been standardized, such as CBOR?

Requiring client and server implementations to create new parser code introduces a lot of new security threats.

CBOR's structure looks like it would create smaller headers than the current proposal.

mnot commented 2 years ago

There is a very real hazard that people will think that any CBOR is acceptable there. Besides, this wasn't a problem when creating similar formats -- such as HPACK, QPACK, etc.