The networks run their own language, with a series of codes and protocols necessary for their correct functioning. Correct protocols and codes greatly improve Internet browsing speed. One of them is HTTP3; But what is HTTP3 and how does it work to improve my internet speed? Find out the answer in this article.
The HTTP3 protocol
THE Hypertext Transfer Protocol o HTTP in its abbreviated form, is a protocol that is used to be able to browse the web freely, as well as improve browsing speed.
From the year 2000, when the protocol was started with HTTP1 until today, this protocol has improved its function. HTTP1 was the most used for almost 15 years, every year that passed it made updates; until it was replaced by HTTP / 2015 in 2.
There is currently a version that offers improvements and new features for the Internet surfing, this is the HTTP3 version; And although this version has already existed since 2012, it was in 2018 that in a meeting organized by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), it was decided to use this protocol to define the standards of use on the network.
This protocol is used to define the semantics and syntax that the entire web uses to achieve communication, such as server, client and proxy.
HTTP functions3
The HTTP3 protocol allows the web browser to load pages, with what is called "Web request". This protocol has undergone a significant change and it is now that instead of being based on TCP, it uses QUIC, which stands for Quick UDP Internet Connections.
The reason why our browsing time or response speed (ms) is slow is largely due to an IP protocol that governs all pages on the web. Connections are made through handshakes, feedback.
This causes the constant flow of information between sender and recipient is excessive, thus determining a longer waiting time; Also, if we want to access certain pages and the server is distant, the response takes longer and the waiting time increases.
How to use HTTP3 to improve internet speed?
First to know how we can use it, we need to know which browsers use or allow HTTP3. In this case, the browser Google Chrome is the first browser to implement the HTTP3 protocol on its system.
Thanks to this we can verify the incredible improvements in the speed of insertion and loading of compatible web pages. This speed increase results in a better latency.
That is, if we had 300ms latency to load a page, we would now have one latency of 100 ms with the use of HTTP3. To use it we need to install Google Chrome Canay, so let's create a shortcut on the desktop. When done, right-click on the link and copy the following to the bottom of the path:
- -enable-anything -version-quic = h3-23
To verify that it works, we enter the web page quic.rocks:4433, if we do it correctly, a respective message will appear. But if we are not successful, you can do the following:
Enter in blog.cloudflare.com, press the F12 key, continuing with the Network option, right click where the columns are to be able to activate all the available protocols. This way we can see which ones are loaded by QUIC.
If we follow these steps we can improve speed of our Internet using the HTTP3 protocol. We hope you found this article useful and if you liked it, share it with your friends.
