Do a “QUIC” test

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So what is HTTP3/QUIC and how are they related?

LiteSpeed explains QUIC as:

“QUIC was originally a Google effort to improve HTTP/2 by transporting it encrypted over UDP. In 2016, the IETF began working to standardize the protocol. Part of that process involved splitting QUIC into the transport and application protocols. For some time, the application protocol was referred to as HTTP-over-QUIC, but in November of 2018, the IETF announced that HTTP-over-QUIC would be called HTTP/3.

The IETF is still defining what HTTP/3 will look like. There will be several iterations of review and revision before a standard is adopted, and LiteSpeed will continue to be involved every step of the way.

LiteSpeed QUIC Implementation:

The Internet currently uses a version of the QUIC protocol called "Google QUIC," sometimes abbreviated gQUIC. It started as a Google experiment between the Chrome browser and some of the Google services, in an effort to improve upon HTTP/2. We added support for Google QUIC to our Web Server and ADC products in 2017. At around the same time, Google handed off the protocol to the IETF for standardization.”

How can I do the “QUIC” test?

Navigate to https://www.http3check.net/ and paste your domain name in the checkbox, alternatively follow the steps mentioned below:

• Enable “QUIC” in Chrome navigate to -> chrome://flags -> Experimental QUIC protocol -> Enable
• Install SPDY Chrome extension -> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...icator/mpbpobfflnpcgagjijhmgnchggcjblin?hl=en
• (Optional) install Wappalyzer Chrome Extension to see what the website is running on -> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wappalyzer/gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg?hl=en
• Navigate to the site you wish to check and observe the SPDY icon as shown below:

HTTP/1.1:



HTTP/2:



HTTP/2 + QUIC:



What the majority use:



LiteSpeed Web Server HTTP/3 ready:



Speed tests run on international A2 Hosting as well as local SA hosting. Speed tests conducted from Canada using a Basic Wordpress Site:

A2 International Hosting:



SA Hosted Server without LiteSpeed/QUIC:



SA Hosted Server with LiteSpeed/QUIC enabled



Conclusion:

HTTP/3 may still be in it's development stages but straight off the bat we can see some interesting results. Be that as it may there is still the concern regarding security and we will be monitoring developments from major firewall developers closely to see how and when they will fully support the new protocol.

Sources:

https://www.litespeedtech.com/latest-techs/http-3-is-coming

https://gtmetrix.com/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...icator/mpbpobfflnpcgagjijhmgnchggcjblin?hl=en

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wappalyzer/gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg?hl

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

The differences between the two local sites are marginal, and I wonder how much influence international latency had on the results.

Run those tests from local hosting providers to get a more accurate results

 

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The differences between the two local sites are marginal, and I wonder how much influence international latency had on the results.

Run those tests from local hosting providers to get a more accurate results

We will be conducting more extensive tests over the next few days using various local hosting accounts to get a better comparison going.

 

[Jade @ Absolute Hosting]

Keep us posted, interested to see your findings

 

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This link also shows some interesting results between the various web servers and caching solutions:

https://www.litespeedtech.com/benchmarks/wordpress

 

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As promised here are some local speed test results using a basic Wordpress site. There is a clear advantage when using Litespeed with QUIC, even with QUIC disabled Litespeed performs far better than Apache. These tests were run on standard 2GB and 5GB hosting packages.