Pondering Linux 4.13 Kernel Launches With Accel
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Linux 4.13 Kernel Launches With Accelerated Security Feature
http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/linux-4....ty-feature
Linux 4.13 also debuts a new Kernel Transport Layer Security (KTLS) implementation, providing improved HTTPS encryption performance. TLS is widely used on the internet today for encryption of data transport.
Facebook engineer Dave Watson originally proposed the idea of KTLS as a way to accelerate TLS performance at scale.
KTLS: Linux Kernel Transport Layer Security
https://netdevconf.org/1.2/papers/ktls.pdf
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a widely-deployed protocol
used for securing TCP connections on the Internet. TLS
is also a required feature for HTTP/2, the latest web standard.
A Linux Kernel at the Heart of a New Microsoft OS
https://redmondmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/201...ft-os.aspx
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux