[tbb-bugs] #29705 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Enable Brotli compression for .onion domains
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki
blackhole at torproject.org
Sat Mar 9 01:37:44 UTC 2019
#29705: Enable Brotli compression for .onion domains
------------------------------+------------------------------------------
Reporter: expyuzz4wqqyqhjn | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Component: Applications/Tor Browser
Version: | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
------------------------------+------------------------------------------
Tor Browser treats .onion as secure domains. Brotli compression is only
enabled in Firefox on secure domains, but not for .onion domains.
Internally, Firefox controls these from the following settings:
network.http.accept-encoding
network.http.accept-encoding.secure
.onion is treated as the first instance (insecure) and only enable gzip
and deflate. It should be handled as the second category and thus also
enable Brotli compression.
Brotli compression will be beneficial to .onion service performance and
reducing the data usage of Tor Browser.
PS: The requirement for Brotli to only be used on secure connections was a
political decision by Google who wanted to use their new efficient
compression method as a carrot to encourage HTTPS adoption.
--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29705>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online
More information about the tbb-bugs
mailing list