HTTP2/HTTP3/Quic feature request for next generation communication testing

[ciscohack]

Hello Expert,

Currently, HFS support only HTTP1.1 version. is it possible to add HTTP2/HTTP3/Quic protocol support in future releases for next-generation protocol testing? your tool is a life saver and hoping for these feature additions soon.

[rejetto]

hey, in my plans, http2 will come AFTER i'll be done with 0.xx versions, which will hopefully happen before summer.
Would you please explain what would change for you having http2 ?
My current opinion is that webdav is more important than http2 in file serving, with the little knowledge I have about it.

HFS is based on node.js, that currently supports HTTP2 but not 3.
I'm not sure what effort is required to add HTTP 2 support, and mostly important, what it takes to actually make the most of it.
I also wonder if it should support directly 3 (if it was possible) or is right 2 the best move.
I've read around that http3 is good where UDP is (like real-time streaming), so maybe it makes no good at file serving.

[ciscohack]

@rejetto First I would like to thank you for the amazing tool one of the best and I use it heavily in my test cases. Now why do I need this feature again for my test cases where I use HTTP2 and HTTP3 traffic to inspect against perimeter devices and create rules according to test if things work fine with these protocols or performance issues? and I had faith that if I put in my request I would get the feature in future releases ...

HTTP3 is basically use Quic protocol which next-gen communication and gonna accept my all vendors and firewalls

[rejetto]

i'm really happy to know that you like it!
would you please elaborate more in these test cases you talk about? i'm afraid i know very little of this kind of usage, but knowing may help into my designing.
Are you using HFS to share files, or as a tool for other purposes?

[ciscohack]

@rejetto I use HFS to download and upload files and put a firewall between HFS and the client then use HTTPS traffic to inspect the encrypted traffic. now rest test cases firewall-specific but the key protocol that I test is HTTP2/HTTP3/Quic and for this purpose, I need HFS to support these protocols as HFS implementation is very simple and fast. otherwise, I have to spin a webserver based on NGINX or Apache which needs lots of effort setting up the server. Here HFS shines and save my time and quickly setup webserver in no time