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L4 consistent hashing QUIC proxy

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#1,193 opened on Jun 30, 2017

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Description

Mentioned partially and might depend on work in https://github.com/lyft/envoy/issues/492 given QUIC is built on top of UDP.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC

Official standalone library: https://github.com/google/proto-quic

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Research direction
Study Envoy's existing consistent hashing and proxy infrastructure, then explore the proto quic library integration for L4 QUIC proxying.
Tech stack
ccpp
Domain
backendnetworkingapi
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Needs maintainer response
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
C++networkingQUIC
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
10