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Railgun v5 has landed: better, faster, lighter

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Date Published
Author
John Graham-Cumming
Word Count
653
Company Posts That Month
12
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
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No
Summary

On August 31, 2015, John Graham-Cumming announced the availability of Railgun v5, an improved version of CloudFlare's origin network optimizer. Key enhancements include reduced memory utilization and CPU requirements, a new wire protocol for faster data transfer, additional compression, streaming mode for large downloads, better management of connections to origin servers, and improved cryptographic infrastructure. These improvements benefit CloudFlare Optimized Partners, ecommerce sites, news sites, and popular blogs. Railgun v5 is available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS 7, with installation instructions provided by CloudFlare.

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