Summary
In this chapter, we surveyed common pitfalls associated with the network and security facets of near-edge computing solutions. This included challenges faced on the internet due to latency, packet loss, and server and client configurations, as well as common protocols in use.
We also covered standard industry approaches to mitigating these issues. We explored how GSLB and IP Anycast are used to reduce the latency introduced by the physical distance between the server and the client. Then, we reviewed HTTP/3 and QUIC – a new set of protocols that eliminates the need to worry about many of the challenges faced by older, more widely adopted protocols such as HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.
Lastly, we covered some of the key considerations you must take into account regarding security when implementing an edge computing solution that is not fully based in the cloud.
In the next chapter, we will dive into the same sorts of details for solutions deployed at the far edge.
