* I presume the case here is the proxy is close to the server so the handshake is faster and thus the single benefit of this setup, although that's not at all what's illustrated.
* The illustrations show the request taking longer with the proxy, although maybe the two diagrams aren't to scale
* The originating UDP packet could get lost and the client would never know
The author could improve the latency by prepping the TCP connection before the request comes in, giving a significant reduction in latency.
* I presume the case here is the proxy is close to the server so the handshake is faster and thus the single benefit of this setup, although that's not at all what's illustrated.
* The illustrations show the request taking longer with the proxy, although maybe the two diagrams aren't to scale
* The originating UDP packet could get lost and the client would never know
The author could improve the latency by prepping the TCP connection before the request comes in, giving a significant reduction in latency.