Hacker News with Generative AI: Protocols

MCP vs. API Explained (norahsakal.com)
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a new open protocol designed to standardize how applications provide context to Large Language Models (LLMs).
API, Open Source, Protocols
186 points by typhon04 26 days ago | 116 comments
Evolution of Whois Protocol to RDAP (2019) (icann.org)
The Registration Data Access Protocol, known as RDAP, was created by the technical community in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an eventual replacement for the WHOIS protocol.
Internet, Protocols, Standards, Technology, Network Management
17 points by Eavolution 53 days ago | 6 comments
Decentralized Syndication – The Missing Internet Protocol (tautvilas.lt)
The Internet is decentralized by design. It came into being not at once, but in parts. New protocols were added on top of previous ones, with each new protocol extending and improving functionality of the global network. TCP and IP protocols were built in the 1970s, then came SMTP and DNS in the 1980s. 1990s gave us probably the best known HTTP protocol that delivers the visual experience of the web.
Internet, Technology, Protocols, Decentralization
142 points by brisky 84 days ago | 94 comments
The Homa Network Protocol (lwn.net)
Networking, Protocols
115 points by harporoeder 94 days ago | 16 comments
Nostr is public key microblogging that works (github.com/nostr-protocol)
This NIP defines the basic protocol that should be implemented by everybody.
Open Source, Protocols, Microblogging
33 points by ynniv 102 days ago | 14 comments
Building a Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server (youtube.com)
Protocols, Software Development
13 points by alrocar 126 days ago | 2 comments
Bluesky's AT Protocol: Pros and Cons for Developers (thenewstack.io)
Bluesky, Social Networks, Decentralization, Development, Protocols
118 points by steveklabnik 147 days ago | 61 comments
RTP: One protocol to rule them all? (paper.wf)
refining the ideas behind HTTP, BitTorrent, Gemini, and 9p to create a simple protocol for reliably transferring large immutable files.
Networking, File Transfer, Protocols, Open Source, Technology
100 points by todsacerdoti 157 days ago | 63 comments
Show HN: Sodap: Simple Online Directory Access Protocol (codeberg.org)
Networking, Open Source, Software, Protocols
12 points by reesericci 263 days ago | 0 comments
New Blast-RADIUS attack breaks 30-year-old protocol used in networks everywhere (arstechnica.com)
Cybersecurity, Network Security, Security Vulnerabilities, Protocols
55 points by LinuxBender 268 days ago | 7 comments
Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech (knightcolumbia.org)
Free Speech, Technology, Platforms, Protocols
10 points by wslh 274 days ago | 1 comments