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doc: explanation for browser support of HTTP/2 #14670

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doc: added explanation about browser support of http/2 without SSL
giltayar Aug 7, 2017
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Fixed confusing nomenclature surrounding SSL
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Expand Up @@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ server.on('stream', (stream, headers) => {
server.listen(80);
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Note that the above example is an HTTP/2 server that does not support SSL.
This is significant as most browsers support HTTP/2 only with SSL.
To make the above server be able to serve content to browsers,
replace `http2.createServer()` with
`http2.createSecureServer({key: /* your SSL key */, cert: /* your SSL cert */})`.

The following illustrates an HTTP/2 client:

```js
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