Illustrated Guide to Http

This is a detailed guide to the HTTP protocol, which provides implementation examples, with coverage of complex aspects of the HTTP 1.1 standard. This pack provides extensive code examples, and a full working HTTP server on CD-ROM. It aims to show what the changes in HTTP standard involve. The package introduces the role that HTTP servers and TCP/P play on the World Wide Web, then covers the fundamental elements of an HTTP server, and the differences between HTTP 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1. It seeks to help readers understand the requirements and components associated with each HTTP server standard and gain insight into working with HTTP servers - especially HTTP 1.1 servers, which are documented only with terse language in the Internet Engineering Task Force proposed standard. The pack covers HTTP 1.1 elements such as configuration files, the new authorization model, and request and response headers. It shows how to utilize CGI support in both HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 servers. The CD-ROM includes both extensive working code and complete HTTP servers for both Windows and OS/2.

ISBN 0138582262   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780138582265 (What's this?)   Pages 381 Publisher Pearson Education Limited   Volumes 001 Imprint Prentice-Hall   Weight (grammes) 667 Format Multimedia Item   Published in Harlow Publication date 20 May 1997   Height (mm) 235 Non-book description pbk, CD-ROM   Width (mm) 184 Library of Congress QA76.76.H9   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 004.62   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Preface
		Acknowledgments
1		Introduction		1
2		HTTP overview		7
3		Basic HTTP - syntax and semantics		25
4		The request		53
5		Entity and general headers, and cache-control		84
6		The response		106
7		Sockets		128
8		The HTTP/1.1 server		174
9		Common Gateway Interface support		275
App. A		HTTP syntax		309
App. B		HTTP header-field definitions		321
		Glossary		370
		Bibliography		372
		Index		373

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