HTTP Essentials - Protocols for Secure, Scaleable Web Sites

This book is about what makes the Web tick. It explains the protocol that defines how Web browsers communicate with Web servers, the mechanisms that keep that communication secure from counterfeits and eavesdroppers, and the technologies that accelerate our Web experience. In this first chapter we’ll get a quick introduction to a few important concepts, including the relationship between the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) and the Web, the notion of protocol layers, and the Web’s idea of an address. The final section outlines the rest of the text.

By the end of the book we’ll have covered all aspects of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol: its operation, message formats, security mechanisms, and acceleration techniques. We will also see how http has evolved, and how newer implementations maintain backward compatibility with old systems. And finally, we will take what we’ve learned and apply it to building scalable, highly available, and secure Web site architectures.

TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introduction
Chapter 02 - HTTP Operation
Chapter 03 - HTTP Messages
Chapter 04 - Securing HTTP
Chapter 05 - Accelerating HTTP
Appendix A - HTTP Versions
Appendix B - Building Bullet-Proof Web Sites

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