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HTTP

This lecture covers the Hyper Text Transfer protocol. This includes the protocol itself, servers and clients, and how to build HTTP clients at the socket, URL, and browser levels.

Outline

  • The need for a layer on top of sockets
  • The HTTP protocol
  • Using HTTP servers – Apache
  • Building an HTTP client
  • HTML Forms

To Do

  • Read sections 1.3 to 1.6 of our textbook.
  • Read section 2.9 of our textbook
  • Review HTML in sections 2.1 to 2.8
  • Build a home a web page on red (if you don't already have one) and include in it a restricted section. The Resource Directory has information on Apache's authentication and encryption capabilities.

Slides from Lecture

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http.txt · Last modified: 2008/08/29 19:11 by roumani