September 2006
Intermediate to advanced
562 pages
18h 33m
English
Using the concepts from the preceding overview of how HTTP works, we can now examine the steps an application goes through in a request-response communication roundtrip, as shown in Figure 2-2. This discussion assumes that the host computer domain has been assigned a domain name on the client computer or on a server, as described in the sidebar “About Domain Name System and Domains.” It also assumes that the HTTP request is sent through the Internet instead of being handled by the client or a local network.

FIGURE 2-2. HTTP request-response roundtrip
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