How request/response works
Web servers utilize HTTP to serve web pages to the requesting clients. At the beginning of every HTTP session, the TCP three-way handshake takes place. It creates a dedicated channel between the communicating hosts followed by HTTP and data packets, which are sent in and received while the session is active. For instance, say you are visiting a web server located at http://172.16.136.129 from a client at 172.16.136.1. Using our client-server infrastructure, we will try to capture the requests sent and responses received.
I will try to visit the home page located at the server mentioned earlier and will capture the traffic generated for the whole session; that is, the requests sent and responses received. Take the ...
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