HTTP: The Definitive Guide
Paperback Engels 2002 1e druk 9781565925090Samenvatting
Behind every web transaction lies the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) - the language of web browsers and servers, of portals and search engines, of e-commerce and web services. Understanding HTTP is essential for practically all web-based programming, design, analysis, and administration.
While the basics of HTTP are elegantly simple, the protocol's advanced features are notoriously confusing, because they knit together complex technologies and terminology from many disciplines. This book clearly explains HTTP and these interrelated core technologies, in twenty-one logically organized chapters, backed up by hundreds of detailed illustrations and examples, and convenient reference appendices. HTTP: The Definitive Guide explains everything people need to use HTTP efficiently- including the 'black arts' and 'tricks of the trade' in a concise and readable manner.
In addition to explaining the basic HTTP features, syntax and guidelines, this book clarifies related, but often misunderstood topics, such as: TCP connection management, web proxy and cache architectures, web robots and robots.txt files, Basic and Digest authentication, secure HTTP transactions, entity body processing, internationalized content, and traffic redirection.
Many technical professionals will benefit from this book. Internet architects and developers who need to design and develop software, IT professionals who need to understand Internet architectural components and interactions, multimedia designers who need to publish and host multimedia, performance engineers who need to optimize web performance, technical marketing professionals who need a clear picture of core web architectures and protocols, as well as untold numbers of students and hobbyists will all benefit from the knowledge packed in this volume.
There are many books that explain how to use the Web, but this is the one that explains how the Web works. Written by experts with years of design and implementation experience, this book is the definitive technical bible that describes the 'why' and the 'how' of HTTP and web core technologies. 'HTTP: The Definitive Guide' is an essential reference that no technically-inclined member of the Internet community should be without
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Part I. HTTP: The Web's Foundation
1. Overview of HTTP
HTTP: The Internet's Multimedia Courier
Web Clients and Servers
Resources
Transactions
Messages
Connections
Protocol Versions
Architectural Components of the Web
The End of the Beginning
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2. URLs and Resources
Navigating the Internet's Resources
URL Syntax
URL Shortcuts
Shady Characters
A Sea of Schemes
The Future
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3. HTTP Messages
The Flow of Messages
The Parts of a Message
Methods
Status Codes
Headers
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4. Connection Management
TCP Connections
TCP Performance Considerations
HTTP Connection Handling
Parallel Connections
Persistent Connections
Pipelined Connections
The Mysteries of Connection Close
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Part II. HTTP Architecture
5. Web Servers
Web Servers Come in All Shapes and Sizes
A Minimal Perl Web Server
What Real Web Servers Do
Step 1: Accepting Client Connections
Step 2: Receiving Request Messages
Step 3: Processing Requests
Step 4: Mapping and Accessing Resources
Step 5: Building Responses
Step 6: Sending Responses
Step 7: Logging
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6. Proxies
Web Intermediaries
Why Use Proxies?
Client Proxy Settings
Tricky Things About Proxy Requests
Tracing Messages
Proxy Authentication
Proxy Interoperation
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7. Caching
Redundant Data Transfers
Bandwidth Bottlenecks
Flash Crowds
Distance Delays
Hits and Misses
Cache Topologies
Cache Processing Steps
Keeping Copies Fresh
Controlling Cachability
Setting Cache Controls
Detailed Algorithms
Caches and Advertising
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8. Integration Points: Gateways, Tunnels, and Relays
Gateways
Protocol Gateways
Resource Gateways
Application Interfaces and Web Services
Tunnels
Relays
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9. Web Robots
Crawlers and Crawling
Robotic HTTP
Misbehaving Robots
Excluding Robots
Robot Etiquette
Search Engines
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10. HTTP-NG
HTTP's Growing Pains
HTTP-NG Activity
Modularize and Enhance
Distributed Objects
Layer 1: Messaging
Layer 2: Remote Invocation
Layer 3: Web Application
WebMUX
Binary Wire Protocol
Current Status
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Part III. Identification, Authorization, and Security
11. Client Identification and Cookies
The Personal Touch
HTTP Headers
Client IP Address
User Login
Fat URLs
Cookies
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12. Basic Authentication
Authentication
Basic Authentication
The Security Flaws of Basic Authentication
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13. Digest Authentication
The Improvements of Digest Authentication
Digest Calculations
Quality of Protection Enhancements
Practical Considerations
Security Considerations
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14. Secure HTTP
Making HTTP Safe
Digital Cryptography
Symmetric-Key Cryptography
Public-Key Cryptography
Digital Signatures
Digital Certificates
HTTPS: The Details
A Real HTTPS Client
Tunneling Secure Traffic Through Proxies
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Part IV. Entities, Encodings, and Internationalization
15. Entities and Encodings
Messages Are Crates, Entities Are Cargo
Content-Length: The Entity's Size
Entity Digests
Media Type and Charset
Content Encoding
Transfer Encoding and Chunked Encoding
Time-Varying Instances
Validators and Freshness
Range Requests
Delta Encoding
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16. Internationalization
HTTP Support for International Content
Character Sets and HTTP
Multilingual Character Encoding Primer
Language Tags and HTTP
Internationalized URIs
Other Considerations
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17. Content Negotiation and Transcoding
Content-Negotiation Techniques
Client-Driven Negotiation
Server-Driven Negotiation
Transparent Negotiation
Transcoding
Next Steps
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Part V. Content Publishing and Distribution
18. Web Hosting
Hosting Services
Virtual Hosting
Making Web Sites Reliable
Making Web Sites Fast
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19. Publishing Systems
FrontPage Server Extensions for Publishing Support
WebDAV and Collaborative Authoring
For More Information
20. Redirection and Load Balancing
Why Redirect?
Where to Redirect
Overview of Redirection Protocols
General Redirection Methods
Proxy Redirection Methods
Cache Redirection Methods
Internet Cache Protocol
Cache Array Routing Protocol
Hyper Text Caching Protocol
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21. Logging and Usage Tracking
What to Log?
Log Formats
Hit Metering
A Word on Privacy
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Part VI. Appendixes
A. URI Schemes
B. HTTP Status Codes
C. HTTP Header Reference
D. MIME Types
E. Base-64 Encoding
F. Digest Authentication
G. Language Tags
H. MIME Charset Registry
Index
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