Ask HN: best explanation of HTTP request from ground up

13 pointsby kevin_morrill14 ปีที่แล้ว4 comments

A few months ago someone submitted a blog post that explained what happens in an HTTP request from the ground up, at the level that your mom could understand it. It included nuances like DNS lookup, SSL, interpreting the URL, etc.

Does anyone have the link handy? Alternatively, if you think something does this particularly well, feel free to chime in with it.

2 comments

tnkm14 ปีที่แล้ว

http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-h...

any chance it's this?

kevin_morrill14 ปีที่แล้ว

That's not the one, but this is interesting all the same. I'm gonna have to dive into this.

Rhodee14 ปีที่แล้ว

Thought I'd contribute this link.

http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife

rtcoms14 ปีที่แล้ว

try this :

http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/http-tut.html