HTTP Configuration Flexability
Configuration Flexibility As the saying goes (in network programming, anyway), "Be strict in what you send and tolerant in what you receive. ... HTTP is easily configurable to meet the Internet demands of multi-browser/Server Configurations. In it’s simplest form, the HTTP protocol is a request/response protocol. ... The HTTP, as we will see, allows for many configuration schemes. Transfer Connection HTTP communication usually takes place over TCP/IP connections. ... This does not preclude HTTP from being implemented on top of any other protocol on the Internet, or on other networks. HTTP only presumes a reliable transport; any protocol that provides such guarantees can be used; the mapping of the HTTP/1.