An Overview of the HTTP Protocol
1. Introduction to HTTP 1.1 Versions of HTTP HTTP/0.9 Overview Released in 1991, it has no headers and is very simple, supporting only GET requests. HTTP/1.0 Released in 1996, it has poor security for plaintext transmission and large headers. It has the following enhancements over 0.9: Added headers (decoupling metadata from data) Introduced status codes … Read more