WEB PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICE: HTTP/1.1, NETWORKING PROTOCOLS

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Just as TCP/IP is a central protocol for the Internet, HTTP is a central protocol for the web. They are
both critical for web networking. Web Protocols and Practice is the most authoritative and
comprehensive guide to the Web's technical underpinnings. Authored by AT&T Labs researcher Bala
Krishnamurthy and renowned Web networking expert Jennifer Rexford, this book offers exceptionally
thorough coverage of core Web protocols-including the most detailed discussion of HTTP /1.1 and its
relationship to TCP/IP networking ever presented.
The authors begin with a broad overview of the evolution of the Web, including its naming
infrastructure, HTML document language, and HTTP message exchange protocol. Next, they
introduce the inner workings of clients, proxies, and servers, as well as scripts, handlers, search
engines, cookies, and authentication. The heart of the book is a detailed discussion of the core Web
protocols DNS, TCP/IP, and HTTP. Readers will also find important coverage of traffic measurement,
as well as web caching and multimedia streaming-the hottest emerging areas in web networking. The
authors conclude by presenting the latest research previewing major technology enhancements likely
to be incorporated into the Web in the coming years.
An essential resource for all networking and Internet professionals, and for all developers building
Internet applications.
Web Protocols and Practice: HTTP/1.1, Networking Protocols, Caching, and Traffic Measurement is
an all-in-one reference to the core technologies underlying the World Wide Web. The book provides
an authoritative and in-depth look at the systems and protocols responsible for the transfer of content
across the Web. The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is responsible for nearly three-quarters of
the traffic in today's Internet. This book's extensive treatment of HTTP/1.1 and its interaction with
other network protocols is an indispensable resource for practitioners and students alike.
This book details the evolution of and complete details of the basic building blocks of the Web.
Beginning with an overview of Web software components, Web Protocols and Practice then describes
the suite of protocols that form the semantic core of how content is delivered on the Web. The second
half of the book examines Web measurement and workload characterization and presents a
state-of-the-art report on Web caching and multimedia streaming. The book ends with a discussion of
research perspectives to highlight topics that may impact the future evolution of the Web.
Throughout the book, numerous examples and case studies detail key developments in Web
technology including:
The history and evolution of the Web's key software components: clients, proxies, and servers
Exploration of scripts, search engines, spiders, cookies, and authentication
The standard protocols -- Internet Protocol (IP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Domain
Name System (DNS), and the first detailed coverage of the HTTP/1.1 standard
The evolving suite of protocols for transferring multimedia streams including the Real-Time
Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
Techniques for collecting and analyzing Web traffic measurements-Web caching -- inter-cache
protocols, caching hardware and software, and the move towards content distribution networks
Evolving technologies specific to caching, measurement, and protocols
Timely and in-depth, Web Protocols and Practice: HTTP/1.1, Networking Protocols, Caching, and
Traffic Measurement is the first book to document the Web's technical backbone in a comprehensive
manner.
Balachander Krishnamurthy of AT&T Labs Research is a well-known researcher with over a score
of publications in the World Wide Web and networking fields alone. He has given tutorials on the Web
at several conferences, published over 45 technical papers, co-authored and edited Practical
Reusable UNIX Software and was the series editor for the Trends in Software series of books. He
holds several patents and has given invited talks in over thirty countries. His recent papers can be
found in research.att/~bala/papers.
Jennifer Rexford of AT&T Labs Research is an established researcher with numerous publications
in the areas of IP networking, multimedia streaming, and the World Wide Web. She has served on
the editorial board for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and on program committees for the
main networking conferences. Her recent papers can be found at research.att/~jrex.
Table of Contents
I: Getting Started
1: Introduction
II: Web Software Components
2: Web Clients
3: Web Proxies
4: Web Servers
III: Web Protocols
5: Protocols Underlying HTTP
6: HTTP Protocol Design and Description
7: HTTP/1.1 221
8: HTTP/TCP Interaction
IV: Measuring and Characterizing Web Traffic
9: Web Traffic Measurement
10: Web Workload Characterization
V: Web Applications
11: Web Caching
12: Delivering Multimedia Streams
VI: Research PerspectiveS
13: Research Perspectives in Caching
14: Research Perspectives in Measurement
15: Research Perspectives in Protocol Issues
Bibliography
Index

Auteur : KRISHNAMURTHY
Editeur : ADDISON WESLEY
Nombre de pages : 642
Date de publication : 06 2001

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