Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 

Books

  1. HTTP: The Definitive Guide; David Gourley and Brian Totty, with Marjorie Sayer, Sailu Reddy, and Aushu Aggarwal; O'Reilly & Associates, 2002.
     
  2. HTTP Developer's Handbook; Chris Shiflett; Sams.net Publishing, 2003.
     
  3. HTTP Essentials: Protocols for Secure, Scalable Web Sites; Stephen Thomas; John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
     
  4. HTTP Pocket Reference; Clinton Wong; O'Reilly & Associates, 2000.
     
  5. Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP/1.0 Specifications; ToExcel, 1999.
     
  6. Illustrated Guide to HTTP (Covers HTTP/1.1); Paul S. Hethmon; Manning Publications, 1997.
     
  7. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the Unix Domain Protocols; W. Richard Stevens; Addison-Wesley, 1996.

RFCs

  1. RFC 1945
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0.
     
  2. RFC 2616 (obsoleted by RFC 7230 thru RFC 7235)
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.
     
  3. RFC 7230
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing.
     
  4. RFC 7231
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content.
     
  5. RFC 7232
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Conditional Requests.
     
  6. RFC 7233
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Range Requests.
     
  7. RFC 7234
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Caching.
     
  8. RFC 7235
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Authentication.
     
  9. RFC 2818
    HTTP Over TLS.
     
  10. RFC 2817
    Upgrading to TLS within HTTP/1.1.

Periodical Articles

  1. "What Happens When You Click - HTTP: The Underlying Protocol of the World Wide Web", PCM 15:18 Oct 22 1996 pgs 245-246.
     
  2. "A 'Next Generation' Architecture for HTTP", IIC 3:1 Jan/Feb 1999 pgs 69-73.

Web Pages and Websites

  1. Wikipedia article "Hypertext Transfer Protocol".
     
  2. Wikipedia article "HTTPS".