Part II: HTTP Architecture

The six chapters of Part II highlight the HTTP server, proxy, cache, gateway, and robot applications, which are the building blocks of web systems architecture:

                Chapter 5 gives an overview of web server architectures.

                Chapter 6describes HTTP proxy servers, which are intermediary servers that connect HTTP clients and act as platforms for HTTP services and controls.

                Chapter 7 delves into the science of web cachesdevices that improve performance and reduce traffic by making local copies of popular documents.

                Chapter 8 explains applications that allow HTTP to interoperate with software that speaks different protocols, including SSL encrypted protocols.

                Chapter 9 wraps up our tour of HTTP architecture with web clients.

                Chapter 10 covers future topics for HTTPin particular, HTTP-NG.