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Hypertext Transfer Protocol - Next Generation Overview - The purpose of the HTTP-NG Project is to tackle current HTTP deficiencies by using sound engineering practices.
rproxy -- rsync in http - HTTP extensions to allow download of only the changes between cached and current versions of a page,
PEP - W3C working draft of an Extension Mechanism for HTTP.
Cookies - HTTP - Information on cookies including some background info, articles, technical specifications, and what consumer groups think.
An Analysis of HTTP Performance - Paper by Joe Touch, John Heidemann, and Katia Obraczka of the USC/Information Sciences Institute.
Clarifying the Fundamentals of HTTP - Analysis of HTTP/1.1, identification of its failures, and suggestions for improvement. By Jeffrey C. Mogul of Compaq Research.
View HTML Source Code - Online tool for view a web pages HTML source code and HTTP server headers. See page redirections and cookies and other extra information.
RFC1945 - HTTP/1.0 Specification - Despite the improvements made in version 1.1, HTTP/1.0 is still widely used around the Internet.
RFC2616 - HTTP/1.1 Specification - HTTP/1.1 is the latest specification from the World Wide Web Consortium.
RFC2145 - Use and Interpretation of HTTP Version Numbers - This document tries to clarify the intentions of the specs for HTTP versions 1.0 and 1.1. The aim is to avoid confusion regarding the use and interpretation of each.
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