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No. The protocol seems very simple: connect, provide a document reference, server responds with the document, and the connection is closed. Document may contain
by jolmg 4y ago
No. The protocol seems very simple: connect, provide a document reference, server responds with the document, and the connection is closed. Document may contain references to other documents.
Imagine HTTP with only GET, no headers, no request bodies. RFC 1436 explicitly says:
> No state is retained by the server.
- qwerty456127 4y agoThat's Ok. I wouldn't mind viewing a catalogue in a lo-fi read-only browser, then sending my order by e-mail using a dedicated e-mail client app.
- projektfu 4y agoI remember doing exactly this. An online bookstore had you either call to order or send an email using PGP to order a book with a credit card. Reminds me that in 1996-7 we were also usually paying for items by mailing checks on eBay's AuctionWeb.
- yrro 4y agoHuh. The original HTTP (later renamed HTTP/0.9 in order to differentiate it from HTTP/1.0) is really quite similar: it appears to basically be gopher with an additional method (always GET) prepended to the document reference; no request headers, no response status code nor response headers. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Evolution_of_HTTP https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_...