HTTP has its problems, but implementing it is a walk in the park compared to many other telecom protocols. Try SIP and its dozens of add-on RFCs, or tracing a H

HTTP has its problems, but implementing it is a walk in the park compared to many other telecom protocols. Try SIP and its dozens of add-on RFCs, or tracing a H.323 call flow, or even making sense of something like Megaco from the ITU/IETF spec.