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It is not transported over HTTP, although it does make use of HTTP at the Application Layer. It is transported over TCP, which is a Transport Layer protocol. Y
by tsahyt 13y ago
It is not transported over HTTP, although it does make use of HTTP at the Application Layer. It is transported over TCP, which is a Transport Layer protocol.
Yes, I'm being pedantic and annyoing.
- marshray 13y agoPeople are using HTTP as a transport layer, e.g., websockets.
- abraininavat 13y agoWebsockets are the transport layer, built over TCP. Websockets happens to use HTTP as a protocol. That doesn't mean HTTP is the transport layer.