How does WWW Work?
Client-Server
Architecture - Web Clients (e.g. Mosaic) sends requests to Web
Servers (e.g. HTTPD) which sends requested document.
Client Server Architecture from Entering the World Wide Web - A Guide to Cyberspace.
Encryption and
Client Authentication - Future Security enhancements.
HyperText Transfer Protocol - HTTP - the language used
between servers and clients.
Hypertext Markup Language - HTML - Loosely a Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) used
to write "True" :-)
WWW Documents.
More Information.
Electronic Commerce on the Internet - WWW (World Wide Web)
- the "Glossy Brochure"
Rodney Campbell [Rodney.Campbell@Telstra.com.au]
(c)
Copyright 1995 Telstra Corporation.
Last modified: Tue May 16 20:04:46 1995