How the web works provides a simplified view of what happens when you view a webpage in a web browser on your computer or phone.
The Internet acts as a source of a plethora of information to us and all we need to do if we want any information is to just query the internet and then we will get the desired response. But who provides this information to us and how? All this is facilitated by what is called the Web Server. Along with it, there are browsers as applications we use such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc to interact with the web and browse & retrieve the files on web servers known as Web Clients. ...
By Preethi Kasireddy In my previous post, we dived into how the web works on a basic level, including the interaction between a client (your computer) and a server (another computer which responds...
Web - How it Works ? - On the simplest level, the Web physically consists of the following components ?
Summary ; At the most basic level, whenever a browser needs a file that is hosted on a web server, the browser requests the file via HTTP. When the request reaches the correct (hardware) web server, the (software) HTTP server accepts the request, finds the requested document, and sends it back to the browser, also through HTTP. (If the server doesn't find the requested document, it returns a 404 response instead.) · To publish a website, you need either a static or a dynamic web server. ...
This is accomplished by running a certificate management agent on the web server. To understand how the technology works, let’s walk through the process of setting up https://example.com/ with a certificate management agent that supports Let’s Encrypt. There are two steps to this process. First, the agent proves to ...
When you type a Web site address into your browser, Web servers are doing the work of getting you the page you request. Find out how these machines locate Web pages and deliver them to your computer.
Refresh your understanding of web servers with a quick overview of how serving a web page works.
Many times we wonder that how a web container/ web-server (e.g. tomcat or jboss) works? How they handle the incoming http requests coming from all over the world? What are the things which make it...
What is a proxy server? ; A proxy server is a bridge between you and the rest of the internet. Normally, when you use your browser to surf the internet, you connect directly to the website you’re visiting. Proxies communicate with websites on your behalf. When you use an online proxy, your browser first connects to the proxy, and the proxy forwards your traffic to the website you’re visiting. That’s why proxy servers are also known as “forward proxies.” An internet proxy will also rece...