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Connection management in HTTP/1.x
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- Title:
- Connection management in HTTP/1.x
- Connection management in HTTP/1.x
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- Web/HTTP/Connection_management_in_HTTP_1.x
- Web/HTTP/Connection_management_in_HTTP_1.x
- Tags:
- "Guide" "HTTP" "Performance" "WebMechanics" "Performance"
- "Guide" "HTTP" "Performance" "WebMechanics" "Performance"
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Revision 1107993 Revision 1108215 n 11 Connection management is an key topic of HTTP: opening and n 11 Connection management is a key topic of HTTP: opening > maintaining connections largely impacts the performance of Web si > and maintaining connections largely impacts the performance of We > tes or Web applications. In HTTP/1.x, there are several models: < > b sites or Web applications. In HTTP/1.x, there are several model > em>short-lived connections</em>, <em>persistent connections</em>, > s: <em>short-lived connections</em>, <em>persistent connections</ > and <em>HTTP pipelining.</em> > em>, and <em>HTTP pipelining.</em> n 14 Most of the times, HTTP relies on TCP as the transport prot n 14 Most of the time, HTTP relies on TCP as the transport proto > ocol. TCP provides a connection between the client and the server > col. TCP provides a connection between the client and the server. > . In its infancy, HTTP provided a single model to handle these co > In its infancy, HTTP provided a single model to handle these con > nnections. Connections were short-lived: a new one was created ea > nections. Connections were short-lived: a new one was created eac > ch time a request needed to be sent, and closed once the answer h > h time a request needed to be sent, and closed once the answer ha > ad been received. > d been received. t 97 These days, very HTTP/1.1-compliant proxy and server should t 97 These days, every HTTP/1.1-compliant proxy and server shoul > support pipelining, but in practice, a lot of them have limitati > d support pipelining, but in practice, a lot of them have limitat > ons: that is one reason that no modern browser activates this fea > ions: that is one reason that no modern browser activates this fe > ture by default. > ature by default.