On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 01:35 +0100, Shawn Tan wrote:
> On Saturday 21 June 2008 01:13:59 Olin Lathrop wrote:
> > Peter wrote:
> > > True, but it is always easier to use a popular protocol. In HTTP your
> > > request would be encoded as a single line, like:
> > >
> > > GET /%FC\r\n
> >
> > Certainly not always easier.  It might or might not be easier in this case.
> > If I remember right, there is some handshaking when a HTTP connection is
> > first started.  There is nogitiation of the HTTP version or something back
> > and forth.  It's not all that easy, especially if you haven't done it
> > before.
> 
> It's actually:
> GET / HTTP/1.0
> 
> which gives you the command (GET), url (/) and version (HTTP/1.0).
> There is no back-and-forth for handshaking for plain old HTTP 1.0. It's a 
> fairly simple protocol.
> 
> -- 
> with metta,
> Shawn Tan

Actually, the negotiation is in the TCP layer.  UDP is what you want for
simple packets with no handshaking, or maybe straight IP for a bunch of
bits.

Moses

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