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What happens when you type an URL in the browser and press enter?

3 pointsby geospeckover 7 years ago

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Piskvorrrover 7 years ago
Except HTTPS. Now the whole thing gets an order of magnitude more complex. Plus this is only for the initial request - never mind the complex dance of prefetching, pipelining, keepalives and CDNs that happens once index.html is retrieved (&#x2F;while it is being retrieved).<p>This is my favourite intro to the subject: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;alex&#x2F;what-happens-when&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;README.rst" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;alex&#x2F;what-happens-when&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;README...</a>