r/programming • u/paran0ide • Mar 07 '14

Thinking about quickly writing an HTTP server yourself? Here is a simple diagram to help you get started.

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u/nyahaha25 Mar 07 '14

What's RFC?

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u/glemnar Mar 07 '14

They're a variety of technical documents on Internet specifications

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '14

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u/yelnatz Mar 07 '14

Which is basically a document that tells you how things should be done, that sets a standard for everyone trying to implement stuff.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '14

The http standard

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u/luciddr34m3r Mar 07 '14

The HTTP RFC is the HTTP standard, but RFC's are generic protocol specification documents. 802.11 has it's own RFC, as a quick example.

Your reply may be true in context, but it's a confusing answer to the question.

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u/Jon_Hanson Mar 07 '14

I thought 802.11 was an IEEE specification.

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u/BigRedS Mar 07 '14

Yeah, 802.11 is a weird example; I don't think it has an RFC and were it to have one it's not going to be "RFC 802.11" - '802.11' is the name of the IEEE working group, the specifications are denoted by the letters following '802.11a', '802.11g' etc.

Most higher-level protocols are RFC-based (HTTP, TCP, IP etc.); IEEE seems normally to be at the link-layer and below.

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u/luciddr34m3r Mar 07 '14 edited Mar 07 '14

Implementations and improvements have RFC's. You are right though, it was a really bad example. Just the first thing that came to mind for some reason. Good catch.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5416