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Is HTTP connectionless or connection oriented

 
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Hey,
One of Sun's sample SCEA questions deals with the properties of HTTPS. The two correct answers according to Sun are that:
HTTPS is secure
HTTPS is connection based
I have tried to verify the connection-based part (I'm assuming Sun is correct) but haven't been able to do so.
Does anyone know of a resource on the web that talks about this or the RFC number for HTTPS (if one exists)?
Thanks,
John
 
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There's one for HTTP over TLS ("new" SSL) at: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt
The TLS RFC is: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt
 
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I couldn't find whether HTTP is connection less or connection oriented by going through the two links. What I know is HTTP is stateless. Any info on connection less/oriented?
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Neelima.
 
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What I mean is Info on whether HTTP is connection less or connection oriented not info about connection less/connection oriented.
 
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Hi,
I found some more info. HTTP 1.0 is connectionless. HTTP 1.1 has a capability to keep a connection to improve performance. So I guess it can be considered connection-oriented? Also had a discussion about HTTPS on the sockets and internet protocols forum.
Hope this info helps.
John
 
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