The HTTP/1.x protocol specs contain many features that affect the networks over which content flows. This presentation will review these features, and discuss the extent to which they are supported by popular Web servers and by products that handle Web content in general.

Knowledge of the issues covered here is going to be required by service providers who wish to extend their offerings from connectivity to content-based services. We will also touch upon content types that are not addressed by HTTP/1.x, such as streaming media, back-end databases and game servers.

About the Presenter
Abdelsalam 'Solom' Heddaya, VP for Research & Architecture at InfoLibria, has more than 15 years research experience in caching and replication. As former associate professor of Computer Science (CS) at Boston University, Heddaya led the development of the advanced technology that initiated InfoLibria. He holds a Ph.D. in CS from Harvard University and regularly publishes and speaks on new technology fundamentals.