The text of the assignment is available as a pdf.
Length: I mean it about the length being 4 pages - too long assignments will be marked down. And assignments whose font size is so small that I need a magnifying glass will also be marked down!
http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/http/ describes both HTTP1.0 and HTTP 1.1, as well as providing pointers to other useful URLs.
There is a copy of a talk given by Jim Gettys of Digital and World Wide Web Consortium to be found at http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~lss/31W6/tut2001/http_1_1.PDF
http://www.rad.com/networks/1999/http/httpdemo.htm describes the operation of HTTP 1.1
For details, RFC 2616 can be found at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.txt, and RFC 1945 at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc1945/rfc1945.txt.
I expect to put further references up here.
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