Application Protocols — Overview
Application protocols define the actual content and semantics of messages exchanged over a network
Application protocols define the actual content and semantics of messages exchanged over a network
DNS is the Internet's naming system — it translates human-readable names like example.com into the
HTTP is the request/response protocol underlying the Web and most modern APIs: a client sends a
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is what turns HTTP into HTTPS — and secures plenty of other