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Internet Protocols

There are various internet protocols such as HTTP, E-Mail, FTP, Telnet and SSL 1.      HTTP- it is the Internet protocol used to transfer web pages. HTTP was developed by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). HTTP runs in the application layer of TCP/IP model. An HTTP session begins when the client browser requests a web page from a remote internet server, when the server responds with the client’s requested page, the HTTP session for that object ends.  Since a web page contains many objects such as graphics, sounds, videos, frames. Each of them must be requested by a separate HTTP message. 2.      E- Mail- it is one of the oldest, most important and frequently used internet services. Like HTTP, the various internet protocols used to handle e-mail all run in the application layer of the TCP/IP. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is the Internet Protocol used to send e-mail to the server. SMTP is relatively simple, text based protocol tha