Stupid HTTP question.....

[Joe Coder]

If I make an HTTP connection to a server, does the data following the
initial connection have to be alphanumeric or can it be anything?

Asked another way....Does an HTTP data stream accept data other than
alphanumeric data? Like, can I send a file to my IIS server over HTTP
without converting it to an alphanumeric data stream?

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

When you connect to a HTTP Server, a request block is sent, basically a
bunch of Strings telling the server, the requested resource and lots of
imformation about the sender.

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OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .
"Joe Coder" <Jo********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10*****************************@40tude.net...

If I make an HTTP connection to a server, does the data following the
initial connection have to be alphanumeric or can it be anything?

Asked another way....Does an HTTP data stream accept data other than
alphanumeric data? Like, can I send a file to my IIS server over HTTP
without converting it to an alphanumeric data stream?

[Jim Hubbard]

Right......but after the initial handshake, does it matter what bytes are
sent back and forth over the HTTP connection?

"One Handed Man ( OHM - Terry Burns )" <news.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OP**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

When you connect to a HTTP Server, a request block is sent, basically a
bunch of Strings telling the server, the requested resource and lots of
imformation about the sender.

--

OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .
"Joe Coder" <Jo********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10*****************************@40tude.net...

If I make an HTTP connection to a server, does the data following the
initial connection have to be alphanumeric or can it be anything?

Asked another way....Does an HTTP data stream accept data other than
alphanumeric data? Like, can I send a file to my IIS server over HTTP
without converting it to an alphanumeric data stream?

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

There ya go

http://projectz.org/index.php?id=142

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OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .
"Jim Hubbard" <so*****@home.com> wrote in message
news:dF*****************@bignews3.bellsouth.net...

Right......but after the initial handshake, does it matter what bytes are
sent back and forth over the HTTP connection?

"One Handed Man ( OHM - Terry Burns )" <news.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:OP**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

When you connect to a HTTP Server, a request block is sent, basically a
bunch of Strings telling the server, the requested resource and lots of
imformation about the sender.

--

OHM ( Terry Burns )
. . . One-Handed-Man . . .
"Joe Coder" <Jo********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10*****************************@40tude.net...

If I make an HTTP connection to a server, does the data following the
initial connection have to be alphanumeric or can it be anything?

Asked another way....Does an HTTP data stream accept data other than
alphanumeric data? Like, can I send a file to my IIS server over HTTP
without converting it to an alphanumeric data stream?