The HTTP GET message
Consider the figure below, where a client is sending an HTTP GET message to a web server, gaia.cs.umass.edu
Suppose the client-to-server HTTP GET message is the following:
GET /kurose_ross_sandbox/interactive/quotation2.htm HTTP/1.0
Host: gaia.cs.umass.edu
If-Modified-Since: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 01:29:06 -0700
Question List
1. What is the name of the file that is being retrieved in this GET message?
2. What version of HTTP is the client running?
3. True or False: The client already has a cached copy of the file
Solution
1. The name of the file is quotation2.htm.
2. The client is running on HTTP/1.0
3. True. The client has a cached copy of the file that was updated on: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 01:29:06 -0700
That's incorrect
That's correct
The answer was: quotation2.htm
The answer was: HTTP/1.0
The answer was: True