From 0ad9b2d7b405e7c0d0601a1a1ae2456168cc0f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cloin Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:58:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'selected/http_to_phy.md' --- selected/http_to_phy.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/selected/http_to_phy.md b/selected/http_to_phy.md index d953300..969e76b 100644 --- a/selected/http_to_phy.md +++ b/selected/http_to_phy.md @@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ Our packets look like this: ``` ETHERNET > IP > TCP > HTTP ``` -[NOTE(cloin): this is an awkward transition, is there a better way to phrase this/this section?] +[NOTE(cloin): Figure out how to break out this analogy, this makes a useful textual transition] +Relate it to what a USPS facility might be responsible for on a given day, perhaps? +HTTP is the request to Amazon to buy a product? "I want this product sent to my address" +HTML is the contents of the contents of the package you will receive -- the final product itself +TCP is the information USPS uses internally to move the package from facility to facility, until it arrives at your address. Each facility is a proxy. +IP is the SHIPPING LABEL telling USPS where the information should arrive ## HTTP -- Where Your Message Lives Browsers use HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to communicate with web servers to request and receive web pages, and perform