@techreport{ietf-http-ses-ext-01, number = {draft-ietf-http-ses-ext-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-http-ses-ext/01/}, author = {Alex Hopmann}, title = {{Persistent HTTP Connections}}, pagetotal = 7, year = 1996, month = feb, day = 21, abstract = {HTTP was designed to be an extremely lightweight stateless protocol based on TCP. However actual implementation experience suggests that the overhead inherent in establishing a separate TCP connection for every request represents a significant performance problem. This proposal suggests an optional facility for HTTP version 1.1 which allows a client to create persistent connections with a server. This facility is also designed to work with proxy servers.}, }