Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours, Second Edition

Q&A

Q1:	Is it really safe to conduct commercial transactions over the Web?
A1:	In short, yes. Thanks to SSL, your data is extremely safe as it travels over the Internet. The odds of someone successfully intercepting the packets containing your data, and subsequently cracking the encryption, are quite slim. The dangers of fraud in Internet transactions are the same as those that plague traditional transactions, in that your credit card number is most at risk when it is handled by humans, or stored in an unsafe place.
Q2:	Why was HTTP created as a connectionless protocol?
A2:	HTTP is a connectionless protocol because connectionless protocols tend to be more scalable and efficient than connection-oriented protocols. With connectionless protocols, ...