Glossary: Compliance, Privacy and Penetration Testing

HTTP

Also written: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, GET, POST

Hypertext Transfer Protocol: the language of the web. Its GET request asks for a page and its POST request sends data. Nmap's GET and POST /sdk requests showed up in the lab server's log.

Where the book teaches it

Chapter 5: Penetration Testing

Related terms

HTTP status codes Nmap