I’ve got a new goal in life, and a new series of projects to achieve that goal. I’m planning to focus my free time to produce articles, screen casts and, hopefully, eventually, a book. They’re all around answering my favourite interview question: “When I pull up my Internet Browser, type ‘bbc.co.uk’ into the address bar, and press return, what happens?” These articles are all intended to answer some small part of that question.
A Sneak Peek at
The Internet
If you enjoyed this article, you might be interested in my new project, A Sneak Peek at The Internet. What happens when you enter www.facebook.com into your web browser and hit return? A Sneak Peek at The Internet will take you on a deep dive through the network stack, from HTTP, SSL, TCP and IP, all the way down through the data link layer, back up to Facebook's data centres, and then on the return journey back to the browser.
There's more fun, excitement and peril than a Disneyland rollercoaster!