Browser to IIS Request

Question

Friends I have a question here normally as a dotnet developer we know how the process flows inside the web server(IIS) with the complete asp.net page life cycle with different events with handlers modules etc. My question is from the browser when we enter a url and hit the enter button what are the process happens? How the url is used to identify the server... Can any one suggest some good flow on this or any nice article to get a complete flow???

Sam Hobbs · Answer

There are very many articles in very many places. Did you look at the ones from my links? Really if that is not enough then it is enough for you to find more resources. Do you know what a RFC is? A RFC is essentially the standard for the internet. They are not called standards; they are called comments which is very confusing. If you want the actual details of how these things work then look at the RFCs. Go to the The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and click on the link for Search RFC Ed Index . Also look around in the IETF web site. The results of the search will be plain-text documents but it is possible to get formatted versions of the documents but I forget where they are.

Karthikeyan Anbarasan · Answer

Thanks Sam i am looking for a indepth idea on these sections. Can u provide me with a good article if u have any?

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Domain names (such as f5debug.net) get registered using a domain registrar. The name (URL) or IP address of a server is provided to the domain registrar. The domain registrar sends that information out to the Domain Name System (DNS). Every internet connection has a way to translate a domain name to the host's IP address; I think it is done using a Name Server .

Karthikeyan Anbarasan · Answer

Hi Thanks for your link... HttpModules and HttpHandlers will process the request inside the IIS process which we are clear about... Want to know the process when user enter a url and click on enter button how the data passed to the IIS from the browser and what all happens in that process.

Jiteendra Sampathirao · Answer

hi Http modules and Httphandlers taking care of this process.. refer this Link