Re: Java? Ja no va.

Kenneth Simpson (ken_simpson@tmai.com)
Wed, 6 Dec 1995 22:36:28 -0800


>I'm sorry, can you explain to me the relationship between NFS and HTTP?

In short, HTTP includes all network protocols - NFS, gopher, ftp, NNTP, telnet, etc,
and extends the existing data formats to include HTML but generalizes the hypertext
link to a URL and text to hypermedia (GIF, JPEG, etc. - or any other data format
for which you have an external viewer.)

For instance, for the following URL's

file:// implies NFS protocol (or ftp or local mount protocol - ambiguous)
gopher:// implies gopher protocol
ftp:// implies ftp protocol
telnet:// implies telnet protocol
news:// implies NNTP protocol

etc.

The idea is, if your local file or gfile" protocol doesn't work, it may be because
you don't have a NFS or ftp server eunning. If you don't have a NFS server, try ftp.
It's quite possible you may have to have a HTTP server. The proof is in the eating
of the pudding.

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