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In this chapter, we'll look at the technological underpinnings of The World Wide Web and of the Internet, the computer network on which the Web is based.
Before we begin our detailed discussion of web security, it is important to explain the basic mechanics of how the Internet and the Web work. It's also important to introduce the terminology that this book uses. And finally, to understand where the Web is today, it's useful to review the history of basic networking and the Internet.
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