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Methods for maintaining state information in the HTTP protocol
Polsemov, Anton ; Pinkas, Otakar (advisor) ; Šváb, Ondřej (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focusing on HTTP protocol, its features, and technological aspects. The HTTP protocol is stateless so it is necessary to search for methods to keep status information. These methods are cookies, URL query, session id, http authentication, hidden fields in forms, IP address and additional. Every method has its own strong and weak features. Security of these methods influences a final resolution. Ahead of description of the methods, the thesis is concerning cryptography a describing HTTP cookies in detail. The practical section contains an analysis of online banking in Czech Republic and characterization of trends in this brand. Also, an installation of a PHP5, HTTP Apache server, creation and signification of an OpenSSL certificate is in the last chapter and finally, a simple application of online Banking is created.
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