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HTTP Server API Features

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The following lists describe supported and unsupported features of the HTTP Server API.

Features Supported

HTTP supports the following features:

  • HTTP v1.0 and v1.1 server functionality.
  • Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 (SSL) with support for client and server certificates.
  • Caching of data fragments for use in subsequent responses.
  • Support for IPv6 and IPv4 addressing.
  • URL namespace reservations for application security.
  • True handles for all objects.
  • Synchronous and asynchronous I/O models.
  • Support for WOW64 on computers running on 64-bit Windows starting with Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Features Not Supported

The HTTP Server API does not support the following functionality:

  • The HTTP Server API does not perform client or server authentication based on the contents of the HTTP request headers. Any required authentication must be implemented by the application.
  • WOW64 on computers running on 64-bit Windows is not supported on Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and earlier.
  • The HTTP Server API does not support logging HTTP requests and responses.
  • The HTTP Server API does not chunk outgoing HTTP responses. The application must implement response chunking if required.