HTTP Deep Dive | Udemy

Who is this course for

This course is mainly for network engineers, network security engineers, IT technicians, system administrators, cyber security professionals, computer science students and anybody who is interested in starting a career in the IT industry.

What you will learn

• How to configure a squid proxy
• How to troubleshoot HTTP issues using Developer Tools
• How to create a HAR file when working with 3rd-party support teams
• How to deploy multiple local HTTP labs using Vagrant and VirtualBox
• How to deploy an AWS-hosted HTTP infrastructure using Terraform
• How to decrypt HTTPS traffic in Wireshark
• How to perform HTTP queries using curl
• How to query APIs using Postman
• How to scrape a simple web site using crawlers built with the Beautiful Soup framework
• How to mitigate HTTP flood attacks
• How to simulate a HTTP flood attack
• How to implement HTTPS with a self-signed certificate

Prerequisites

• Basic IT skills
• A willingness to learn
• A computer system with ideally 16GB of RAM and 200GB of disk space
• Some previous AWS experience

FAQs

Do I need any previous experience?

Any previous experience in networking, system administration and computer systems will definitely be helpful though not necessary.

Do I get any support with this course?

Yes, any question you have will be answered by email in the most timely manner.

I am an experienced network engineer with previous experience in HTTP. How do I benefit from this course?

The knowledge contained in this course will definitely enhance your existing understanding of the HTTP protocol.