2.1 Transport

The Desired State Configuration Pull Model Protocol uses HTTP 1.1, as specified in [RFC2616], as the transport layer.

A Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port has not been reserved for this protocol. TCP port 80 is commonly used because many HTTP proxy servers forward only HTTP traffic that uses port 80.

The protocol uses the access authentication functionality of the HTTP layer as specified in [RFC2616] section 11.