Question
Congratulations on your new smart refrigerator! In order for it to connect to the internet, it’ll need an IP address. For 10 points each:
[10h] Your new smart fridge is assigned a fresh IP address by this server-based network management protocol that automatically assigns IP addresses to new devices on a local network.
ANSWER: DHCP [or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; accept DHCPv6]
[10m] To navigate your smart fridge to acf-quizbowl.com, your router decides where to request data from using this service usually known by a three-letter acronym, which resolves namesake human-readable URLs into IP addresses.
ANSWER: DNS [or Domain Name System; accept DNS resolution]
[10e] Your smart fridge sends a GET request to ACF’s web server via this application-layer protocol, which may be secured using SSL. Full URLs typically begin with the name of this protocol followed by colon, slash, slash.
ANSWER: HTTP [or Hypertext Transfer Protocol; accept HTTPS or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure or HTTP over SSL or HTTP over TLS]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 100% | 11% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| UChicago A | Indiana A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Miami | UIUC C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Northwestern A | Purdue A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| WashU C | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UChicago D | Purdue B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| SIUE A | Indiana B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UIUC B | UIUC A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UChicago C | UIUC D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UChicago B | WashU D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |