title: How do embedded webservers control their hardware?
body: <p>I have see applications (like my router) that allows access via http. How exactly does that work? I am guessing that there is there an embedded webserver that accepts http but how does it work after that? Is there some kind of app server that parses the commands and configure the incoming ports, etc? Where can I learn more about how this sort of thing works?
  Thanks for your time.</p>