title: What is the smallest possible HTTP and HTTPS data request
body: <p>Lets say I want to GET one byte from a server using the HTTP protocol and I want to minimize everything. No headers just <a href="http://myserver.com/b" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://myserver.com/b</a>, where b is a text file with one character in it, or better still b is just one character (not sure if that is possible).</p>
  <p>Is there a way to do this with Apache and what is the smallest possible amount of data that is required for complete http and, complete HTTPS transactions?</p>
  <p>Alternatively, the transaction could be done with just a head request if that is more data efficient.</p>