File formats:

Status:

HISTORIC (changed from EXPERIMENTAL)

Authors:

M. Nottingham
M. Thomson

Stream:

IETF

Source:

httpbis (wit)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8164

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Abstract

This document describes how "http" URIs can be accessed using Transport Layer Security (TLS) and HTTP/2 to mitigate pervasive monitoring attacks. This mechanism not a replacement for "https" URIs; it is vulnerable to active attacks.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.