http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2084.txt
RFC 2084: Considerations for Web Transaction Security, G. Bossert, S. Cooper, W. Drummond1997-01-01T23:00:00-00:00This document specifies the requirements for the provision of security services to the HyperText Transport Protocol. These services include confidentiality, integrity, user authentication, and authentication of servers/services, including proxied or gatewayed services. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.