Security Considerations for Optimistic Use of HTTP Upgrade
draft-schwartz-httpbis-optimistic-upgrade-00
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Expired Internet-Draft
(httpbis WG)
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| Author | Benjamin M. Schwartz | ||
| Last updated | 2024-02-22 (Latest revision 2023-08-21) | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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| Additional resources | Mailing list discussion | ||
| Stream | WG state | Adopted by a WG | |
| Document shepherd | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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Abstract
The HTTP/1.1 Upgrade mechanism allows the client to request a change to a new protocol. This document discusses the security considerations that apply to data sent by the client before this request is confirmed, and updates RFC 9298 to avoid related security issues.
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