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RFC 2817
Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1,May 2000
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updates:
- RFC 2616
- Updated by:
- RFC 7230,RFC 7231
- Authors:
- R. Khare
S. Lawrence - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- tls (sec)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2817
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Abstract
This memo explains how to use the Upgrade mechanism in HTTP/1.1 to initiate Transport Layer Security (TLS) over an existing TCP connection. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.