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HISTORIC (changed from EXPERIMENTAL)

Authors:

M. Nottingham
M. Thomson

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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 usingTransport Layer Security (TLS) and HTTP/2 to mitigate pervasivemonitoring attacks. This mechanism not a replacement for "https"URIs; it is vulnerable to active attacks.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.