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41 | <h1>IETF 80 - HTTPbis -13 Changes Overview</h1>
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42 | <p>
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43 | <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de">Julian Reschke</a>, greenbytes
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44 | </p>
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45 |
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46 | <h2 class="break">History</h2>
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47 | <ul>
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48 | <li>-09: published March 2010 (before IETF 77)</li>
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49 | <li>-10: published July 2010 (before IETF 78)</li>
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50 | <li>-11: published August 2010 (after IETF 78)</li>
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51 | <li>-12: published October 2010 (before IETF 79, WG did not meet)</li>
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52 | <li>-13: published March 2011 (before IETF 80)</li>
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53 | </ul>
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54 |
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55 | <h2 class="break">Changes: relations to other specifications (1/2)</h2>
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56 |
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57 | <p><a href="http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2145.html">RFC 2145</a> (Use and Interpretation of HTTP Version Numbers)</p>
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58 | <ul>
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59 | <li>RFC2145 Normative (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/75">Ticket 75</a>)</li>
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60 | </ul>
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61 | <p>-> Part 1 now obsoletes RFC 2145</p>
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62 |
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63 | <p><a href="http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2617.html">RFC 2617</a> (HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication)</p>
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64 | <ul>
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65 | <li>should we have an auth scheme registry (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/141">Ticket 141</a>)</li>
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66 | <li>absorbing the auth framework from 2617 (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/237">Ticket 237</a>)</li>
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67 | </ul>
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68 | <p>-> Part 7 now updates RFC 2617 with respect to the authentication framework,
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69 | and introduces an authentication scheme registry</p>
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70 |
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71 | <h2 class="break">Changes: relations to other specifications (2/2)</h2>
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72 |
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73 | <p><a href="http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2817.html">RFC 2817</a> (Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1)</p>
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74 | <ul>
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75 | <li>Migrate Upgrade details from RFC2817 (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/240">Ticket 240</a>)</li>
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76 | <li>Migrate CONNECT from RFC2817 to p2 (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/239">Ticket 239</a>)</li>
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77 | </ul>
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78 | <p>-> Part 1 and 2 now update RFC 2817 (defining CONNECT, and updating the Upgrade header field)</p>
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79 |
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80 | <h2 class="break">Changes: terminology and ABNF</h2>
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81 | <ul>
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82 | <li>Clarify "Requested Variant" (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/69">Ticket 69</a>)</li>
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83 | <li>Clarify entity / representation / variant terminology (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/109">Ticket 109</a>)</li>
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84 | <li>duplicate ABNF for Reason-Phrase (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/137">Ticket 137</a>) (editorial)</li>
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85 | <li>define "transparent" proxy (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/210">Ticket 210</a>) (editorial)</li>
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86 | <li>duplicate ABNF for "Method" (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/275">Ticket 275</a>) (editorial)</li>
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87 | <li>untangle ABNFs for header fields (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/276">Ticket 276</a>) (editorial)</li>
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88 | </ul>
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89 | <p>-> We now create an aggregated ABNF from the source code of the specs</p>
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90 |
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91 | <h2 class="break">Changes: extension points</h2>
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92 | <ul>
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93 | <li>Custom Ranges (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/85">Ticket 85</a>)</li>
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94 | <li>Max-Forwards vs extension methods (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/203">Ticket 203</a>)</li>
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95 | <li>Allowing heuristic caching for new status codes (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/223">Ticket 223</a>)</li>
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96 | <li>proxies not supporting certain methods (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/226">Ticket 226</a>) (editorial)</li>
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97 | <li>Considerations for new status codes (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/229">Ticket 229</a>)</li>
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98 | <li>Considerations for new methods (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/230">Ticket 230</a>)</li>
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99 | <li>Is * usable as a request-uri for new methods? (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/233">Ticket 233</a>)</li>
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100 | </ul>
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101 |
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102 | <h2 class="break">Other Changes (1/5)</h2>
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103 |
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104 | <p>non-specific</p>
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105 | <ul>
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106 | <li>205 Bodies (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/88">Ticket 88</a>)</li>
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107 | <li>HTTP(s) URI scheme definitions (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/159">Ticket 159</a>)</li>
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108 | <li>Note special status of Content-* prefix in header registration procedures (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/180">Ticket 180</a>) (editorial)</li>
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109 | <li>Status codes and caching (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/199">Ticket 199</a>)</li>
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110 | <li>Header Classification (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/224">Ticket 224</a>)</li>
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111 | </ul>
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112 |
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113 | <h2 class="break">Other Changes (2/5)</h2>
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114 |
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115 | <p>Part 1 (Messaging)</p>
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116 | <ul>
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117 | <li>Delimiting messages with multipart/byteranges (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/90">Ticket 90</a>)</li>
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118 | <li>Trailer requirements (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/193">Ticket 193</a>)</li>
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119 | <li>What is the value space of HTTP status codes? (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/213">Ticket 213</a>)</li>
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120 | <li>confusing Date requirements for clients (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/248">Ticket 248</a>)</li>
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121 | </ul>
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122 |
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123 | <h2 class="break">Other Changes (3/5)</h2>
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124 |
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125 | <p>Part 2 (Semantics)</p>
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126 | <ul>
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127 | <li>Connection closing (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/28">Ticket 28</a>) (editorial)</li>
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128 | <li>Fragment combination / precedence during redirects (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/43">Ticket 43</a>)</li>
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129 | <li>Content-* vs. PUT (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/79">Ticket 79</a>)</li>
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130 | <li>Understanding Content-* on non-PUT requests (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/102">Ticket 102</a>)</li>
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131 | <li>Monitoring connections (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/108">Ticket 108</a>) (editorial)</li>
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132 | <li>Methods and Caching (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/139">Ticket 139</a>)</li>
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133 | <li>Are OPTIONS and TRACE safe? (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/171">Ticket 171</a>)</li>
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134 | <li>User-Agent guidelines (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/232">Ticket 232</a>)</li>
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135 | <li>clarify PUT semantics (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/267">Ticket 267</a>)</li>
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136 | </ul>
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137 |
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138 | <h2 class="break">Other Changes (4/5)</h2>
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139 |
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140 | <p>Part 3 (Payload)</p>
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141 | <ul>
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142 | <li>confusing req. language for Content-Location (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/136">Ticket 136</a>) (editorial)</li>
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143 | <li>"requested resource" in content-encoding definition (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/183">Ticket 183</a>)</li>
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144 | </ul>
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145 |
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146 | <p>Part 5 (Range)</p>
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147 | <ul>
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148 | <li>Caches can't be required to serve ranges (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/217">Ticket 217</a>)</li>
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149 | </ul>
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150 |
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151 | <h2 class="break">Other Changes (5/5)</h2>
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152 |
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153 | <p>Part 6 (Cache)</p>
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154 | <ul>
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155 | <li>No-cache definition (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/216">Ticket 216</a>)</li>
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156 | <li>Does no-store in request imply no-cache? (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/249">Ticket 249</a>)</li>
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157 | <li>Clarify "public" (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/268">Ticket 268</a>)</li>
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158 | </ul>
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160 | <p>Part 7 (Auth)</p>
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161 | <ul>
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162 | <li>auth-param syntax (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/195">Ticket 195</a>)</li>
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163 | </ul>
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164 |
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165 | <h2 class="break">Changes: housekeeping</h2>
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166 | <ul>
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167 | <li>MIME-Version not listed in P1, general header fields (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/122">Ticket 122</a>) (editorial)</li>
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168 | <li>Factor out Content-Disposition (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/123">Ticket 123</a>)</li>
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169 | <li>introduction to part 7 is work-in-progress (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/130">Ticket 130</a>) (editorial)</li>
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170 | <li>consider removing the "changes from 2068" sections (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/220">Ticket 220</a>) (editorial)</li>
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171 | <li>update RFC 2109 reference (<a href="http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/279">Ticket 279</a>) (editorial)</li>
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