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    342336      <link rel="Appendix" title="A Compatibility with Previous Versions" href="#rfc.section.A">
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    373                <td class="left">Obsoletes: <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616">2616</a> (if approved)
     367               <td class="left">Obsoletes: <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616">2616</a> (if approved)
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    375369               <td class="right">J. Gettys</td>
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    443437      <p class="title">HTTP/1.1, part 2: Message Semantics<br><span class="filename">draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-02</span></p>
    444       <h1><a id="rfc.status" href="#rfc.status">Status of this Memo</a></h1>
    445       <p>By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she
    446          is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section
    447          6 of BCP 79.
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    449       <p>Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note
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    453          documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as “work
    454          in progress”.
    455       </p>
    456       <p>The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt">http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt</a>.
    457       </p>
    458       <p>The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html">http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html</a>.
    459       </p>
    460       <p>This Internet-Draft will expire on August 27, 2008.</p>
    461       <h1 id="rfc.abstract"><a href="#rfc.abstract">Abstract</a></h1>
     438      <div id="rfc.status">
     439         <h1><a href="#rfc.status">Status of this Memo</a></h1>
     440         <p>By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she
     441            is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section
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     445            that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts.
     446         </p>
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     448            documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as “work
     449            in progress”.
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     451         <p>The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at <a href="http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt">http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt</a>.
     452         </p>
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     454         </p>
     455         <p>This Internet-Draft will expire on August 27, 2008.</p>
     456      </div>
     457      <h1 id="rfc.abstract"><a href="#rfc.abstract">Abstract</a></h1>
    462458      <p>The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information
    463459         systems. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web global information initiative since 1990. This document is Part 2 of the
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    465461         2 defines the semantics of HTTP messages as expressed by request methods, request-header fields, response status codes, and
    466462         response-header fields.
    467       </p> 
    468       <h1 id="rfc.note.1"><a href="#rfc.note.1">Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor)</a></h1> 
     463      </p>
     464      <h1 id="rfc.note.1"><a href="#rfc.note.1">Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor)</a></h1>
    469465      <p>Discussion of this draft should take place on the HTTPBIS working group mailing list (ietf-http-wg@w3.org). The current issues
    470466         list is at &lt;<a href="http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/report/11">http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/report/11</a>&gt; and related documents (including fancy diffs) can be found at &lt;<a href="http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/">http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/</a>&gt;.
    471       </p> 
     467      </p>
    472468      <p>This draft incorporates those issue resolutions that were either collected in the original RFC2616 errata list (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata</a>&gt;), or which were agreed upon on the mailing list between October 2006 and November 2007 (as published in "draft-lafon-rfc2616bis-03").
    473       </p> 
     469      </p>
    474470      <hr class="noprint">
    475471      <h1 class="np" id="rfc.toc"><a href="#rfc.toc">Table of Contents</a></h1>
    476472      <ul class="toc">
    477          <li>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#introduction">Introduction</a><ul>
    478                <li>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#intro.requirements">Requirements</a></li>
     473         <li><a href="#rfc.section.1">1.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#introduction">Introduction</a><ul>
     474               <li><a href="#rfc.section.1.1">1.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#intro.requirements">Requirements</a></li>
    479475            </ul>
    480476         </li>
    481          <li>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#notation">Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar</a></li>
    482          <li>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#method">Method</a></li>
    483          <li>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#request.header.fields">Request Header Fields</a></li>
    484          <li>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase">Status Code and Reason Phrase</a></li>
    485          <li>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#response.header.fields">Response Header Fields</a></li>
    486          <li>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#entity">Entity</a></li>
    487          <li>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#method.definitions">Method Definitions</a><ul>
    488                <li>8.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#safe.and.idempotent">Safe and Idempotent Methods</a><ul>
    489                      <li>8.1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#safe.methods">Safe Methods</a></li>
    490                      <li>8.1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#idempotent.methods">Idempotent Methods</a></li>
     477         <li><a href="#rfc.section.2">2.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#notation">Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar</a></li>
     478         <li><a href="#rfc.section.3">3.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#method">Method</a></li>
     479         <li><a href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#request.header.fields">Request Header Fields</a></li>
     480         <li><a href="#rfc.section.5">5.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase">Status Code and Reason Phrase</a></li>
     481         <li><a href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#response.header.fields">Response Header Fields</a></li>
     482         <li><a href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#entity">Entity</a></li>
     483         <li><a href="#rfc.section.8">8.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#method.definitions">Method Definitions</a><ul>
     484               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.1">8.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#safe.and.idempotent">Safe and Idempotent Methods</a><ul>
     485                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.1.1">8.1.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#safe.methods">Safe Methods</a></li>
     486                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.1.2">8.1.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#idempotent.methods">Idempotent Methods</a></li>
    491487                  </ul>
    492488               </li>
    493                <li>8.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></li>
    494                <li>8.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#GET">GET</a></li>
    495                <li>8.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#HEAD">HEAD</a></li>
    496                <li>8.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#POST">POST</a></li>
    497                <li>8.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#PUT">PUT</a></li>
    498                <li>8.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#DELETE">DELETE</a></li>
    499                <li>8.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#TRACE">TRACE</a></li>
    500                <li>8.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#CONNECT">CONNECT</a></li>
     489               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.2">8.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></li>
     490               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.3">8.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#GET">GET</a></li>
     491               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.4">8.4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#HEAD">HEAD</a></li>
     492               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.5">8.5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#POST">POST</a></li>
     493               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.6">8.6</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#PUT">PUT</a></li>
     494               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.7">8.7</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#DELETE">DELETE</a></li>
     495               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.8">8.8</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#TRACE">TRACE</a></li>
     496               <li><a href="#rfc.section.8.9">8.9</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#CONNECT">CONNECT</a></li>
    501497            </ul>
    502498         </li>
    503          <li>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.codes">Status Code Definitions</a><ul>
    504                <li>9.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.1xx">Informational 1xx</a><ul>
    505                      <li>9.1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.100">100 Continue</a></li>
    506                      <li>9.1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.101">101 Switching Protocols</a></li>
     499         <li><a href="#rfc.section.9">9.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.codes">Status Code Definitions</a><ul>
     500               <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.1">9.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.1xx">Informational 1xx</a><ul>
     501                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.1.1">9.1.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.100">100 Continue</a></li>
     502                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.1.2">9.1.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.101">101 Switching Protocols</a></li>
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    509                <li>9.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.2xx">Successful 2xx</a><ul>
    510                      <li>9.2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.200">200 OK</a></li>
    511                      <li>9.2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.201">201 Created</a></li>
    512                      <li>9.2.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.202">202 Accepted</a></li>
    513                      <li>9.2.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.203">203 Non-Authoritative Information</a></li>
    514                      <li>9.2.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.204">204 No Content</a></li>
    515                      <li>9.2.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.205">205 Reset Content</a></li>
    516                      <li>9.2.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.206">206 Partial Content</a></li>
     505               <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2">9.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.2xx">Successful 2xx</a><ul>
     506                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.1">9.2.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.200">200 OK</a></li>
     507                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.2">9.2.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.201">201 Created</a></li>
     508                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.3">9.2.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.202">202 Accepted</a></li>
     509                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.4">9.2.4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.203">203 Non-Authoritative Information</a></li>
     510                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.5">9.2.5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.204">204 No Content</a></li>
     511                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.6">9.2.6</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.205">205 Reset Content</a></li>
     512                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.7">9.2.7</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.206">206 Partial Content</a></li>
    517513                  </ul>
    518514               </li>
    519                <li>9.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.3xx">Redirection 3xx</a><ul>
    520                      <li>9.3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.300">300 Multiple Choices</a></li>
    521                      <li>9.3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.301">301 Moved Permanently</a></li>
    522                      <li>9.3.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.302">302 Found</a></li>
    523                      <li>9.3.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.303">303 See Other</a></li>
    524                      <li>9.3.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.304">304 Not Modified</a></li>
    525                      <li>9.3.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.305">305 Use Proxy</a></li>
    526                      <li>9.3.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.306">306 (Unused)</a></li>
    527                      <li>9.3.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.307">307 Temporary Redirect</a></li>
     515               <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3">9.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.3xx">Redirection 3xx</a><ul>
     516                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.1">9.3.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.300">300 Multiple Choices</a></li>
     517                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.2">9.3.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.301">301 Moved Permanently</a></li>
     518                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.3">9.3.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.302">302 Found</a></li>
     519                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.4">9.3.4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.303">303 See Other</a></li>
     520                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.5">9.3.5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.304">304 Not Modified</a></li>
     521                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.6">9.3.6</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.305">305 Use Proxy</a></li>
     522                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.7">9.3.7</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.306">306 (Unused)</a></li>
     523                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.8">9.3.8</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.307">307 Temporary Redirect</a></li>
    528524                  </ul>
    529525               </li>
    530                <li>9.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.4xx">Client Error 4xx</a><ul>
    531                      <li>9.4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.400">400 Bad Request</a></li>
    532                      <li>9.4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.401">401 Unauthorized</a></li>
    533                      <li>9.4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.402">402 Payment Required</a></li>
    534                      <li>9.4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.403">403 Forbidden</a></li>
    535                      <li>9.4.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.404">404 Not Found</a></li>
    536                      <li>9.4.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.405">405 Method Not Allowed</a></li>
    537                      <li>9.4.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.406">406 Not Acceptable</a></li>
    538                      <li>9.4.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.407">407 Proxy Authentication Required</a></li>
    539                      <li>9.4.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.408">408 Request Timeout</a></li>
    540                      <li>9.4.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.409">409 Conflict</a></li>
    541                      <li>9.4.11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.410">410 Gone</a></li>
    542                      <li>9.4.12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.411">411 Length Required</a></li>
    543                      <li>9.4.13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.412">412 Precondition Failed</a></li>
    544                      <li>9.4.14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.413">413 Request Entity Too Large</a></li>
    545                      <li>9.4.15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.414">414 Request-URI Too Long</a></li>
    546                      <li>9.4.16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.415">415 Unsupported Media Type</a></li>
    547                      <li>9.4.17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.416">416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable</a></li>
    548                      <li>9.4.18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.417">417 Expectation Failed</a></li>
     526               <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4">9.4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.4xx">Client Error 4xx</a><ul>
     527                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.1">9.4.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.400">400 Bad Request</a></li>
     528                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.2">9.4.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.401">401 Unauthorized</a></li>
     529                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.3">9.4.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.402">402 Payment Required</a></li>
     530                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.4">9.4.4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.403">403 Forbidden</a></li>
     531                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.5">9.4.5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.404">404 Not Found</a></li>
     532                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.6">9.4.6</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.405">405 Method Not Allowed</a></li>
     533                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.7">9.4.7</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.406">406 Not Acceptable</a></li>
     534                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.8">9.4.8</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.407">407 Proxy Authentication Required</a></li>
     535                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.9">9.4.9</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.408">408 Request Timeout</a></li>
     536                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.10">9.4.10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.409">409 Conflict</a></li>
     537                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.11">9.4.11</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.410">410 Gone</a></li>
     538                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.12">9.4.12</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.411">411 Length Required</a></li>
     539                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.13">9.4.13</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.412">412 Precondition Failed</a></li>
     540                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.14">9.4.14</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.413">413 Request Entity Too Large</a></li>
     541                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.15">9.4.15</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.414">414 Request-URI Too Long</a></li>
     542                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.16">9.4.16</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.415">415 Unsupported Media Type</a></li>
     543                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.17">9.4.17</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.416">416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable</a></li>
     544                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.18">9.4.18</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.417">417 Expectation Failed</a></li>
    549545                  </ul>
    550546               </li>
    551                <li>9.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.5xx">Server Error 5xx</a><ul>
    552                      <li>9.5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.500">500 Internal Server Error</a></li>
    553                      <li>9.5.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.501">501 Not Implemented</a></li>
    554                      <li>9.5.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.502">502 Bad Gateway</a></li>
    555                      <li>9.5.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.503">503 Service Unavailable</a></li>
    556                      <li>9.5.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.504">504 Gateway Timeout</a></li>
    557                      <li>9.5.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.505">505 HTTP Version Not Supported</a></li>
     547               <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.5">9.5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.5xx">Server Error 5xx</a><ul>
     548                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.1">9.5.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.500">500 Internal Server Error</a></li>
     549                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.2">9.5.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.501">501 Not Implemented</a></li>
     550                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.3">9.5.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.502">502 Bad Gateway</a></li>
     551                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.4">9.5.4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.503">503 Service Unavailable</a></li>
     552                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.5">9.5.5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.504">504 Gateway Timeout</a></li>
     553                     <li><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.6">9.5.6</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#status.505">505 HTTP Version Not Supported</a></li>
    558554                  </ul>
    559555               </li>
    560556            </ul>
    561557         </li>
    562          <li>10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.fields">Header Field Definitions</a><ul>
    563                <li>10.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.allow">Allow</a></li>
    564                <li>10.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.expect">Expect</a></li>
    565                <li>10.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.from">From</a></li>
    566                <li>10.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.location">Location</a></li>
    567                <li>10.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.max-forwards">Max-Forwards</a></li>
    568                <li>10.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.referer">Referer</a></li>
    569                <li>10.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.retry-after">Retry-After</a></li>
    570                <li>10.8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.server">Server</a></li>
    571                <li>10.9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.user-agent">User-Agent</a></li>
     558         <li><a href="#rfc.section.10">10.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.fields">Header Field Definitions</a><ul>
     559               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.1">10.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.allow">Allow</a></li>
     560               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.2">10.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.expect">Expect</a></li>
     561               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.3">10.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.from">From</a></li>
     562               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.4">10.4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.location">Location</a></li>
     563               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.5">10.5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.max-forwards">Max-Forwards</a></li>
     564               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.6">10.6</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.referer">Referer</a></li>
     565               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.7">10.7</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.retry-after">Retry-After</a></li>
     566               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.8">10.8</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.server">Server</a></li>
     567               <li><a href="#rfc.section.10.9">10.9</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#header.user-agent">User-Agent</a></li>
    572568            </ul>
    573569         </li>
    574          <li>11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#IANA.considerations">IANA Considerations</a></li>
    575          <li>12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a><ul>
    576                <li>12.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#security.sensitive">Transfer of Sensitive Information</a></li>
    577                <li>12.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris">Encoding Sensitive Information in URIs</a></li>
    578                <li>12.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#location.spoofing">Location Headers and Spoofing</a></li>
     570         <li><a href="#rfc.section.11">11.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#IANA.considerations">IANA Considerations</a></li>
     571         <li><a href="#rfc.section.12">12.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a><ul>
     572               <li><a href="#rfc.section.12.1">12.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#security.sensitive">Transfer of Sensitive Information</a></li>
     573               <li><a href="#rfc.section.12.2">12.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris">Encoding Sensitive Information in URIs</a></li>
     574               <li><a href="#rfc.section.12.3">12.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#location.spoofing">Location Headers and Spoofing</a></li>
    579575            </ul>
    580576         </li>
    581          <li>13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#ack">Acknowledgments</a></li>
    582          <li>14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references">References</a><ul>
    583                <li>14.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.1">Normative References</a></li>
    584                <li>14.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.2">Informative References</a></li>
     577         <li><a href="#rfc.section.13">13.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#ack">Acknowledgments</a></li>
     578         <li><a href="#rfc.section.14">14.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references">References</a><ul>
     579               <li><a href="#rfc.section.14.1">14.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.1">Normative References</a></li>
     580               <li><a href="#rfc.section.14.2">14.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.references.2">Informative References</a></li>
    585581            </ul>
    586582         </li>
    587          <li><a href="#rfc.authors">Authors' Addresses</a></li>
    588          <li>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#compatibility">Compatibility with Previous Versions</a><ul>
    589                <li>A.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#changes.from.rfc.2068">Changes from RFC 2068</a></li>
    590                <li>A.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#changes.from.rfc.2616">Changes from RFC 2616</a></li>
     583         <li><a href="#rfc.section.A">A.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#compatibility">Compatibility with Previous Versions</a><ul>
     584               <li><a href="#rfc.section.A.1">A.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#changes.from.rfc.2068">Changes from RFC 2068</a></li>
     585               <li><a href="#rfc.section.A.2">A.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#changes.from.rfc.2616">Changes from RFC 2616</a></li>
    591586            </ul>
    592587         </li>
    593          <li>B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B">Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)</a><ul>
    594                <li>B.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B.1">Since RFC2616</a></li>
    595                <li>B.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B.2">Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-00</a></li>
    596                <li>B.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B.3">Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-01</a></li>
     588         <li><a href="#rfc.section.B">B.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B">Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)</a><ul>
     589               <li><a href="#rfc.section.B.1">B.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B.1">Since RFC2616</a></li>
     590               <li><a href="#rfc.section.B.2">B.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B.2">Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-00</a></li>
     591               <li><a href="#rfc.section.B.3">B.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.section.B.3">Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-01</a></li>
    597592            </ul>
    598593         </li>
    599594         <li><a href="#rfc.index">Index</a></li>
     595         <li><a href="#rfc.authors">Authors' Addresses</a></li>
    600596         <li><a href="#rfc.ipr">Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements</a></li>
    601597      </ul>
    602       <h1 id="rfc.section.1" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.1">1.</a>&nbsp;<a id="introduction" href="#introduction">Introduction</a></h1>
    603       <p id="rfc.section.1.p.1">This document defines HTTP/1.1 request and response semantics. Each HTTP message, as defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.1"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, is in the form of either a request or a response. An HTTP server listens on a connection for HTTP requests and responds
    604          to each request, in the order received on that connection, with one or more HTTP response messages. This document defines
    605          the commonly agreed upon semantics of the HTTP uniform interface, the intentions defined by each request method, and the various
    606          response messages that might be expected as a result of applying that method for the requested resource.
    607       </p>
    608       <p id="rfc.section.1.p.2">This document is currently disorganized in order to minimize the changes between drafts and enable reviewers to see the smaller
    609          errata changes. The next draft will reorganize the sections to better reflect the content. In particular, the sections will
    610          be ordered according to the typical processing of an HTTP request message (after message parsing): resource mapping, general
    611          header fields, methods, request modifiers, response status, and resource metadata. The current mess reflects how widely dispersed
    612          these topics and associated requirements had become in <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.1"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>.
    613       </p>
    614       <h2 id="rfc.section.1.1"><a href="#rfc.section.1.1">1.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="intro.requirements" href="#intro.requirements">Requirements</a></h2>
    615       <p id="rfc.section.1.1.p.1">The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
    616          in this document are to be interpreted as described in <a href="#RFC2119" id="rfc.xref.RFC2119.1"><cite title="Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels">[RFC2119]</cite></a>.
    617       </p>
    618       <p id="rfc.section.1.1.p.2">An implementation is not compliant if it fails to satisfy one or more of the <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> or <em class="bcp14">REQUIRED</em> level requirements for the protocols it implements. An implementation that satisfies all the <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> or <em class="bcp14">REQUIRED</em> level and all the <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> level requirements for its protocols is said to be "unconditionally compliant"; one that satisfies all the <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> level requirements but not all the <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> level requirements for its protocols is said to be "conditionally compliant."
    619       </p>
    620       <h1 id="rfc.section.2"><a href="#rfc.section.2">2.</a>&nbsp;<a id="notation" href="#notation">Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar</a></h1>
    621       <p id="rfc.section.2.p.1">This specification uses the ABNF syntax defined in <a href="p1-messaging.html#notation.abnf" title="Augmented BNF">Section 2.1</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.2"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> and the core rules defined in <a href="p1-messaging.html#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section 2.2</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.3"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>: <span class="comment" id="abnf.dep">[<a href="#abnf.dep" class="smpl">abnf.dep</a>: ABNF syntax and basic rules will be adopted from RFC 5234, see &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36</a>&gt;.]</span>
    622       </p>
    623       <div id="rfc.figure.u.1"></div><pre class="inline">  DIGIT         = &lt;DIGIT, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.4"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section 2.2</a>&gt;
     598      <div id="introduction">
     599         <h1 id="rfc.section.1" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.1">1.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></h1>
     600         <p id="rfc.section.1.p.1">This document defines HTTP/1.1 request and response semantics. Each HTTP message, as defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.1"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, is in the form of either a request or a response. An HTTP server listens on a connection for HTTP requests and responds
     601            to each request, in the order received on that connection, with one or more HTTP response messages. This document defines
     602            the commonly agreed upon semantics of the HTTP uniform interface, the intentions defined by each request method, and the various
     603            response messages that might be expected as a result of applying that method for the requested resource.
     604         </p>
     605         <p id="rfc.section.1.p.2">This document is currently disorganized in order to minimize the changes between drafts and enable reviewers to see the smaller
     606            errata changes. The next draft will reorganize the sections to better reflect the content. In particular, the sections will
     607            be ordered according to the typical processing of an HTTP request message (after message parsing): resource mapping, general
     608            header fields, methods, request modifiers, response status, and resource metadata. The current mess reflects how widely dispersed
     609            these topics and associated requirements had become in <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.1"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>.
     610         </p>
     611         <div id="intro.requirements">
     612            <h2 id="rfc.section.1.1"><a href="#rfc.section.1.1">1.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#intro.requirements">Requirements</a></h2>
     613            <p id="rfc.section.1.1.p.1">The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
     614               in this document are to be interpreted as described in <a href="#RFC2119" id="rfc.xref.RFC2119.1"><cite title="Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels">[RFC2119]</cite></a>.
     615            </p>
     616            <p id="rfc.section.1.1.p.2">An implementation is not compliant if it fails to satisfy one or more of the <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> or <em class="bcp14">REQUIRED</em> level requirements for the protocols it implements. An implementation that satisfies all the <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> or <em class="bcp14">REQUIRED</em> level and all the <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> level requirements for its protocols is said to be "unconditionally compliant"; one that satisfies all the <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> level requirements but not all the <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> level requirements for its protocols is said to be "conditionally compliant."
     617            </p>
     618         </div>
     619      </div>
     620      <div id="notation">
     621         <h1 id="rfc.section.2"><a href="#rfc.section.2">2.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#notation">Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar</a></h1>
     622         <p id="rfc.section.2.p.1">This specification uses the ABNF syntax defined in <a href="p1-messaging.html#notation.abnf" title="Augmented BNF">Section 2.1</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.2"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> and the core rules defined in <a href="p1-messaging.html#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section 2.2</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.3"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>: <span class="comment" id="abnf.dep">[<a href="#abnf.dep" class="smpl">abnf.dep</a>: ABNF syntax and basic rules will be adopted from RFC 5234, see &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36</a>&gt;.]</span>
     623         </p>
     624         <div id="rfc.figure.u.1"></div><pre class="inline">  DIGIT         = &lt;DIGIT, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.4"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section 2.2</a>&gt;
    624625</pre><div id="rfc.figure.u.2"></div><pre class="inline">  comment       = &lt;comment, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.5"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section 2.2</a>&gt;
    625626  quoted-string = &lt;quoted-string, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.6"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section 2.2</a>&gt;
    626627  token         = &lt;token, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.7"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section 2.2</a>&gt;
    627628</pre><div id="abnf.dependencies">
    628          <p id="rfc.section.2.p.4">The ABNF rules below are defined in other parts:</p>
    629       </div>
    630       <div id="rfc.figure.u.3"></div><pre class="inline">  absoluteURI   = &lt;absoluteURI, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.8"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#general.syntax" title="General Syntax">Section 3.2.1</a>&gt;
     629            <p id="rfc.section.2.p.4">The ABNF rules below are defined in other parts:</p>
     630         </div>
     631         <div id="rfc.figure.u.3"></div><pre class="inline">  absoluteURI   = &lt;absoluteURI, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.8"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#general.syntax" title="General Syntax">Section 3.2.1</a>&gt;
    631632  fragment      = &lt;fragment, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#general.syntax" title="General Syntax">Section 3.2.1</a>&gt;
    632633  Host          = &lt;Host, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.host" title="Host">Section 8.4</a>&gt;
    … …  
    661662  WWW-Authenticate =
    662663             &lt;WWW-Authenticate, defined in <a href="#Part7" id="rfc.xref.Part7.4"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication">[Part7]</cite></a>, <a href="p7-auth.html#header.www-authenticate" title="WWW-Authenticate">Section 4.4</a>&gt;
    663 </pre><h1 id="rfc.section.3"><a href="#rfc.section.3">3.</a>&nbsp;<a id="method" href="#method">Method</a></h1>
    664       <p id="rfc.section.3.p.1">The Method token indicates the method to be performed on the resource identified by the Request-URI. The method is case-sensitive.</p>
    665       <div id="rfc.figure.u.9"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.1"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.2"></span>  Method         = "OPTIONS"                ; <a href="#OPTIONS" id="rfc.xref.OPTIONS.1" title="OPTIONS">Section&nbsp;8.2</a>
     664</pre></div>
     665      <div id="method">
     666         <h1 id="rfc.section.3"><a href="#rfc.section.3">3.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#method">Method</a></h1>
     667         <p id="rfc.section.3.p.1">The Method token indicates the method to be performed on the resource identified by the Request-URI. The method is case-sensitive.</p>
     668         <div id="rfc.figure.u.9"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.1"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.2"></span>  Method         = "OPTIONS"                ; <a href="#OPTIONS" id="rfc.xref.OPTIONS.1" title="OPTIONS">Section&nbsp;8.2</a>
    666669                 | "GET"                    ; <a href="#GET" id="rfc.xref.GET.1" title="GET">Section&nbsp;8.3</a>
    667670                 | "HEAD"                   ; <a href="#HEAD" id="rfc.xref.HEAD.1" title="HEAD">Section&nbsp;8.4</a>
    … …  
    674677  extension-method = token
    675678</pre><p id="rfc.section.3.p.3">The list of methods allowed by a resource can be specified in an Allow header field (<a href="#header.allow" id="rfc.xref.header.allow.1" title="Allow">Section&nbsp;10.1</a>). The return code of the response always notifies the client whether a method is currently allowed on a resource, since the
    676          set of allowed methods can change dynamically. An origin server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> return the status code 405 (Method Not Allowed) if the method is known by the origin server but not allowed for the requested
    677          resource, and 501 (Not Implemented) if the method is unrecognized or not implemented by the origin server. The methods GET
    678          and HEAD <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be supported by all general-purpose servers. All other methods are <em class="bcp14">OPTIONAL</em>; however, if the above methods are implemented, they <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be implemented with the same semantics as those specified in <a href="#method.definitions" title="Method Definitions">Section&nbsp;8</a>.
    679       </p>
    680       <h1 id="rfc.section.4"><a href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a>&nbsp;<a id="request.header.fields" href="#request.header.fields">Request Header Fields</a></h1>
    681       <p id="rfc.section.4.p.1">The request-header fields allow the client to pass additional information about the request, and about the client itself,
    682          to the server. These fields act as request modifiers, with semantics equivalent to the parameters on a programming language
    683          method invocation.
    684       </p>
    685       <div id="rfc.figure.u.10"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.3"></span>  request-header = Accept                   ; <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.5"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>, <a href="p3-payload.html#header.accept" title="Accept">Section 6.1</a>
     679            set of allowed methods can change dynamically. An origin server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> return the status code 405 (Method Not Allowed) if the method is known by the origin server but not allowed for the requested
     680            resource, and 501 (Not Implemented) if the method is unrecognized or not implemented by the origin server. The methods GET
     681            and HEAD <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be supported by all general-purpose servers. All other methods are <em class="bcp14">OPTIONAL</em>; however, if the above methods are implemented, they <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be implemented with the same semantics as those specified in <a href="#method.definitions" title="Method Definitions">Section&nbsp;8</a>.
     682         </p>
     683      </div>
     684      <div id="request.header.fields">
     685         <h1 id="rfc.section.4"><a href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#request.header.fields">Request Header Fields</a></h1>
     686         <p id="rfc.section.4.p.1">The request-header fields allow the client to pass additional information about the request, and about the client itself,
     687            to the server. These fields act as request modifiers, with semantics equivalent to the parameters on a programming language
     688            method invocation.
     689         </p>
     690         <div id="rfc.figure.u.10"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.3"></span>  request-header = Accept                   ; <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.5"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>, <a href="p3-payload.html#header.accept" title="Accept">Section 6.1</a>
    686691                 | Accept-Charset           ; <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.6"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>, <a href="p3-payload.html#header.accept-charset" title="Accept-Charset">Section 6.2</a>
    687692                 | Accept-Encoding          ; <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.7"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>, <a href="p3-payload.html#header.accept-encoding" title="Accept-Encoding">Section 6.3</a>
    … …  
    703708                 | User-Agent               ; <a href="#header.user-agent" id="rfc.xref.header.user-agent.1" title="User-Agent">Section&nbsp;10.9</a>
    704709</pre><p id="rfc.section.4.p.3">Request-header field names can be extended reliably only in combination with a change in the protocol version. However, new
    705          or experimental header fields <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be given the semantics of request-header fields if all parties in the communication recognize them to be request-header fields.
    706          Unrecognized header fields are treated as entity-header fields.
    707       </p>
    708       <h1 id="rfc.section.5"><a href="#rfc.section.5">5.</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.code.and.reason.phrase" href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase">Status Code and Reason Phrase</a></h1>
    709       <p id="rfc.section.5.p.1">The Status-Code element is a 3-digit integer result code of the attempt to understand and satisfy the request. The status
    710          codes listed below are defined in <a href="#status.codes" title="Status Code Definitions">Section&nbsp;9</a>. The Reason-Phrase is intended to give a short textual description of the Status-Code. The Status-Code is intended for use
    711          by automata and the Reason-Phrase is intended for the human user. The client is not required to examine or display the Reason-Phrase.
    712       </p>
    713       <p id="rfc.section.5.p.2">The individual values of the numeric status codes defined for HTTP/1.1, and an example set of corresponding Reason-Phrase's,
    714          are presented below. The reason phrases listed here are only recommendations -- they <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be replaced by local equivalents without affecting the protocol.
    715       </p>
    716       <div id="rfc.figure.u.11"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.4"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.5"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.6"></span>  Status-Code    =
     710            or experimental header fields <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be given the semantics of request-header fields if all parties in the communication recognize them to be request-header fields.
     711            Unrecognized header fields are treated as entity-header fields.
     712         </p>
     713      </div>
     714      <div id="status.code.and.reason.phrase">
     715         <h1 id="rfc.section.5"><a href="#rfc.section.5">5.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase">Status Code and Reason Phrase</a></h1>
     716         <p id="rfc.section.5.p.1">The Status-Code element is a 3-digit integer result code of the attempt to understand and satisfy the request. The status
     717            codes listed below are defined in <a href="#status.codes" title="Status Code Definitions">Section&nbsp;9</a>. The Reason-Phrase is intended to give a short textual description of the Status-Code. The Status-Code is intended for use
     718            by automata and the Reason-Phrase is intended for the human user. The client is not required to examine or display the Reason-Phrase.
     719         </p>
     720         <p id="rfc.section.5.p.2">The individual values of the numeric status codes defined for HTTP/1.1, and an example set of corresponding Reason-Phrase's,
     721            are presented below. The reason phrases listed here are only recommendations -- they <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be replaced by local equivalents without affecting the protocol.
     722         </p>
     723         <div id="rfc.figure.u.11"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.4"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.5"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.6"></span>  Status-Code    =
    717724         "100"  ; <a href="#status.100" id="rfc.xref.status.100.1" title="100 Continue">Section&nbsp;9.1.1</a>: Continue
    718725       | "101"  ; <a href="#status.101" id="rfc.xref.status.101.1" title="101 Switching Protocols">Section&nbsp;9.1.2</a>: Switching Protocols
    … …  
    760767  Reason-Phrase  = *&lt;TEXT, excluding CR, LF&gt;
    761768</pre><p id="rfc.section.5.p.4">HTTP status codes are extensible. HTTP applications are not required to understand the meaning of all registered status codes,
    762          though such understanding is obviously desirable. However, applications <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> understand the class of any status code, as indicated by the first digit, and treat any unrecognized response as being equivalent
    763          to the x00 status code of that class, with the exception that an unrecognized response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached. For example, if an unrecognized status code of 431 is received by the client, it can safely assume that there was
    764          something wrong with its request and treat the response as if it had received a 400 status code. In such cases, user agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> present to the user the entity returned with the response, since that entity is likely to include human-readable information
    765          which will explain the unusual status.
    766       </p>
    767       <h1 id="rfc.section.6"><a href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a>&nbsp;<a id="response.header.fields" href="#response.header.fields">Response Header Fields</a></h1>
    768       <p id="rfc.section.6.p.1">The response-header fields allow the server to pass additional information about the response which cannot be placed in the
    769          Status-Line. These header fields give information about the server and about further access to the resource identified by
    770          the Request-URI.
    771       </p>
    772       <div id="rfc.figure.u.12"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.7"></span>  response-header = Accept-Ranges           ; <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.6"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>, <a href="p5-range.html#header.accept-ranges" title="Accept-Ranges">Section 6.1</a>
     769            though such understanding is obviously desirable. However, applications <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> understand the class of any status code, as indicated by the first digit, and treat any unrecognized response as being equivalent
     770            to the x00 status code of that class, with the exception that an unrecognized response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached. For example, if an unrecognized status code of 431 is received by the client, it can safely assume that there was
     771            something wrong with its request and treat the response as if it had received a 400 status code. In such cases, user agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> present to the user the entity returned with the response, since that entity is likely to include human-readable information
     772            which will explain the unusual status.
     773         </p>
     774      </div>
     775      <div id="response.header.fields">
     776         <h1 id="rfc.section.6"><a href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#response.header.fields">Response Header Fields</a></h1>
     777         <p id="rfc.section.6.p.1">The response-header fields allow the server to pass additional information about the response which cannot be placed in the
     778            Status-Line. These header fields give information about the server and about further access to the resource identified by
     779            the Request-URI.
     780         </p>
     781         <div id="rfc.figure.u.12"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.7"></span>  response-header = Accept-Ranges           ; <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.6"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>, <a href="p5-range.html#header.accept-ranges" title="Accept-Ranges">Section 6.1</a>
    773782                  | Age                     ; <a href="#Part6" id="rfc.xref.Part6.3"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching">[Part6]</cite></a>, <a href="p6-cache.html#header.age" title="Age">Section 16.1</a>
    774783                  | ETag                    ; <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>, <a href="p4-conditional.html#header.etag" title="ETag">Section 7.1</a>
    … …  
    780789                  | WWW-Authenticate        ; <a href="#Part7" id="rfc.xref.Part7.8"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication">[Part7]</cite></a>, <a href="p7-auth.html#header.www-authenticate" title="WWW-Authenticate">Section 4.4</a>
    781790</pre><p id="rfc.section.6.p.3">Response-header field names can be extended reliably only in combination with a change in the protocol version. However, new
    782          or experimental header fields <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be given the semantics of response-header fields if all parties in the communication recognize them to be response-header
    783          fields. Unrecognized header fields are treated as entity-header fields.
    784       </p>
    785       <h1 id="rfc.section.7"><a href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a>&nbsp;<a id="entity" href="#entity">Entity</a></h1>
    786       <p id="rfc.section.7.p.1">Request and Response messages <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> transfer an entity if not otherwise restricted by the request method or response status code. An entity consists of entity-header
    787          fields and an entity-body, although some responses will only include the entity-headers. HTTP entity-body and entity-header
    788          fields are defined in <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>.
    789       </p>
    790       <p id="rfc.section.7.p.2">An entity-body is only present in a message when a message-body is present, as described in <a href="p1-messaging.html#message.body" title="Message Body">Section 4.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.17"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. The entity-body is obtained from the message-body by decoding any Transfer-Encoding that might have been applied to ensure
    791          safe and proper transfer of the message.
    792       </p>
    793       <h1 id="rfc.section.8"><a href="#rfc.section.8">8.</a>&nbsp;<a id="method.definitions" href="#method.definitions">Method Definitions</a></h1>
    794       <p id="rfc.section.8.p.1">The set of common methods for HTTP/1.1 is defined below. Although this set can be expanded, additional methods cannot be assumed
    795          to share the same semantics for separately extended clients and servers.
    796       </p>
    797       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.1"><a href="#rfc.section.8.1">8.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="safe.and.idempotent" href="#safe.and.idempotent">Safe and Idempotent Methods</a></h2>
    798       <h3 id="rfc.section.8.1.1"><a href="#rfc.section.8.1.1">8.1.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="safe.methods" href="#safe.methods">Safe Methods</a></h3>
    799       <p id="rfc.section.8.1.1.p.1">Implementors should be aware that the software represents the user in their interactions over the Internet, and should be
    800          careful to allow the user to be aware of any actions they might take which may have an unexpected significance to themselves
    801          or others.
    802       </p>
    803       <p id="rfc.section.8.1.1.p.2">In particular, the convention has been established that the GET and HEAD methods <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> have the significance of taking an action other than retrieval. These methods ought to be considered "safe". This allows user
    804          agents to represent other methods, such as POST, PUT and DELETE, in a special way, so that the user is made aware of the fact
    805          that a possibly unsafe action is being requested.
    806       </p>
    807       <p id="rfc.section.8.1.1.p.3">Naturally, it is not possible to ensure that the server does not generate side-effects as a result of performing a GET request;
    808          in fact, some dynamic resources consider that a feature. The important distinction here is that the user did not request the
    809          side-effects, so therefore cannot be held accountable for them.
    810       </p>
    811       <h3 id="rfc.section.8.1.2"><a href="#rfc.section.8.1.2">8.1.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="idempotent.methods" href="#idempotent.methods">Idempotent Methods</a></h3>
    812       <p id="rfc.section.8.1.2.p.1">Methods can also have the property of "idempotence" in that (aside from error or expiration issues) the side-effects of N
    813          &gt; 0 identical requests is the same as for a single request. The methods GET, HEAD, PUT and DELETE share this property. Also,
    814          the methods OPTIONS and TRACE <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> have side effects, and so are inherently idempotent.
    815       </p>
    816       <p id="rfc.section.8.1.2.p.2">However, it is possible that a sequence of several requests is non-idempotent, even if all of the methods executed in that
    817          sequence are idempotent. (A sequence is idempotent if a single execution of the entire sequence always yields a result that
    818          is not changed by a reexecution of all, or part, of that sequence.) For example, a sequence is non-idempotent if its result
    819          depends on a value that is later modified in the same sequence.
    820       </p>
    821       <p id="rfc.section.8.1.2.p.3">A sequence that never has side effects is idempotent, by definition (provided that no concurrent operations are being executed
    822          on the same set of resources).
    823       </p>
    824       <div id="rfc.iref.o.1"></div>
    825       <div id="rfc.iref.m.1"></div>
    826       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.2"><a href="#rfc.section.8.2">8.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="OPTIONS" href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></h2>
    827       <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.1">The OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the communication options available on the request/response
    828          chain identified by the Request-URI. This method allows the client to determine the options and/or requirements associated
    829          with a resource, or the capabilities of a server, without implying a resource action or initiating a resource retrieval.
    830       </p>
    831       <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.2">Responses to this method are not cacheable.</p>
    832       <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.3">If the OPTIONS request includes an entity-body (as indicated by the presence of Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding), then
    833          the media type <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be indicated by a Content-Type field. Although this specification does not define any use for such a body, future extensions
    834          to HTTP might use the OPTIONS body to make more detailed queries on the server. A server that does not support such an extension <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> discard the request body.
    835       </p>
    836       <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.4">If the Request-URI is an asterisk ("*"), the OPTIONS request is intended to apply to the server in general rather than to
    837          a specific resource. Since a server's communication options typically depend on the resource, the "*" request is only useful
    838          as a "ping" or "no-op" type of method; it does nothing beyond allowing the client to test the capabilities of the server.
    839          For example, this can be used to test a proxy for HTTP/1.1 compliance (or lack thereof).
    840       </p>
    841       <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.5">If the Request-URI is not an asterisk, the OPTIONS request applies only to the options that are available when communicating
    842          with that resource.
    843       </p>
    844       <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.6">A 200 response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include any header fields that indicate optional features implemented by the server and applicable to that resource (e.g.,
    845          Allow), possibly including extensions not defined by this specification. The response body, if any, <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> also include information about the communication options. The format for such a body is not defined by this specification,
    846          but might be defined by future extensions to HTTP. Content negotiation <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be used to select the appropriate response format. If no response body is included, the response <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include a Content-Length field with a field-value of "0".
    847       </p>
    848       <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.7">The Max-Forwards request-header field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be used to target a specific proxy in the request chain. When a proxy receives an OPTIONS request on an absoluteURI for which
    849          request forwarding is permitted, the proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> check for a Max-Forwards field. If the Max-Forwards field-value is zero ("0"), the proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> forward the message; instead, the proxy <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> respond with its own communication options. If the Max-Forwards field-value is an integer greater than zero, the proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> decrement the field-value when it forwards the request. If no Max-Forwards field is present in the request, then the forwarded
    850          request <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include a Max-Forwards field.
    851       </p>
    852       <div id="rfc.iref.g.8"></div>
    853       <div id="rfc.iref.m.2"></div>
    854       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.3"><a href="#rfc.section.8.3">8.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="GET" href="#GET">GET</a></h2>
    855       <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.1">The GET method means retrieve whatever information (in the form of an entity) is identified by the Request-URI. If the Request-URI
    856          refers to a data-producing process, it is the produced data which shall be returned as the entity in the response and not
    857          the source text of the process, unless that text happens to be the output of the process.
    858       </p>
    859       <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.2">The semantics of the GET method change to a "conditional GET" if the request message includes an If-Modified-Since, If-Unmodified-Since,
    860          If-Match, If-None-Match, or If-Range header field. A conditional GET method requests that the entity be transferred only under
    861          the circumstances described by the conditional header field(s). The conditional GET method is intended to reduce unnecessary
    862          network usage by allowing cached entities to be refreshed without requiring multiple requests or transferring data already
    863          held by the client.
    864       </p>
    865       <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.3">The semantics of the GET method change to a "partial GET" if the request message includes a Range header field. A partial
    866          GET requests that only part of the entity be transferred, as described in <a href="p5-range.html#header.range" title="Range">Section 6.4</a> of <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.7"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>. The partial GET method is intended to reduce unnecessary network usage by allowing partially-retrieved entities to be completed
    867          without transferring data already held by the client.
    868       </p>
    869       <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.4">The response to a GET request is cacheable if and only if it meets the requirements for HTTP caching described in <a href="#Part6" id="rfc.xref.Part6.5"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching">[Part6]</cite></a>.
    870       </p>
    871       <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.5">See <a href="#encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris" title="Encoding Sensitive Information in URIs">Section&nbsp;12.2</a> for security considerations when used for forms.
    872       </p>
    873       <div id="rfc.iref.h.1"></div>
    874       <div id="rfc.iref.m.3"></div>
    875       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.4"><a href="#rfc.section.8.4">8.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="HEAD" href="#HEAD">HEAD</a></h2>
    876       <p id="rfc.section.8.4.p.1">The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> return a message-body in the response. The metainformation contained in the HTTP headers in response to a HEAD request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be identical to the information sent in response to a GET request. This method can be used for obtaining metainformation about
    877          the entity implied by the request without transferring the entity-body itself. This method is often used for testing hypertext
    878          links for validity, accessibility, and recent modification.
    879       </p>
    880       <p id="rfc.section.8.4.p.2">The response to a HEAD request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be cacheable in the sense that the information contained in the response <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be used to update a previously cached entity from that resource. If the new field values indicate that the cached entity differs
    881          from the current entity (as would be indicated by a change in Content-Length, Content-MD5, ETag or Last-Modified), then the
    882          cache <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> treat the cache entry as stale.
    883       </p>
    884       <div id="rfc.iref.p.1"></div>
    885       <div id="rfc.iref.m.4"></div>
    886       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.5"><a href="#rfc.section.8.5">8.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="POST" href="#POST">POST</a></h2>
    887       <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.1">The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity enclosed in the request as data to be processed
    888          by the resource identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform method to cover the
    889          following functions:
    890       </p>
    891       <ul>
    892          <li>Annotation of existing resources;</li>
    893          <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or similar group of articles;</li>
    894          <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form, to a data-handling process;</li>
    895          <li>Extending a database through an append operation.</li>
    896       </ul>
    897       <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.2">The actual function performed by the POST method is determined by the server and is usually dependent on the Request-URI.</p>
    898       <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.3">The action performed by the POST method might not result in a resource that can be identified by a URI. In this case, either
    899          200 (OK) or 204 (No Content) is the appropriate response status, depending on whether or not the response includes an entity
    900          that describes the result.
    901       </p>
    902       <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.4">If a resource has been created on the origin server, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be 201 (Created) and contain an entity which describes the status of the request and refers to the new resource, and a Location
    903          header (see <a href="#header.location" id="rfc.xref.header.location.2" title="Location">Section&nbsp;10.4</a>).
    904       </p>
    905       <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.5">Responses to this method are not cacheable, unless the response includes appropriate Cache-Control or Expires header fields.
    906          However, the 303 (See Other) response can be used to direct the user agent to retrieve a cacheable resource.
    907       </p>
    908       <div id="rfc.iref.p.2"></div>
    909       <div id="rfc.iref.m.5"></div>
    910       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.6"><a href="#rfc.section.8.6">8.6</a>&nbsp;<a id="PUT" href="#PUT">PUT</a></h2>
    911       <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.1">The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the supplied Request-URI. If the Request-URI refers to an
    912          already existing resource, the enclosed entity <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be considered as a modified version of the one residing on the origin server. If the Request-URI does not point to an existing
    913          resource, and that URI is capable of being defined as a new resource by the requesting user agent, the origin server can create
    914          the resource with that URI. If a new resource is created at the Request-URI, the origin server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> inform the user agent via the 201 (Created) response. If an existing resource is modified, either the 200 (OK) or 204 (No
    915          Content) response codes <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be sent to indicate successful completion of the request. If the resource could not be created or modified with the Request-URI,
    916          an appropriate error response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given that reflects the nature of the problem. The recipient of the entity <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> ignore any Content-* (e.g. Content-Range) headers that it does not understand or implement and <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> return a 501 (Not Implemented) response in such cases.
    917       </p>
    918       <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.2">If the request passes through a cache and the Request-URI identifies one or more currently cached entities, those entries <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be treated as stale. Responses to this method are not cacheable.
    919       </p>
    920       <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.3">The fundamental difference between the POST and PUT requests is reflected in the different meaning of the Request-URI. The
    921          URI in a POST request identifies the resource that will handle the enclosed entity. That resource might be a data-accepting
    922          process, a gateway to some other protocol, or a separate entity that accepts annotations. In contrast, the URI in a PUT request
    923          identifies the entity enclosed with the request -- the user agent knows what URI is intended and the server <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> attempt to apply the request to some other resource. If the server desires that the request be applied to a different URI,
    924          it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a 301 (Moved Permanently) response; the user agent <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> then make its own decision regarding whether or not to redirect the request.
    925       </p>
    926       <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.4">A single resource <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be identified by many different URIs. For example, an article might have a URI for identifying "the current version" which
    927          is separate from the URI identifying each particular version. In this case, a PUT request on a general URI might result in
    928          several other URIs being defined by the origin server.
    929       </p>
    930       <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.5">HTTP/1.1 does not define how a PUT method affects the state of an origin server.</p>
    931       <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.6">Unless otherwise specified for a particular entity-header, the entity-headers in the PUT request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be applied to the resource created or modified by the PUT.
    932       </p>
    933       <div id="rfc.iref.d.1"></div>
    934       <div id="rfc.iref.m.6"></div>
    935       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.7"><a href="#rfc.section.8.7">8.7</a>&nbsp;<a id="DELETE" href="#DELETE">DELETE</a></h2>
    936       <p id="rfc.section.8.7.p.1">The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the Request-URI. This method <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be overridden by human intervention (or other means) on the origin server. The client cannot be guaranteed that the operation
    937          has been carried out, even if the status code returned from the origin server indicates that the action has been completed
    938          successfully. However, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> indicate success unless, at the time the response is given, it intends to delete the resource or move it to an inaccessible
    939          location.
    940       </p>
    941       <p id="rfc.section.8.7.p.2">A successful response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be 200 (OK) if the response includes an entity describing the status, 202 (Accepted) if the action has not yet been enacted,
    942          or 204 (No Content) if the action has been enacted but the response does not include an entity.
    943       </p>
    944       <p id="rfc.section.8.7.p.3">If the request passes through a cache and the Request-URI identifies one or more currently cached entities, those entries <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be treated as stale. Responses to this method are not cacheable.
    945       </p>
    946       <div id="rfc.iref.t.1"></div>
    947       <div id="rfc.iref.m.7"></div>
    948       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.8"><a href="#rfc.section.8.8">8.8</a>&nbsp;<a id="TRACE" href="#TRACE">TRACE</a></h2>
    949       <p id="rfc.section.8.8.p.1">The TRACE method is used to invoke a remote, application-layer loop-back of the request message. The final recipient of the
    950          request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> reflect the message received back to the client as the entity-body of a 200 (OK) response. The final recipient is either the
    951          origin server or the first proxy or gateway to receive a Max-Forwards value of zero (0) in the request (see <a href="#header.max-forwards" id="rfc.xref.header.max-forwards.2" title="Max-Forwards">Section&nbsp;10.5</a>). A TRACE request <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include an entity.
    952       </p>
    953       <p id="rfc.section.8.8.p.2">TRACE allows the client to see what is being received at the other end of the request chain and use that data for testing
    954          or diagnostic information. The value of the Via header field (<a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.18"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) is of particular interest, since it acts as a trace of the request chain. Use of the Max-Forwards header field allows the
    955          client to limit the length of the request chain, which is useful for testing a chain of proxies forwarding messages in an
    956          infinite loop.
    957       </p>
    958       <p id="rfc.section.8.8.p.3">If the request is valid, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain the entire request message in the entity-body, with a Content-Type of "message/http". Responses to this method <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached.
    959       </p>
    960       <div id="rfc.iref.c.1"></div>
    961       <div id="rfc.iref.m.8"></div>
    962       <h2 id="rfc.section.8.9"><a href="#rfc.section.8.9">8.9</a>&nbsp;<a id="CONNECT" href="#CONNECT">CONNECT</a></h2>
    963       <p id="rfc.section.8.9.p.1">This specification reserves the method name CONNECT for use with a proxy that can dynamically switch to being a tunnel (e.g.
    964          SSL tunneling <a href="#Luo1998" id="rfc.xref.Luo1998.1"><cite title="Tunneling TCP based protocols through Web proxy servers">[Luo1998]</cite></a>).
    965       </p>
    966       <h1 id="rfc.section.9"><a href="#rfc.section.9">9.</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.codes" href="#status.codes">Status Code Definitions</a></h1>
    967       <p id="rfc.section.9.p.1">Each Status-Code is described below, including a description of which method(s) it can follow and any metainformation required
    968          in the response.
    969       </p>
    970       <h2 id="rfc.section.9.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.1">9.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.1xx" href="#status.1xx">Informational 1xx</a></h2>
    971       <p id="rfc.section.9.1.p.1">This class of status code indicates a provisional response, consisting only of the Status-Line and optional headers, and is
    972          terminated by an empty line. There are no required headers for this class of status code. Since HTTP/1.0 did not define any
    973          1xx status codes, servers <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> send a 1xx response to an HTTP/1.0 client except under experimental conditions.
    974       </p>
    975       <p id="rfc.section.9.1.p.2">A client <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be prepared to accept one or more 1xx status responses prior to a regular response, even if the client does not expect a 100
    976          (Continue) status message. Unexpected 1xx status responses <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be ignored by a user agent.
    977       </p>
    978       <p id="rfc.section.9.1.p.3">Proxies <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> forward 1xx responses, unless the connection between the proxy and its client has been closed, or unless the proxy itself
    979          requested the generation of the 1xx response. (For example, if a proxy adds a "Expect: 100-continue" field when it forwards
    980          a request, then it need not forward the corresponding 100 (Continue) response(s).)
    981       </p>
    982       <div id="rfc.iref.23"></div>
    983       <div id="rfc.iref.s.1"></div>
    984       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.1.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.1.1">9.1.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.100" href="#status.100">100 Continue</a></h3>
    985       <p id="rfc.section.9.1.1.p.1">The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue with its request. This interim response is used to inform the client that the initial part of the request has been
    986          received and has not yet been rejected by the server. The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue by sending the remainder of the request or, if the request has already been completed, ignore this response. The
    987          server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a final response after the request has been completed. See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 7.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.19"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for detailed discussion of the use and handling of this status code.
    988       </p>
    989       <div id="rfc.iref.24"></div>
    990       <div id="rfc.iref.s.2"></div>
    991       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.1.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.1.2">9.1.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.101" href="#status.101">101 Switching Protocols</a></h3>
    992       <p id="rfc.section.9.1.2.p.1">The server understands and is willing to comply with the client's request, via the Upgrade message header field (<a href="p5-range.html#header.range" title="Range">Section 6.4</a> of <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.8"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>), for a change in the application protocol being used on this connection. The server will switch protocols to those defined
    993          by the response's Upgrade header field immediately after the empty line which terminates the 101 response.
    994       </p>
    995       <p id="rfc.section.9.1.2.p.2">The protocol <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be switched only when it is advantageous to do so. For example, switching to a newer version of HTTP is advantageous over
    996          older versions, and switching to a real-time, synchronous protocol might be advantageous when delivering resources that use
    997          such features.
    998       </p>
    999       <h2 id="rfc.section.9.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2">9.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.2xx" href="#status.2xx">Successful 2xx</a></h2>
    1000       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.p.1">This class of status code indicates that the client's request was successfully received, understood, and accepted.</p>
    1001       <div id="rfc.iref.25"></div>
    1002       <div id="rfc.iref.s.3"></div>
    1003       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.1">9.2.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.200" href="#status.200">200 OK</a></h3>
    1004       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.1.p.1">The request has succeeded. The information returned with the response is dependent on the method used in the request, for
    1005          example:
    1006       </p>
    1007       <dl>
    1008          <dt>GET</dt>
    1009          <dd>an entity corresponding to the requested resource is sent in the response;</dd>
    1010          <dt>HEAD</dt>
    1011          <dd>the entity-header fields corresponding to the requested resource are sent in the response without any message-body;</dd>
    1012          <dt>POST</dt>
    1013          <dd>an entity describing or containing the result of the action;</dd>
    1014          <dt>TRACE</dt>
    1015          <dd>an entity containing the request message as received by the end server.</dd>
    1016       </dl>
    1017       <div id="rfc.iref.26"></div>
    1018       <div id="rfc.iref.s.4"></div>
    1019       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.2">9.2.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.201" href="#status.201">201 Created</a></h3>
    1020       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.2.p.1">The request has been fulfilled and resulted in a new resource being created. The newly created resource can be referenced
    1021          by the URI(s) returned in the entity of the response, with the most specific URI for the resource given by a Location header
    1022          field. The response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing a list of resource characteristics and location(s) from which the user or user agent can choose
    1023          the one most appropriate. The entity format is specified by the media type given in the Content-Type header field. The origin
    1024          server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> create the resource before returning the 201 status code. If the action cannot be carried out immediately, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> respond with 202 (Accepted) response instead.
    1025       </p>
    1026       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.2.p.2">A 201 response <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> contain an ETag response header field indicating the current value of the entity tag for the requested variant just created,
    1027          see <a href="p4-conditional.html#header.etag" title="ETag">Section 7.1</a> of <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.11"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>.
    1028       </p>
    1029       <div id="rfc.iref.27"></div>
    1030       <div id="rfc.iref.s.5"></div>
    1031       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.3">9.2.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.202" href="#status.202">202 Accepted</a></h3>
    1032       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.3.p.1">The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed. The request might or might not eventually
    1033          be acted upon, as it might be disallowed when processing actually takes place. There is no facility for re-sending a status
    1034          code from an asynchronous operation such as this.
    1035       </p>
    1036       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.3.p.2">The 202 response is intentionally non-committal. Its purpose is to allow a server to accept a request for some other process
    1037          (perhaps a batch-oriented process that is only run once per day) without requiring that the user agent's connection to the
    1038          server persist until the process is completed. The entity returned with this response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an indication of the request's current status and either a pointer to a status monitor or some estimate of when the
    1039          user can expect the request to be fulfilled.
    1040       </p>
    1041       <div id="rfc.iref.28"></div>
    1042       <div id="rfc.iref.s.6"></div>
    1043       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.4">9.2.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.203" href="#status.203">203 Non-Authoritative Information</a></h3>
    1044       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.4.p.1">The returned metainformation in the entity-header is not the definitive set as available from the origin server, but is gathered
    1045          from a local or a third-party copy. The set presented <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be a subset or superset of the original version. For example, including local annotation information about the resource might
    1046          result in a superset of the metainformation known by the origin server. Use of this response code is not required and is only
    1047          appropriate when the response would otherwise be 200 (OK).
    1048       </p>
    1049       <div id="rfc.iref.29"></div>
    1050       <div id="rfc.iref.s.7"></div>
    1051       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.5">9.2.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.204" href="#status.204">204 No Content</a></h3>
    1052       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.5.p.1">The server has fulfilled the request but does not need to return an entity-body, and might want to return updated metainformation.
    1053          The response <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> include new or updated metainformation in the form of entity-headers, which if present <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be associated with the requested variant.
    1054       </p>
    1055       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.5.p.2">If the client is a user agent, it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> change its document view from that which caused the request to be sent. This response is primarily intended to allow input
    1056          for actions to take place without causing a change to the user agent's active document view, although any new or updated metainformation <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be applied to the document currently in the user agent's active view.
    1057       </p>
    1058       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.5.p.3">The 204 response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include a message-body, and thus is always terminated by the first empty line after the header fields.
    1059       </p>
    1060       <div id="rfc.iref.30"></div>
    1061       <div id="rfc.iref.s.8"></div>
    1062       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.6">9.2.6</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.205" href="#status.205">205 Reset Content</a></h3>
    1063       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.6.p.1">The server has fulfilled the request and the user agent <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> reset the document view which caused the request to be sent. This response is primarily intended to allow input for actions
    1064          to take place via user input, followed by a clearing of the form in which the input is given so that the user can easily initiate
    1065          another input action. The response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include an entity.
    1066       </p>
    1067       <div id="rfc.iref.31"></div>
    1068       <div id="rfc.iref.s.9"></div>
    1069       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.7"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.7">9.2.7</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.206" href="#status.206">206 Partial Content</a></h3>
    1070       <p id="rfc.section.9.2.7.p.1">The server has fulfilled the partial GET request for the resource and the enclosed entity is a partial representation as defined
    1071          in <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>.
    1072       </p>
    1073       <h2 id="rfc.section.9.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3">9.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.3xx" href="#status.3xx">Redirection 3xx</a></h2>
    1074       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.p.1">This class of status code indicates that further action needs to be taken by the user agent in order to fulfill the request.
    1075          The action required <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be carried out by the user agent without interaction with the user if and only if the method used in the second request is
    1076          GET or HEAD. A client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> detect infinite redirection loops, since such loops generate network traffic for each redirection.
    1077       </p>
    1078       <ul class="empty">
    1079          <li> <b>Note:</b> previous versions of this specification recommended a maximum of five redirections. Content developers should be aware that
    1080             there might be clients that implement such a fixed limitation.
    1081          </li>
    1082       </ul>
    1083       <div id="rfc.iref.32"></div>
    1084       <div id="rfc.iref.s.10"></div>
    1085       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.1">9.3.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.300" href="#status.300">300 Multiple Choices</a></h3>
    1086       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.1.p.1">The requested resource corresponds to any one of a set of representations, each with its own specific location, and agent-driven
    1087          negotiation information (<a href="p3-payload.html#content.negotiation" title="Content Negotiation">Section 5</a> of <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>) is being provided so that the user (or user agent) can select a preferred representation and redirect its request to that
    1088          location.
    1089       </p>
    1090       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.1.p.2">Unless it was a HEAD request, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing a list of resource characteristics and location(s) from which the user or user agent can choose
    1091          the one most appropriate. The entity format is specified by the media type given in the Content-Type header field. Depending
    1092          upon the format and the capabilities of the user agent, selection of the most appropriate choice <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be performed automatically. However, this specification does not define any standard for such automatic selection.
    1093       </p>
    1094       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.1.p.3">If the server has a preferred choice of representation, it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include the specific URI for that representation in the Location field; user agents <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> use the Location field value for automatic redirection. This response is cacheable unless indicated otherwise.
    1095       </p>
    1096       <div id="rfc.iref.33"></div>
    1097       <div id="rfc.iref.s.11"></div>
    1098       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.2">9.3.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.301" href="#status.301">301 Moved Permanently</a></h3>
    1099       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.2.p.1">The requested resource has been assigned a new permanent URI and any future references to this resource <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> use one of the returned URIs. Clients with link editing capabilities ought to automatically re-link references to the Request-URI
    1100          to one or more of the new references returned by the server, where possible. This response is cacheable unless indicated otherwise.
    1101       </p>
    1102       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.2.p.2">The new permanent URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).
    1103       </p>
    1104       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.2.p.3">If the 301 status code is received in response to a request method that is known to be "safe", as defined in <a href="#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section&nbsp;8.1.1</a>, then the request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be automatically redirected by the user agent without confirmation. Otherwise, the user agent <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which
    1105          the request was issued.
    1106       </p>
    1107       <ul class="empty">
    1108          <li> <b>Note:</b> When automatically redirecting a POST request after receiving a 301 status code, some existing HTTP/1.0 user agents will erroneously
    1109             change it into a GET request.
    1110          </li>
    1111       </ul>
    1112       <div id="rfc.iref.34"></div>
    1113       <div id="rfc.iref.s.12"></div>
    1114       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.3">9.3.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.302" href="#status.302">302 Found</a></h3>
    1115       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.3.p.1">The requested resource resides temporarily under a different URI. Since the redirection might be altered on occasion, the
    1116          client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue to use the Request-URI for future requests. This response is only cacheable if indicated by a Cache-Control or Expires
    1117          header field.
    1118       </p>
    1119       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.3.p.2">The temporary URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).
    1120       </p>
    1121       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.3.p.3">If the 302 status code is received in response to a request method that is known to be "safe", as defined in <a href="#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section&nbsp;8.1.1</a>, then the request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be automatically redirected by the user agent without confirmation. Otherwise, the user agent <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which
    1122          the request was issued.
    1123       </p>
    1124       <ul class="empty">
    1125          <li> <b>Note:</b>  <a href="#RFC1945" id="rfc.xref.RFC1945.1"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0">[RFC1945]</cite></a> and <a href="#RFC2068" id="rfc.xref.RFC2068.1"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2068]</cite></a> specify that the client is not allowed to change the method on the redirected request. However, most existing user agent implementations
    1126             treat 302 as if it were a 303 response, performing a GET on the Location field-value regardless of the original request method.
    1127             The status codes 303 and 307 have been added for servers that wish to make unambiguously clear which kind of reaction is expected
    1128             of the client.
    1129          </li>
    1130       </ul>
    1131       <div id="rfc.iref.35"></div>
    1132       <div id="rfc.iref.s.13"></div>
    1133       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.4">9.3.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.303" href="#status.303">303 See Other</a></h3>
    1134       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.4.p.1">The response to the request can be found under a different URI and <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be retrieved using a GET method on that resource. This method exists primarily to allow the output of a POST-activated script
    1135          to redirect the user agent to a selected resource. The new URI is not a substitute reference for the originally requested
    1136          resource. The 303 response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached, but the response to the second (redirected) request might be cacheable.
    1137       </p>
    1138       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.4.p.2">The different URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).
    1139       </p>
    1140       <ul class="empty">
    1141          <li> <b>Note:</b> Many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand the 303 status. When interoperability with such clients is a concern, the
    1142             302 status code may be used instead, since most user agents react to a 302 response as described here for 303.
    1143          </li>
    1144       </ul>
    1145       <div id="rfc.iref.36"></div>
    1146       <div id="rfc.iref.s.14"></div>
    1147       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.5">9.3.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.304" href="#status.304">304 Not Modified</a></h3>
    1148       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.5.p.1">The response to the request has not been modified since the conditions indicated by the client's conditional GET request,
    1149          as defined in <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.12"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>.
    1150       </p>
    1151       <div id="rfc.iref.37"></div>
    1152       <div id="rfc.iref.s.15"></div>
    1153       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.6">9.3.6</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.305" href="#status.305">305 Use Proxy</a></h3>
    1154       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.6.p.1">The requested resource <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be accessed through the proxy given by the Location field. The Location field gives the URI of the proxy. The recipient is
    1155          expected to repeat this single request via the proxy. 305 responses <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> only be generated by origin servers.
    1156       </p>
    1157       <ul class="empty">
    1158          <li> <b>Note:</b>  <a href="#RFC2068" id="rfc.xref.RFC2068.2"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2068]</cite></a> was not clear that 305 was intended to redirect a single request, and to be generated by origin servers only. Not observing
    1159             these limitations has significant security consequences.
    1160          </li>
    1161       </ul>
    1162       <div id="rfc.iref.38"></div>
    1163       <div id="rfc.iref.s.16"></div>
    1164       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.7"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.7">9.3.7</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.306" href="#status.306">306 (Unused)</a></h3>
    1165       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.7.p.1">The 306 status code was used in a previous version of the specification, is no longer used, and the code is reserved.</p>
    1166       <div id="rfc.iref.39"></div>
    1167       <div id="rfc.iref.s.17"></div>
    1168       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.8"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.8">9.3.8</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.307" href="#status.307">307 Temporary Redirect</a></h3>
    1169       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.8.p.1">The requested resource resides temporarily under a different URI. Since the redirection <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be altered on occasion, the client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue to use the Request-URI for future requests. This response is only cacheable if indicated by a Cache-Control or Expires
    1170          header field.
    1171       </p>
    1172       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.8.p.2">The temporary URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s) , since many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand
    1173          the 307 status. Therefore, the note <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain the information necessary for a user to repeat the original request on the new URI.
    1174       </p>
    1175       <p id="rfc.section.9.3.8.p.3">If the 307 status code is received in response to a request method that is known to be "safe", as defined in <a href="#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section&nbsp;8.1.1</a>, then the request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be automatically redirected by the user agent without confirmation. Otherwise, the user agent <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which
    1176          the request was issued.
    1177       </p>
    1178       <h2 id="rfc.section.9.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4">9.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.4xx" href="#status.4xx">Client Error 4xx</a></h2>
    1179       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.p.1">The 4xx class of status code is intended for cases in which the client seems to have erred. Except when responding to a HEAD
    1180          request, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and whether it is a temporary or permanent condition.
    1181          These status codes are applicable to any request method. User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> display any included entity to the user.
    1182       </p>
    1183       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.p.2">If the client is sending data, a server implementation using TCP <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be careful to ensure that the client acknowledges receipt of the packet(s) containing the response, before the server closes
    1184          the input connection. If the client continues sending data to the server after the close, the server's TCP stack will send
    1185          a reset packet to the client, which may erase the client's unacknowledged input buffers before they can be read and interpreted
    1186          by the HTTP application.
    1187       </p>
    1188       <div id="rfc.iref.40"></div>
    1189       <div id="rfc.iref.s.18"></div>
    1190       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.1">9.4.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.400" href="#status.400">400 Bad Request</a></h3>
    1191       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.1.p.1">The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> repeat the request without modifications.
    1192       </p>
    1193       <div id="rfc.iref.41"></div>
    1194       <div id="rfc.iref.s.19"></div>
    1195       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.2">9.4.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.401" href="#status.401">401 Unauthorized</a></h3>
    1196       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.2.p.1">The request requires user authentication (see <a href="#Part7" id="rfc.xref.Part7.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication">[Part7]</cite></a>).
    1197       </p>
    1198       <div id="rfc.iref.42"></div>
    1199       <div id="rfc.iref.s.20"></div>
    1200       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.3">9.4.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.402" href="#status.402">402 Payment Required</a></h3>
    1201       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.3.p.1">This code is reserved for future use.</p>
    1202       <div id="rfc.iref.43"></div>
    1203       <div id="rfc.iref.s.21"></div>
    1204       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.4">9.4.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.403" href="#status.403">403 Forbidden</a></h3>
    1205       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.4.p.1">The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> be repeated. If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make public why the request has not been fulfilled,
    1206          it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> describe the reason for the refusal in the entity. If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client,
    1207          the status code 404 (Not Found) can be used instead.
    1208       </p>
    1209       <div id="rfc.iref.44"></div>
    1210       <div id="rfc.iref.s.22"></div>
    1211       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.5">9.4.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.404" href="#status.404">404 Not Found</a></h3>
    1212       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.5.p.1">The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or
    1213          permanent. The 410 (Gone) status code <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable
    1214          and has no forwarding address. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request
    1215          has been refused, or when no other response is applicable.
    1216       </p>
    1217       <div id="rfc.iref.45"></div>
    1218       <div id="rfc.iref.s.23"></div>
    1219       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.6">9.4.6</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.405" href="#status.405">405 Method Not Allowed</a></h3>
    1220       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.6.p.1">The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the Request-URI. The response <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include an Allow header containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
    1221       </p>
    1222       <div id="rfc.iref.46"></div>
    1223       <div id="rfc.iref.s.24"></div>
    1224       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.7"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.7">9.4.7</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.406" href="#status.406">406 Not Acceptable</a></h3>
    1225       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.7.p.1">The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating response entities which have content characteristics
    1226          not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
    1227       </p>
    1228       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.7.p.2">Unless it was a HEAD request, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing a list of available entity characteristics and location(s) from which the user or user agent
    1229          can choose the one most appropriate. The entity format is specified by the media type given in the Content-Type header field.
    1230          Depending upon the format and the capabilities of the user agent, selection of the most appropriate choice <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be performed automatically. However, this specification does not define any standard for such automatic selection.
    1231       </p>
    1232       <ul class="empty">
    1233          <li> <b>Note:</b> HTTP/1.1 servers are allowed to return responses which are not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
    1234             In some cases, this may even be preferable to sending a 406 response. User agents are encouraged to inspect the headers of
    1235             an incoming response to determine if it is acceptable.
    1236          </li>
    1237       </ul>
    1238       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.7.p.3">If the response could be unacceptable, a user agent <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> temporarily stop receipt of more data and query the user for a decision on further actions.
    1239       </p>
    1240       <div id="rfc.iref.47"></div>
    1241       <div id="rfc.iref.s.25"></div>
    1242       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.8"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.8">9.4.8</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.407" href="#status.407">407 Proxy Authentication Required</a></h3>
    1243       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.8.p.1">This code is similar to 401 (Unauthorized), but indicates that the client must first authenticate itself with the proxy (see <a href="#Part7" id="rfc.xref.Part7.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication">[Part7]</cite></a>).
    1244       </p>
    1245       <div id="rfc.iref.48"></div>
    1246       <div id="rfc.iref.s.26"></div>
    1247       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.9"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.9">9.4.9</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.408" href="#status.408">408 Request Timeout</a></h3>
    1248       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.9.p.1">The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait. The client <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> repeat the request without modifications at any later time.
    1249       </p>
    1250       <div id="rfc.iref.49"></div>
    1251       <div id="rfc.iref.s.27"></div>
    1252       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.10"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.10">9.4.10</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.409" href="#status.409">409 Conflict</a></h3>
    1253       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.10.p.1">The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource. This code is only allowed in
    1254          situations where it is expected that the user might be able to resolve the conflict and resubmit the request. The response
    1255          body <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include enough information for the user to recognize the source of the conflict. Ideally, the response entity would include
    1256          enough information for the user or user agent to fix the problem; however, that might not be possible and is not required.
    1257       </p>
    1258       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.10.p.2">Conflicts are most likely to occur in response to a PUT request. For example, if versioning were being used and the entity
    1259          being PUT included changes to a resource which conflict with those made by an earlier (third-party) request, the server might
    1260          use the 409 response to indicate that it can't complete the request. In this case, the response entity would likely contain
    1261          a list of the differences between the two versions in a format defined by the response Content-Type.
    1262       </p>
    1263       <div id="rfc.iref.50"></div>
    1264       <div id="rfc.iref.s.28"></div>
    1265       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.11"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.11">9.4.11</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.410" href="#status.410">410 Gone</a></h3>
    1266       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.11.p.1">The requested resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known. This condition is expected
    1267          to be considered permanent. Clients with link editing capabilities <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> delete references to the Request-URI after user approval. If the server does not know, or has no facility to determine, whether
    1268          or not the condition is permanent, the status code 404 (Not Found) <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be used instead. This response is cacheable unless indicated otherwise.
    1269       </p>
    1270       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.11.p.2">The 410 response is primarily intended to assist the task of web maintenance by notifying the recipient that the resource
    1271          is intentionally unavailable and that the server owners desire that remote links to that resource be removed. Such an event
    1272          is common for limited-time, promotional services and for resources belonging to individuals no longer working at the server's
    1273          site. It is not necessary to mark all permanently unavailable resources as "gone" or to keep the mark for any length of time
    1274          -- that is left to the discretion of the server owner.
    1275       </p>
    1276       <div id="rfc.iref.51"></div>
    1277       <div id="rfc.iref.s.29"></div>
    1278       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.12"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.12">9.4.12</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.411" href="#status.411">411 Length Required</a></h3>
    1279       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.12.p.1">The server refuses to accept the request without a defined Content-Length. The client <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> repeat the request if it adds a valid Content-Length header field containing the length of the message-body in the request
    1280          message.
    1281       </p>
    1282       <div id="rfc.iref.52"></div>
    1283       <div id="rfc.iref.s.30"></div>
    1284       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.13"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.13">9.4.13</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.412" href="#status.412">412 Precondition Failed</a></h3>
    1285       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.13.p.1">The precondition given in one or more of the request-header fields evaluated to false when it was tested on the server, as
    1286          defined in <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.13"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>.
    1287       </p>
    1288       <div id="rfc.iref.53"></div>
    1289       <div id="rfc.iref.s.31"></div>
    1290       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.14"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.14">9.4.14</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.413" href="#status.413">413 Request Entity Too Large</a></h3>
    1291       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.14.p.1">The server is refusing to process a request because the request entity is larger than the server is willing or able to process.
    1292          The server <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> close the connection to prevent the client from continuing the request.
    1293       </p>
    1294       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.14.p.2">If the condition is temporary, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include a Retry-After header field to indicate that it is temporary and after what time the client <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> try again.
    1295       </p>
    1296       <div id="rfc.iref.54"></div>
    1297       <div id="rfc.iref.s.32"></div>
    1298       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.15"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.15">9.4.15</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.414" href="#status.414">414 Request-URI Too Long</a></h3>
    1299       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.15.p.1">The server is refusing to service the request because the Request-URI is longer than the server is willing to interpret. This
    1300          rare condition is only likely to occur when a client has improperly converted a POST request to a GET request with long query
    1301          information, when the client has descended into a URI "black hole" of redirection (e.g., a redirected URI prefix that points
    1302          to a suffix of itself), or when the server is under attack by a client attempting to exploit security holes present in some
    1303          servers using fixed-length buffers for reading or manipulating the Request-URI.
    1304       </p>
    1305       <div id="rfc.iref.55"></div>
    1306       <div id="rfc.iref.s.33"></div>
    1307       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.16"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.16">9.4.16</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.415" href="#status.415">415 Unsupported Media Type</a></h3>
    1308       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.16.p.1">The server is refusing to service the request because the entity of the request is in a format not supported by the requested
    1309          resource for the requested method.
    1310       </p>
    1311       <div id="rfc.iref.56"></div>
    1312       <div id="rfc.iref.s.34"></div>
    1313       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.17"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.17">9.4.17</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.416" href="#status.416">416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable</a></h3>
    1314       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.17.p.1">The request included a Range request-header field (<a href="p5-range.html#header.range" title="Range">Section 6.4</a> of <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>) and none of the range-specifier values in this field overlap the current extent of the selected resource.
    1315       </p>
    1316       <div id="rfc.iref.57"></div>
    1317       <div id="rfc.iref.s.35"></div>
    1318       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.18"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.18">9.4.18</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.417" href="#status.417">417 Expectation Failed</a></h3>
    1319       <p id="rfc.section.9.4.18.p.1">The expectation given in an Expect request-header field (see <a href="#header.expect" id="rfc.xref.header.expect.2" title="Expect">Section&nbsp;10.2</a>) could not be met by this server, or, if the server is a proxy, the server has unambiguous evidence that the request could
    1320          not be met by the next-hop server.
    1321       </p>
    1322       <h2 id="rfc.section.9.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5">9.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.5xx" href="#status.5xx">Server Error 5xx</a></h2>
    1323       <p id="rfc.section.9.5.p.1">Response status codes beginning with the digit "5" indicate cases in which the server is aware that it has erred or is incapable
    1324          of performing the request. Except when responding to a HEAD request, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and whether it is a temporary or permanent condition.
    1325          User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> display any included entity to the user. These response codes are applicable to any request method.
    1326       </p>
    1327       <div id="rfc.iref.58"></div>
    1328       <div id="rfc.iref.s.36"></div>
    1329       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.1">9.5.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.500" href="#status.500">500 Internal Server Error</a></h3>
    1330       <p id="rfc.section.9.5.1.p.1">The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.</p>
    1331       <div id="rfc.iref.59"></div>
    1332       <div id="rfc.iref.s.37"></div>
    1333       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.2">9.5.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.501" href="#status.501">501 Not Implemented</a></h3>
    1334       <p id="rfc.section.9.5.2.p.1">The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request. This is the appropriate response when the server
    1335          does not recognize the request method and is not capable of supporting it for any resource.
    1336       </p>
    1337       <div id="rfc.iref.60"></div>
    1338       <div id="rfc.iref.s.38"></div>
    1339       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.3">9.5.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.502" href="#status.502">502 Bad Gateway</a></h3>
    1340       <p id="rfc.section.9.5.3.p.1">The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, received an invalid response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting
    1341          to fulfill the request.
    1342       </p>
    1343       <div id="rfc.iref.61"></div>
    1344       <div id="rfc.iref.s.39"></div>
    1345       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.4">9.5.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.503" href="#status.503">503 Service Unavailable</a></h3>
    1346       <p id="rfc.section.9.5.4.p.1">The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication
    1347          is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, the client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> handle the response as it would for a 500 response.
    1348       </p>
    1349       <ul class="empty">
    1350          <li> <b>Note:</b> The existence of the 503 status code does not imply that a server must use it when becoming overloaded. Some servers may wish
    1351             to simply refuse the connection.
    1352          </li>
    1353       </ul>
    1354       <div id="rfc.iref.62"></div>
    1355       <div id="rfc.iref.s.40"></div>
    1356       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.5">9.5.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.504" href="#status.504">504 Gateway Timeout</a></h3>
    1357       <p id="rfc.section.9.5.5.p.1">The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, did not receive a timely response from the upstream server specified by the
    1358          URI (e.g. HTTP, FTP, LDAP) or some other auxiliary server (e.g. DNS) it needed to access in attempting to complete the request.
    1359       </p>
    1360       <ul class="empty">
    1361          <li> <b>Note:</b> Note to implementors: some deployed proxies are known to return 400 or 500 when DNS lookups time out.
    1362          </li>
    1363       </ul>
    1364       <div id="rfc.iref.63"></div>
    1365       <div id="rfc.iref.s.41"></div>
    1366       <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.6">9.5.6</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.505" href="#status.505">505 HTTP Version Not Supported</a></h3>
    1367       <p id="rfc.section.9.5.6.p.1">The server does not support, or refuses to support, the protocol version that was used in the request message. The server
    1368          is indicating that it is unable or unwilling to complete the request using the same major version as the client, as described
    1369          in <a href="p1-messaging.html#http.version" title="HTTP Version">Section 3.1</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.20"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, other than with this error message. The response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain an entity describing why that version is not supported and what other protocols are supported by that server.
    1370       </p>
    1371       <h1 id="rfc.section.10"><a href="#rfc.section.10">10.</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.fields" href="#header.fields">Header Field Definitions</a></h1>
    1372       <p id="rfc.section.10.p.1">This section defines the syntax and semantics of HTTP/1.1 header fields related to request and response semantics.</p>
    1373       <p id="rfc.section.10.p.2">For entity-header fields, both sender and recipient refer to either the client or the server, depending on who sends and who
    1374          receives the entity.
    1375       </p>
    1376       <div id="rfc.iref.a.1"></div>
    1377       <div id="rfc.iref.h.2"></div>
    1378       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.1"><a href="#rfc.section.10.1">10.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.allow" href="#header.allow">Allow</a></h2>
    1379       <p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.1">The Allow entity-header field lists the set of methods supported by the resource identified by the Request-URI. The purpose
    1380          of this field is strictly to inform the recipient of valid methods associated with the resource. An Allow header field <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be present in a 405 (Method Not Allowed) response.
    1381       </p>
    1382       <div id="rfc.figure.u.13"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.9"></span>  Allow   = "Allow" ":" #Method
     791            or experimental header fields <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be given the semantics of response-header fields if all parties in the communication recognize them to be response-header
     792            fields. Unrecognized header fields are treated as entity-header fields.
     793         </p>
     794      </div>
     795      <div id="entity">
     796         <h1 id="rfc.section.7"><a href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#entity">Entity</a></h1>
     797         <p id="rfc.section.7.p.1">Request and Response messages <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> transfer an entity if not otherwise restricted by the request method or response status code. An entity consists of entity-header
     798            fields and an entity-body, although some responses will only include the entity-headers. HTTP entity-body and entity-header
     799            fields are defined in <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>.
     800         </p>
     801         <p id="rfc.section.7.p.2">An entity-body is only present in a message when a message-body is present, as described in <a href="p1-messaging.html#message.body" title="Message Body">Section 4.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.17"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. The entity-body is obtained from the message-body by decoding any Transfer-Encoding that might have been applied to ensure
     802            safe and proper transfer of the message.
     803         </p>
     804      </div>
     805      <div id="method.definitions">
     806         <h1 id="rfc.section.8"><a href="#rfc.section.8">8.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#method.definitions">Method Definitions</a></h1>
     807         <p id="rfc.section.8.p.1">The set of common methods for HTTP/1.1 is defined below. Although this set can be expanded, additional methods cannot be assumed
     808            to share the same semantics for separately extended clients and servers.
     809         </p>
     810         <div id="safe.and.idempotent">
     811            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.1"><a href="#rfc.section.8.1">8.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#safe.and.idempotent">Safe and Idempotent Methods</a></h2>
     812            <div id="safe.methods">
     813               <h3 id="rfc.section.8.1.1"><a href="#rfc.section.8.1.1">8.1.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#safe.methods">Safe Methods</a></h3>
     814               <p id="rfc.section.8.1.1.p.1">Implementors should be aware that the software represents the user in their interactions over the Internet, and should be
     815                  careful to allow the user to be aware of any actions they might take which may have an unexpected significance to themselves
     816                  or others.
     817               </p>
     818               <p id="rfc.section.8.1.1.p.2">In particular, the convention has been established that the GET and HEAD methods <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> have the significance of taking an action other than retrieval. These methods ought to be considered "safe". This allows user
     819                  agents to represent other methods, such as POST, PUT and DELETE, in a special way, so that the user is made aware of the fact
     820                  that a possibly unsafe action is being requested.
     821               </p>
     822               <p id="rfc.section.8.1.1.p.3">Naturally, it is not possible to ensure that the server does not generate side-effects as a result of performing a GET request;
     823                  in fact, some dynamic resources consider that a feature. The important distinction here is that the user did not request the
     824                  side-effects, so therefore cannot be held accountable for them.
     825               </p>
     826            </div>
     827            <div id="idempotent.methods">
     828               <h3 id="rfc.section.8.1.2"><a href="#rfc.section.8.1.2">8.1.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#idempotent.methods">Idempotent Methods</a></h3>
     829               <p id="rfc.section.8.1.2.p.1">Methods can also have the property of "idempotence" in that (aside from error or expiration issues) the side-effects of N
     830                  &gt; 0 identical requests is the same as for a single request. The methods GET, HEAD, PUT and DELETE share this property. Also,
     831                  the methods OPTIONS and TRACE <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> have side effects, and so are inherently idempotent.
     832               </p>
     833               <p id="rfc.section.8.1.2.p.2">However, it is possible that a sequence of several requests is non-idempotent, even if all of the methods executed in that
     834                  sequence are idempotent. (A sequence is idempotent if a single execution of the entire sequence always yields a result that
     835                  is not changed by a reexecution of all, or part, of that sequence.) For example, a sequence is non-idempotent if its result
     836                  depends on a value that is later modified in the same sequence.
     837               </p>
     838               <p id="rfc.section.8.1.2.p.3">A sequence that never has side effects is idempotent, by definition (provided that no concurrent operations are being executed
     839                  on the same set of resources).
     840               </p>
     841            </div>
     842         </div>
     843         <div id="OPTIONS">
     844            <div id="rfc.iref.o.1"></div>
     845            <div id="rfc.iref.m.1"></div>
     846            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.2"><a href="#rfc.section.8.2">8.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></h2>
     847            <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.1">The OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the communication options available on the request/response
     848               chain identified by the Request-URI. This method allows the client to determine the options and/or requirements associated
     849               with a resource, or the capabilities of a server, without implying a resource action or initiating a resource retrieval.
     850            </p>
     851            <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.2">Responses to this method are not cacheable.</p>
     852            <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.3">If the OPTIONS request includes an entity-body (as indicated by the presence of Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding), then
     853               the media type <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be indicated by a Content-Type field. Although this specification does not define any use for such a body, future extensions
     854               to HTTP might use the OPTIONS body to make more detailed queries on the server. A server that does not support such an extension <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> discard the request body.
     855            </p>
     856            <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.4">If the Request-URI is an asterisk ("*"), the OPTIONS request is intended to apply to the server in general rather than to
     857               a specific resource. Since a server's communication options typically depend on the resource, the "*" request is only useful
     858               as a "ping" or "no-op" type of method; it does nothing beyond allowing the client to test the capabilities of the server.
     859               For example, this can be used to test a proxy for HTTP/1.1 compliance (or lack thereof).
     860            </p>
     861            <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.5">If the Request-URI is not an asterisk, the OPTIONS request applies only to the options that are available when communicating
     862               with that resource.
     863            </p>
     864            <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.6">A 200 response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include any header fields that indicate optional features implemented by the server and applicable to that resource (e.g.,
     865               Allow), possibly including extensions not defined by this specification. The response body, if any, <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> also include information about the communication options. The format for such a body is not defined by this specification,
     866               but might be defined by future extensions to HTTP. Content negotiation <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be used to select the appropriate response format. If no response body is included, the response <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include a Content-Length field with a field-value of "0".
     867            </p>
     868            <p id="rfc.section.8.2.p.7">The Max-Forwards request-header field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be used to target a specific proxy in the request chain. When a proxy receives an OPTIONS request on an absoluteURI for which
     869               request forwarding is permitted, the proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> check for a Max-Forwards field. If the Max-Forwards field-value is zero ("0"), the proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> forward the message; instead, the proxy <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> respond with its own communication options. If the Max-Forwards field-value is an integer greater than zero, the proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> decrement the field-value when it forwards the request. If no Max-Forwards field is present in the request, then the forwarded
     870               request <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include a Max-Forwards field.
     871            </p>
     872         </div>
     873         <div id="GET">
     874            <div id="rfc.iref.g.8"></div>
     875            <div id="rfc.iref.m.2"></div>
     876            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.3"><a href="#rfc.section.8.3">8.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#GET">GET</a></h2>
     877            <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.1">The GET method means retrieve whatever information (in the form of an entity) is identified by the Request-URI. If the Request-URI
     878               refers to a data-producing process, it is the produced data which shall be returned as the entity in the response and not
     879               the source text of the process, unless that text happens to be the output of the process.
     880            </p>
     881            <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.2">The semantics of the GET method change to a "conditional GET" if the request message includes an If-Modified-Since, If-Unmodified-Since,
     882               If-Match, If-None-Match, or If-Range header field. A conditional GET method requests that the entity be transferred only under
     883               the circumstances described by the conditional header field(s). The conditional GET method is intended to reduce unnecessary
     884               network usage by allowing cached entities to be refreshed without requiring multiple requests or transferring data already
     885               held by the client.
     886            </p>
     887            <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.3">The semantics of the GET method change to a "partial GET" if the request message includes a Range header field. A partial
     888               GET requests that only part of the entity be transferred, as described in <a href="p5-range.html#header.range" title="Range">Section 6.4</a> of <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.7"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>. The partial GET method is intended to reduce unnecessary network usage by allowing partially-retrieved entities to be completed
     889               without transferring data already held by the client.
     890            </p>
     891            <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.4">The response to a GET request is cacheable if and only if it meets the requirements for HTTP caching described in <a href="#Part6" id="rfc.xref.Part6.5"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching">[Part6]</cite></a>.
     892            </p>
     893            <p id="rfc.section.8.3.p.5">See <a href="#encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris" title="Encoding Sensitive Information in URIs">Section&nbsp;12.2</a> for security considerations when used for forms.
     894            </p>
     895         </div>
     896         <div id="HEAD">
     897            <div id="rfc.iref.h.1"></div>
     898            <div id="rfc.iref.m.3"></div>
     899            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.4"><a href="#rfc.section.8.4">8.4</a>&nbsp;<a href="#HEAD">HEAD</a></h2>
     900            <p id="rfc.section.8.4.p.1">The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> return a message-body in the response. The metainformation contained in the HTTP headers in response to a HEAD request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be identical to the information sent in response to a GET request. This method can be used for obtaining metainformation about
     901               the entity implied by the request without transferring the entity-body itself. This method is often used for testing hypertext
     902               links for validity, accessibility, and recent modification.
     903            </p>
     904            <p id="rfc.section.8.4.p.2">The response to a HEAD request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be cacheable in the sense that the information contained in the response <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be used to update a previously cached entity from that resource. If the new field values indicate that the cached entity differs
     905               from the current entity (as would be indicated by a change in Content-Length, Content-MD5, ETag or Last-Modified), then the
     906               cache <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> treat the cache entry as stale.
     907            </p>
     908         </div>
     909         <div id="POST">
     910            <div id="rfc.iref.p.1"></div>
     911            <div id="rfc.iref.m.4"></div>
     912            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.5"><a href="#rfc.section.8.5">8.5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#POST">POST</a></h2>
     913            <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.1">The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity enclosed in the request as data to be processed
     914               by the resource identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform method to cover the
     915               following functions:
     916            </p>
     917            <ul>
     918               <li>Annotation of existing resources;</li>
     919               <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or similar group of articles;</li>
     920               <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form, to a data-handling process;</li>
     921               <li>Extending a database through an append operation.</li>
     922            </ul>
     923            <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.2">The actual function performed by the POST method is determined by the server and is usually dependent on the Request-URI.</p>
     924            <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.3">The action performed by the POST method might not result in a resource that can be identified by a URI. In this case, either
     925               200 (OK) or 204 (No Content) is the appropriate response status, depending on whether or not the response includes an entity
     926               that describes the result.
     927            </p>
     928            <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.4">If a resource has been created on the origin server, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be 201 (Created) and contain an entity which describes the status of the request and refers to the new resource, and a Location
     929               header (see <a href="#header.location" id="rfc.xref.header.location.2" title="Location">Section&nbsp;10.4</a>).
     930            </p>
     931            <p id="rfc.section.8.5.p.5">Responses to this method are not cacheable, unless the response includes appropriate Cache-Control or Expires header fields.
     932               However, the 303 (See Other) response can be used to direct the user agent to retrieve a cacheable resource.
     933            </p>
     934         </div>
     935         <div id="PUT">
     936            <div id="rfc.iref.p.2"></div>
     937            <div id="rfc.iref.m.5"></div>
     938            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.6"><a href="#rfc.section.8.6">8.6</a>&nbsp;<a href="#PUT">PUT</a></h2>
     939            <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.1">The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the supplied Request-URI. If the Request-URI refers to an
     940               already existing resource, the enclosed entity <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be considered as a modified version of the one residing on the origin server. If the Request-URI does not point to an existing
     941               resource, and that URI is capable of being defined as a new resource by the requesting user agent, the origin server can create
     942               the resource with that URI. If a new resource is created at the Request-URI, the origin server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> inform the user agent via the 201 (Created) response. If an existing resource is modified, either the 200 (OK) or 204 (No
     943               Content) response codes <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be sent to indicate successful completion of the request. If the resource could not be created or modified with the Request-URI,
     944               an appropriate error response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given that reflects the nature of the problem. The recipient of the entity <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> ignore any Content-* (e.g. Content-Range) headers that it does not understand or implement and <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> return a 501 (Not Implemented) response in such cases.
     945            </p>
     946            <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.2">If the request passes through a cache and the Request-URI identifies one or more currently cached entities, those entries <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be treated as stale. Responses to this method are not cacheable.
     947            </p>
     948            <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.3">The fundamental difference between the POST and PUT requests is reflected in the different meaning of the Request-URI. The
     949               URI in a POST request identifies the resource that will handle the enclosed entity. That resource might be a data-accepting
     950               process, a gateway to some other protocol, or a separate entity that accepts annotations. In contrast, the URI in a PUT request
     951               identifies the entity enclosed with the request -- the user agent knows what URI is intended and the server <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> attempt to apply the request to some other resource. If the server desires that the request be applied to a different URI,
     952               it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a 301 (Moved Permanently) response; the user agent <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> then make its own decision regarding whether or not to redirect the request.
     953            </p>
     954            <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.4">A single resource <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be identified by many different URIs. For example, an article might have a URI for identifying "the current version" which
     955               is separate from the URI identifying each particular version. In this case, a PUT request on a general URI might result in
     956               several other URIs being defined by the origin server.
     957            </p>
     958            <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.5">HTTP/1.1 does not define how a PUT method affects the state of an origin server.</p>
     959            <p id="rfc.section.8.6.p.6">Unless otherwise specified for a particular entity-header, the entity-headers in the PUT request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be applied to the resource created or modified by the PUT.
     960            </p>
     961         </div>
     962         <div id="DELETE">
     963            <div id="rfc.iref.d.1"></div>
     964            <div id="rfc.iref.m.6"></div>
     965            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.7"><a href="#rfc.section.8.7">8.7</a>&nbsp;<a href="#DELETE">DELETE</a></h2>
     966            <p id="rfc.section.8.7.p.1">The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the Request-URI. This method <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be overridden by human intervention (or other means) on the origin server. The client cannot be guaranteed that the operation
     967               has been carried out, even if the status code returned from the origin server indicates that the action has been completed
     968               successfully. However, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> indicate success unless, at the time the response is given, it intends to delete the resource or move it to an inaccessible
     969               location.
     970            </p>
     971            <p id="rfc.section.8.7.p.2">A successful response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be 200 (OK) if the response includes an entity describing the status, 202 (Accepted) if the action has not yet been enacted,
     972               or 204 (No Content) if the action has been enacted but the response does not include an entity.
     973            </p>
     974            <p id="rfc.section.8.7.p.3">If the request passes through a cache and the Request-URI identifies one or more currently cached entities, those entries <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be treated as stale. Responses to this method are not cacheable.
     975            </p>
     976         </div>
     977         <div id="TRACE">
     978            <div id="rfc.iref.t.1"></div>
     979            <div id="rfc.iref.m.7"></div>
     980            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.8"><a href="#rfc.section.8.8">8.8</a>&nbsp;<a href="#TRACE">TRACE</a></h2>
     981            <p id="rfc.section.8.8.p.1">The TRACE method is used to invoke a remote, application-layer loop-back of the request message. The final recipient of the
     982               request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> reflect the message received back to the client as the entity-body of a 200 (OK) response. The final recipient is either the
     983               origin server or the first proxy or gateway to receive a Max-Forwards value of zero (0) in the request (see <a href="#header.max-forwards" id="rfc.xref.header.max-forwards.2" title="Max-Forwards">Section&nbsp;10.5</a>). A TRACE request <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include an entity.
     984            </p>
     985            <p id="rfc.section.8.8.p.2">TRACE allows the client to see what is being received at the other end of the request chain and use that data for testing
     986               or diagnostic information. The value of the Via header field (<a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.18"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) is of particular interest, since it acts as a trace of the request chain. Use of the Max-Forwards header field allows the
     987               client to limit the length of the request chain, which is useful for testing a chain of proxies forwarding messages in an
     988               infinite loop.
     989            </p>
     990            <p id="rfc.section.8.8.p.3">If the request is valid, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain the entire request message in the entity-body, with a Content-Type of "message/http". Responses to this method <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached.
     991            </p>
     992         </div>
     993         <div id="CONNECT">
     994            <div id="rfc.iref.c.1"></div>
     995            <div id="rfc.iref.m.8"></div>
     996            <h2 id="rfc.section.8.9"><a href="#rfc.section.8.9">8.9</a>&nbsp;<a href="#CONNECT">CONNECT</a></h2>
     997            <p id="rfc.section.8.9.p.1">This specification reserves the method name CONNECT for use with a proxy that can dynamically switch to being a tunnel (e.g.
     998               SSL tunneling <a href="#Luo1998" id="rfc.xref.Luo1998.1"><cite title="Tunneling TCP based protocols through Web proxy servers">[Luo1998]</cite></a>).
     999            </p>
     1000         </div>
     1001      </div>
     1002      <div id="status.codes">
     1003         <h1 id="rfc.section.9"><a href="#rfc.section.9">9.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.codes">Status Code Definitions</a></h1>
     1004         <p id="rfc.section.9.p.1">Each Status-Code is described below, including a description of which method(s) it can follow and any metainformation required
     1005            in the response.
     1006         </p>
     1007         <div id="status.1xx">
     1008            <h2 id="rfc.section.9.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.1">9.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.1xx">Informational 1xx</a></h2>
     1009            <p id="rfc.section.9.1.p.1">This class of status code indicates a provisional response, consisting only of the Status-Line and optional headers, and is
     1010               terminated by an empty line. There are no required headers for this class of status code. Since HTTP/1.0 did not define any
     1011               1xx status codes, servers <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> send a 1xx response to an HTTP/1.0 client except under experimental conditions.
     1012            </p>
     1013            <p id="rfc.section.9.1.p.2">A client <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be prepared to accept one or more 1xx status responses prior to a regular response, even if the client does not expect a 100
     1014               (Continue) status message. Unexpected 1xx status responses <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be ignored by a user agent.
     1015            </p>
     1016            <p id="rfc.section.9.1.p.3">Proxies <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> forward 1xx responses, unless the connection between the proxy and its client has been closed, or unless the proxy itself
     1017               requested the generation of the 1xx response. (For example, if a proxy adds a "Expect: 100-continue" field when it forwards
     1018               a request, then it need not forward the corresponding 100 (Continue) response(s).)
     1019            </p>
     1020            <div id="status.100">
     1021               <div id="rfc.iref.1.1"></div>
     1022               <div id="rfc.iref.s.1"></div>
     1023               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.1.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.1.1">9.1.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.100">100 Continue</a></h3>
     1024               <p id="rfc.section.9.1.1.p.1">The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue with its request. This interim response is used to inform the client that the initial part of the request has been
     1025                  received and has not yet been rejected by the server. The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue by sending the remainder of the request or, if the request has already been completed, ignore this response. The
     1026                  server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a final response after the request has been completed. See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 7.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.19"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for detailed discussion of the use and handling of this status code.
     1027               </p>
     1028            </div>
     1029            <div id="status.101">
     1030               <div id="rfc.iref.1.2"></div>
     1031               <div id="rfc.iref.s.2"></div>
     1032               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.1.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.1.2">9.1.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.101">101 Switching Protocols</a></h3>
     1033               <p id="rfc.section.9.1.2.p.1">The server understands and is willing to comply with the client's request, via the Upgrade message header field (<a href="p5-range.html#header.range" title="Range">Section 6.4</a> of <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.8"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>), for a change in the application protocol being used on this connection. The server will switch protocols to those defined
     1034                  by the response's Upgrade header field immediately after the empty line which terminates the 101 response.
     1035               </p>
     1036               <p id="rfc.section.9.1.2.p.2">The protocol <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be switched only when it is advantageous to do so. For example, switching to a newer version of HTTP is advantageous over
     1037                  older versions, and switching to a real-time, synchronous protocol might be advantageous when delivering resources that use
     1038                  such features.
     1039               </p>
     1040            </div>
     1041         </div>
     1042         <div id="status.2xx">
     1043            <h2 id="rfc.section.9.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2">9.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.2xx">Successful 2xx</a></h2>
     1044            <p id="rfc.section.9.2.p.1">This class of status code indicates that the client's request was successfully received, understood, and accepted.</p>
     1045            <div id="status.200">
     1046               <div id="rfc.iref.2.1"></div>
     1047               <div id="rfc.iref.s.3"></div>
     1048               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.1">9.2.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.200">200 OK</a></h3>
     1049               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.1.p.1">The request has succeeded. The information returned with the response is dependent on the method used in the request, for
     1050                  example:
     1051               </p>
     1052               <dl>
     1053                  <dt>GET</dt>
     1054                  <dd>an entity corresponding to the requested resource is sent in the response;</dd>
     1055                  <dt>HEAD</dt>
     1056                  <dd>the entity-header fields corresponding to the requested resource are sent in the response without any message-body;</dd>
     1057                  <dt>POST</dt>
     1058                  <dd>an entity describing or containing the result of the action;</dd>
     1059                  <dt>TRACE</dt>
     1060                  <dd>an entity containing the request message as received by the end server.</dd>
     1061               </dl>
     1062            </div>
     1063            <div id="status.201">
     1064               <div id="rfc.iref.2.2"></div>
     1065               <div id="rfc.iref.s.4"></div>
     1066               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.2">9.2.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.201">201 Created</a></h3>
     1067               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.2.p.1">The request has been fulfilled and resulted in a new resource being created. The newly created resource can be referenced
     1068                  by the URI(s) returned in the entity of the response, with the most specific URI for the resource given by a Location header
     1069                  field. The response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing a list of resource characteristics and location(s) from which the user or user agent can choose
     1070                  the one most appropriate. The entity format is specified by the media type given in the Content-Type header field. The origin
     1071                  server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> create the resource before returning the 201 status code. If the action cannot be carried out immediately, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> respond with 202 (Accepted) response instead.
     1072               </p>
     1073               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.2.p.2">A 201 response <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> contain an ETag response header field indicating the current value of the entity tag for the requested variant just created,
     1074                  see <a href="p4-conditional.html#header.etag" title="ETag">Section 7.1</a> of <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.11"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>.
     1075               </p>
     1076            </div>
     1077            <div id="status.202">
     1078               <div id="rfc.iref.2.3"></div>
     1079               <div id="rfc.iref.s.5"></div>
     1080               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.3">9.2.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.202">202 Accepted</a></h3>
     1081               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.3.p.1">The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed. The request might or might not eventually
     1082                  be acted upon, as it might be disallowed when processing actually takes place. There is no facility for re-sending a status
     1083                  code from an asynchronous operation such as this.
     1084               </p>
     1085               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.3.p.2">The 202 response is intentionally non-committal. Its purpose is to allow a server to accept a request for some other process
     1086                  (perhaps a batch-oriented process that is only run once per day) without requiring that the user agent's connection to the
     1087                  server persist until the process is completed. The entity returned with this response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an indication of the request's current status and either a pointer to a status monitor or some estimate of when the
     1088                  user can expect the request to be fulfilled.
     1089               </p>
     1090            </div>
     1091            <div id="status.203">
     1092               <div id="rfc.iref.2.4"></div>
     1093               <div id="rfc.iref.s.6"></div>
     1094               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.4">9.2.4</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.203">203 Non-Authoritative Information</a></h3>
     1095               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.4.p.1">The returned metainformation in the entity-header is not the definitive set as available from the origin server, but is gathered
     1096                  from a local or a third-party copy. The set presented <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be a subset or superset of the original version. For example, including local annotation information about the resource might
     1097                  result in a superset of the metainformation known by the origin server. Use of this response code is not required and is only
     1098                  appropriate when the response would otherwise be 200 (OK).
     1099               </p>
     1100            </div>
     1101            <div id="status.204">
     1102               <div id="rfc.iref.2.5"></div>
     1103               <div id="rfc.iref.s.7"></div>
     1104               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.5">9.2.5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.204">204 No Content</a></h3>
     1105               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.5.p.1">The server has fulfilled the request but does not need to return an entity-body, and might want to return updated metainformation.
     1106                  The response <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> include new or updated metainformation in the form of entity-headers, which if present <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be associated with the requested variant.
     1107               </p>
     1108               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.5.p.2">If the client is a user agent, it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> change its document view from that which caused the request to be sent. This response is primarily intended to allow input
     1109                  for actions to take place without causing a change to the user agent's active document view, although any new or updated metainformation <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be applied to the document currently in the user agent's active view.
     1110               </p>
     1111               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.5.p.3">The 204 response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include a message-body, and thus is always terminated by the first empty line after the header fields.
     1112               </p>
     1113            </div>
     1114            <div id="status.205">
     1115               <div id="rfc.iref.2.6"></div>
     1116               <div id="rfc.iref.s.8"></div>
     1117               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.6">9.2.6</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.205">205 Reset Content</a></h3>
     1118               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.6.p.1">The server has fulfilled the request and the user agent <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> reset the document view which caused the request to be sent. This response is primarily intended to allow input for actions
     1119                  to take place via user input, followed by a clearing of the form in which the input is given so that the user can easily initiate
     1120                  another input action. The response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include an entity.
     1121               </p>
     1122            </div>
     1123            <div id="status.206">
     1124               <div id="rfc.iref.2.7"></div>
     1125               <div id="rfc.iref.s.9"></div>
     1126               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.2.7"><a href="#rfc.section.9.2.7">9.2.7</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.206">206 Partial Content</a></h3>
     1127               <p id="rfc.section.9.2.7.p.1">The server has fulfilled the partial GET request for the resource and the enclosed entity is a partial representation as defined
     1128                  in <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>.
     1129               </p>
     1130            </div>
     1131         </div>
     1132         <div id="status.3xx">
     1133            <h2 id="rfc.section.9.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3">9.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.3xx">Redirection 3xx</a></h2>
     1134            <p id="rfc.section.9.3.p.1">This class of status code indicates that further action needs to be taken by the user agent in order to fulfill the request.
     1135               The action required <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be carried out by the user agent without interaction with the user if and only if the method used in the second request is
     1136               GET or HEAD. A client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> detect infinite redirection loops, since such loops generate network traffic for each redirection.
     1137            </p>
     1138            <ul class="empty">
     1139               <li><b>Note:</b> previous versions of this specification recommended a maximum of five redirections. Content developers should be aware that
     1140                  there might be clients that implement such a fixed limitation.
     1141               </li>
     1142            </ul>
     1143            <div id="status.300">
     1144               <div id="rfc.iref.3.1"></div>
     1145               <div id="rfc.iref.s.10"></div>
     1146               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.1">9.3.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.300">300 Multiple Choices</a></h3>
     1147               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.1.p.1">The requested resource corresponds to any one of a set of representations, each with its own specific location, and agent-driven
     1148                  negotiation information (<a href="p3-payload.html#content.negotiation" title="Content Negotiation">Section 5</a> of <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>) is being provided so that the user (or user agent) can select a preferred representation and redirect its request to that
     1149                  location.
     1150               </p>
     1151               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.1.p.2">Unless it was a HEAD request, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing a list of resource characteristics and location(s) from which the user or user agent can choose
     1152                  the one most appropriate. The entity format is specified by the media type given in the Content-Type header field. Depending
     1153                  upon the format and the capabilities of the user agent, selection of the most appropriate choice <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be performed automatically. However, this specification does not define any standard for such automatic selection.
     1154               </p>
     1155               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.1.p.3">If the server has a preferred choice of representation, it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include the specific URI for that representation in the Location field; user agents <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> use the Location field value for automatic redirection. This response is cacheable unless indicated otherwise.
     1156               </p>
     1157            </div>
     1158            <div id="status.301">
     1159               <div id="rfc.iref.3.2"></div>
     1160               <div id="rfc.iref.s.11"></div>
     1161               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.2">9.3.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.301">301 Moved Permanently</a></h3>
     1162               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.2.p.1">The requested resource has been assigned a new permanent URI and any future references to this resource <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> use one of the returned URIs. Clients with link editing capabilities ought to automatically re-link references to the Request-URI
     1163                  to one or more of the new references returned by the server, where possible. This response is cacheable unless indicated otherwise.
     1164               </p>
     1165               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.2.p.2">The new permanent URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).
     1166               </p>
     1167               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.2.p.3">If the 301 status code is received in response to a request method that is known to be "safe", as defined in <a href="#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section&nbsp;8.1.1</a>, then the request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be automatically redirected by the user agent without confirmation. Otherwise, the user agent <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which
     1168                  the request was issued.
     1169               </p>
     1170               <ul class="empty">
     1171                  <li><b>Note:</b> When automatically redirecting a POST request after receiving a 301 status code, some existing HTTP/1.0 user agents will erroneously
     1172                     change it into a GET request.
     1173                  </li>
     1174               </ul>
     1175            </div>
     1176            <div id="status.302">
     1177               <div id="rfc.iref.3.3"></div>
     1178               <div id="rfc.iref.s.12"></div>
     1179               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.3">9.3.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.302">302 Found</a></h3>
     1180               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.3.p.1">The requested resource resides temporarily under a different URI. Since the redirection might be altered on occasion, the
     1181                  client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue to use the Request-URI for future requests. This response is only cacheable if indicated by a Cache-Control or Expires
     1182                  header field.
     1183               </p>
     1184               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.3.p.2">The temporary URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).
     1185               </p>
     1186               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.3.p.3">If the 302 status code is received in response to a request method that is known to be "safe", as defined in <a href="#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section&nbsp;8.1.1</a>, then the request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be automatically redirected by the user agent without confirmation. Otherwise, the user agent <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which
     1187                  the request was issued.
     1188               </p>
     1189               <ul class="empty">
     1190                  <li><b>Note:</b> <a href="#RFC1945" id="rfc.xref.RFC1945.1"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0">[RFC1945]</cite></a> and <a href="#RFC2068" id="rfc.xref.RFC2068.1"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2068]</cite></a> specify that the client is not allowed to change the method on the redirected request. However, most existing user agent implementations
     1191                     treat 302 as if it were a 303 response, performing a GET on the Location field-value regardless of the original request method.
     1192                     The status codes 303 and 307 have been added for servers that wish to make unambiguously clear which kind of reaction is expected
     1193                     of the client.
     1194                  </li>
     1195               </ul>
     1196            </div>
     1197            <div id="status.303">
     1198               <div id="rfc.iref.3.4"></div>
     1199               <div id="rfc.iref.s.13"></div>
     1200               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.4">9.3.4</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.303">303 See Other</a></h3>
     1201               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.4.p.1">The response to the request can be found under a different URI and <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be retrieved using a GET method on that resource. This method exists primarily to allow the output of a POST-activated script
     1202                  to redirect the user agent to a selected resource. The new URI is not a substitute reference for the originally requested
     1203                  resource. The 303 response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached, but the response to the second (redirected) request might be cacheable.
     1204               </p>
     1205               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.4.p.2">The different URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s).
     1206               </p>
     1207               <ul class="empty">
     1208                  <li><b>Note:</b> Many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand the 303 status. When interoperability with such clients is a concern, the
     1209                     302 status code may be used instead, since most user agents react to a 302 response as described here for 303.
     1210                  </li>
     1211               </ul>
     1212            </div>
     1213            <div id="status.304">
     1214               <div id="rfc.iref.3.5"></div>
     1215               <div id="rfc.iref.s.14"></div>
     1216               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.5">9.3.5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.304">304 Not Modified</a></h3>
     1217               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.5.p.1">The response to the request has not been modified since the conditions indicated by the client's conditional GET request,
     1218                  as defined in <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.12"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>.
     1219               </p>
     1220            </div>
     1221            <div id="status.305">
     1222               <div id="rfc.iref.3.6"></div>
     1223               <div id="rfc.iref.s.15"></div>
     1224               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.6">9.3.6</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.305">305 Use Proxy</a></h3>
     1225               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.6.p.1">The requested resource <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be accessed through the proxy given by the Location field. The Location field gives the URI of the proxy. The recipient is
     1226                  expected to repeat this single request via the proxy. 305 responses <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> only be generated by origin servers.
     1227               </p>
     1228               <ul class="empty">
     1229                  <li><b>Note:</b> <a href="#RFC2068" id="rfc.xref.RFC2068.2"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2068]</cite></a> was not clear that 305 was intended to redirect a single request, and to be generated by origin servers only. Not observing
     1230                     these limitations has significant security consequences.
     1231                  </li>
     1232               </ul>
     1233            </div>
     1234            <div id="status.306">
     1235               <div id="rfc.iref.3.7"></div>
     1236               <div id="rfc.iref.s.16"></div>
     1237               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.7"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.7">9.3.7</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.306">306 (Unused)</a></h3>
     1238               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.7.p.1">The 306 status code was used in a previous version of the specification, is no longer used, and the code is reserved.</p>
     1239            </div>
     1240            <div id="status.307">
     1241               <div id="rfc.iref.3.8"></div>
     1242               <div id="rfc.iref.s.17"></div>
     1243               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.3.8"><a href="#rfc.section.9.3.8">9.3.8</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.307">307 Temporary Redirect</a></h3>
     1244               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.8.p.1">The requested resource resides temporarily under a different URI. Since the redirection <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be altered on occasion, the client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue to use the Request-URI for future requests. This response is only cacheable if indicated by a Cache-Control or Expires
     1245                  header field.
     1246               </p>
     1247               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.8.p.2">The temporary URI <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be given by the Location field in the response. Unless the request method was HEAD, the entity of the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the new URI(s) , since many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand
     1248                  the 307 status. Therefore, the note <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain the information necessary for a user to repeat the original request on the new URI.
     1249               </p>
     1250               <p id="rfc.section.9.3.8.p.3">If the 307 status code is received in response to a request method that is known to be "safe", as defined in <a href="#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section&nbsp;8.1.1</a>, then the request <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be automatically redirected by the user agent without confirmation. Otherwise, the user agent <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which
     1251                  the request was issued.
     1252               </p>
     1253            </div>
     1254         </div>
     1255         <div id="status.4xx">
     1256            <h2 id="rfc.section.9.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4">9.4</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.4xx">Client Error 4xx</a></h2>
     1257            <p id="rfc.section.9.4.p.1">The 4xx class of status code is intended for cases in which the client seems to have erred. Except when responding to a HEAD
     1258               request, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and whether it is a temporary or permanent condition.
     1259               These status codes are applicable to any request method. User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> display any included entity to the user.
     1260            </p>
     1261            <p id="rfc.section.9.4.p.2">If the client is sending data, a server implementation using TCP <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be careful to ensure that the client acknowledges receipt of the packet(s) containing the response, before the server closes
     1262               the input connection. If the client continues sending data to the server after the close, the server's TCP stack will send
     1263               a reset packet to the client, which may erase the client's unacknowledged input buffers before they can be read and interpreted
     1264               by the HTTP application.
     1265            </p>
     1266            <div id="status.400">
     1267               <div id="rfc.iref.4.1"></div>
     1268               <div id="rfc.iref.s.18"></div>
     1269               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.1">9.4.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.400">400 Bad Request</a></h3>
     1270               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.1.p.1">The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> repeat the request without modifications.
     1271               </p>
     1272            </div>
     1273            <div id="status.401">
     1274               <div id="rfc.iref.4.2"></div>
     1275               <div id="rfc.iref.s.19"></div>
     1276               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.2">9.4.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.401">401 Unauthorized</a></h3>
     1277               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.2.p.1">The request requires user authentication (see <a href="#Part7" id="rfc.xref.Part7.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication">[Part7]</cite></a>).
     1278               </p>
     1279            </div>
     1280            <div id="status.402">
     1281               <div id="rfc.iref.4.3"></div>
     1282               <div id="rfc.iref.s.20"></div>
     1283               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.3">9.4.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.402">402 Payment Required</a></h3>
     1284               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.3.p.1">This code is reserved for future use.</p>
     1285            </div>
     1286            <div id="status.403">
     1287               <div id="rfc.iref.4.4"></div>
     1288               <div id="rfc.iref.s.21"></div>
     1289               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.4">9.4.4</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.403">403 Forbidden</a></h3>
     1290               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.4.p.1">The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> be repeated. If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make public why the request has not been fulfilled,
     1291                  it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> describe the reason for the refusal in the entity. If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client,
     1292                  the status code 404 (Not Found) can be used instead.
     1293               </p>
     1294            </div>
     1295            <div id="status.404">
     1296               <div id="rfc.iref.4.5"></div>
     1297               <div id="rfc.iref.s.22"></div>
     1298               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.5">9.4.5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.404">404 Not Found</a></h3>
     1299               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.5.p.1">The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or
     1300                  permanent. The 410 (Gone) status code <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable
     1301                  and has no forwarding address. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request
     1302                  has been refused, or when no other response is applicable.
     1303               </p>
     1304            </div>
     1305            <div id="status.405">
     1306               <div id="rfc.iref.4.6"></div>
     1307               <div id="rfc.iref.s.23"></div>
     1308               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.6">9.4.6</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.405">405 Method Not Allowed</a></h3>
     1309               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.6.p.1">The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the Request-URI. The response <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include an Allow header containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
     1310               </p>
     1311            </div>
     1312            <div id="status.406">
     1313               <div id="rfc.iref.4.7"></div>
     1314               <div id="rfc.iref.s.24"></div>
     1315               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.7"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.7">9.4.7</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.406">406 Not Acceptable</a></h3>
     1316               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.7.p.1">The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating response entities which have content characteristics
     1317                  not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
     1318               </p>
     1319               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.7.p.2">Unless it was a HEAD request, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing a list of available entity characteristics and location(s) from which the user or user agent
     1320                  can choose the one most appropriate. The entity format is specified by the media type given in the Content-Type header field.
     1321                  Depending upon the format and the capabilities of the user agent, selection of the most appropriate choice <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be performed automatically. However, this specification does not define any standard for such automatic selection.
     1322               </p>
     1323               <ul class="empty">
     1324                  <li><b>Note:</b> HTTP/1.1 servers are allowed to return responses which are not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
     1325                     In some cases, this may even be preferable to sending a 406 response. User agents are encouraged to inspect the headers of
     1326                     an incoming response to determine if it is acceptable.
     1327                  </li>
     1328               </ul>
     1329               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.7.p.3">If the response could be unacceptable, a user agent <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> temporarily stop receipt of more data and query the user for a decision on further actions.
     1330               </p>
     1331            </div>
     1332            <div id="status.407">
     1333               <div id="rfc.iref.4.8"></div>
     1334               <div id="rfc.iref.s.25"></div>
     1335               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.8"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.8">9.4.8</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.407">407 Proxy Authentication Required</a></h3>
     1336               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.8.p.1">This code is similar to 401 (Unauthorized), but indicates that the client must first authenticate itself with the proxy (see <a href="#Part7" id="rfc.xref.Part7.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication">[Part7]</cite></a>).
     1337               </p>
     1338            </div>
     1339            <div id="status.408">
     1340               <div id="rfc.iref.4.9"></div>
     1341               <div id="rfc.iref.s.26"></div>
     1342               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.9"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.9">9.4.9</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.408">408 Request Timeout</a></h3>
     1343               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.9.p.1">The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait. The client <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> repeat the request without modifications at any later time.
     1344               </p>
     1345            </div>
     1346            <div id="status.409">
     1347               <div id="rfc.iref.4.10"></div>
     1348               <div id="rfc.iref.s.27"></div>
     1349               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.10"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.10">9.4.10</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.409">409 Conflict</a></h3>
     1350               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.10.p.1">The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource. This code is only allowed in
     1351                  situations where it is expected that the user might be able to resolve the conflict and resubmit the request. The response
     1352                  body <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include enough information for the user to recognize the source of the conflict. Ideally, the response entity would include
     1353                  enough information for the user or user agent to fix the problem; however, that might not be possible and is not required.
     1354               </p>
     1355               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.10.p.2">Conflicts are most likely to occur in response to a PUT request. For example, if versioning were being used and the entity
     1356                  being PUT included changes to a resource which conflict with those made by an earlier (third-party) request, the server might
     1357                  use the 409 response to indicate that it can't complete the request. In this case, the response entity would likely contain
     1358                  a list of the differences between the two versions in a format defined by the response Content-Type.
     1359               </p>
     1360            </div>
     1361            <div id="status.410">
     1362               <div id="rfc.iref.4.11"></div>
     1363               <div id="rfc.iref.s.28"></div>
     1364               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.11"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.11">9.4.11</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.410">410 Gone</a></h3>
     1365               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.11.p.1">The requested resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known. This condition is expected
     1366                  to be considered permanent. Clients with link editing capabilities <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> delete references to the Request-URI after user approval. If the server does not know, or has no facility to determine, whether
     1367                  or not the condition is permanent, the status code 404 (Not Found) <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be used instead. This response is cacheable unless indicated otherwise.
     1368               </p>
     1369               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.11.p.2">The 410 response is primarily intended to assist the task of web maintenance by notifying the recipient that the resource
     1370                  is intentionally unavailable and that the server owners desire that remote links to that resource be removed. Such an event
     1371                  is common for limited-time, promotional services and for resources belonging to individuals no longer working at the server's
     1372                  site. It is not necessary to mark all permanently unavailable resources as "gone" or to keep the mark for any length of time
     1373                  -- that is left to the discretion of the server owner.
     1374               </p>
     1375            </div>
     1376            <div id="status.411">
     1377               <div id="rfc.iref.4.12"></div>
     1378               <div id="rfc.iref.s.29"></div>
     1379               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.12"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.12">9.4.12</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.411">411 Length Required</a></h3>
     1380               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.12.p.1">The server refuses to accept the request without a defined Content-Length. The client <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> repeat the request if it adds a valid Content-Length header field containing the length of the message-body in the request
     1381                  message.
     1382               </p>
     1383            </div>
     1384            <div id="status.412">
     1385               <div id="rfc.iref.4.13"></div>
     1386               <div id="rfc.iref.s.30"></div>
     1387               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.13"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.13">9.4.13</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.412">412 Precondition Failed</a></h3>
     1388               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.13.p.1">The precondition given in one or more of the request-header fields evaluated to false when it was tested on the server, as
     1389                  defined in <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.13"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>.
     1390               </p>
     1391            </div>
     1392            <div id="status.413">
     1393               <div id="rfc.iref.4.14"></div>
     1394               <div id="rfc.iref.s.31"></div>
     1395               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.14"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.14">9.4.14</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.413">413 Request Entity Too Large</a></h3>
     1396               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.14.p.1">The server is refusing to process a request because the request entity is larger than the server is willing or able to process.
     1397                  The server <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> close the connection to prevent the client from continuing the request.
     1398               </p>
     1399               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.14.p.2">If the condition is temporary, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include a Retry-After header field to indicate that it is temporary and after what time the client <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> try again.
     1400               </p>
     1401            </div>
     1402            <div id="status.414">
     1403               <div id="rfc.iref.4.15"></div>
     1404               <div id="rfc.iref.s.32"></div>
     1405               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.15"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.15">9.4.15</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.414">414 Request-URI Too Long</a></h3>
     1406               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.15.p.1">The server is refusing to service the request because the Request-URI is longer than the server is willing to interpret. This
     1407                  rare condition is only likely to occur when a client has improperly converted a POST request to a GET request with long query
     1408                  information, when the client has descended into a URI "black hole" of redirection (e.g., a redirected URI prefix that points
     1409                  to a suffix of itself), or when the server is under attack by a client attempting to exploit security holes present in some
     1410                  servers using fixed-length buffers for reading or manipulating the Request-URI.
     1411               </p>
     1412            </div>
     1413            <div id="status.415">
     1414               <div id="rfc.iref.4.16"></div>
     1415               <div id="rfc.iref.s.33"></div>
     1416               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.16"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.16">9.4.16</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.415">415 Unsupported Media Type</a></h3>
     1417               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.16.p.1">The server is refusing to service the request because the entity of the request is in a format not supported by the requested
     1418                  resource for the requested method.
     1419               </p>
     1420            </div>
     1421            <div id="status.416">
     1422               <div id="rfc.iref.4.17"></div>
     1423               <div id="rfc.iref.s.34"></div>
     1424               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.17"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.17">9.4.17</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.416">416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable</a></h3>
     1425               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.17.p.1">The request included a Range request-header field (<a href="p5-range.html#header.range" title="Range">Section 6.4</a> of <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>) and none of the range-specifier values in this field overlap the current extent of the selected resource.
     1426               </p>
     1427            </div>
     1428            <div id="status.417">
     1429               <div id="rfc.iref.4.18"></div>
     1430               <div id="rfc.iref.s.35"></div>
     1431               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.4.18"><a href="#rfc.section.9.4.18">9.4.18</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.417">417 Expectation Failed</a></h3>
     1432               <p id="rfc.section.9.4.18.p.1">The expectation given in an Expect request-header field (see <a href="#header.expect" id="rfc.xref.header.expect.2" title="Expect">Section&nbsp;10.2</a>) could not be met by this server, or, if the server is a proxy, the server has unambiguous evidence that the request could
     1433                  not be met by the next-hop server.
     1434               </p>
     1435            </div>
     1436         </div>
     1437         <div id="status.5xx">
     1438            <h2 id="rfc.section.9.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5">9.5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.5xx">Server Error 5xx</a></h2>
     1439            <p id="rfc.section.9.5.p.1">Response status codes beginning with the digit "5" indicate cases in which the server is aware that it has erred or is incapable
     1440               of performing the request. Except when responding to a HEAD request, the server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and whether it is a temporary or permanent condition.
     1441               User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> display any included entity to the user. These response codes are applicable to any request method.
     1442            </p>
     1443            <div id="status.500">
     1444               <div id="rfc.iref.5.1"></div>
     1445               <div id="rfc.iref.s.36"></div>
     1446               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.1"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.1">9.5.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.500">500 Internal Server Error</a></h3>
     1447               <p id="rfc.section.9.5.1.p.1">The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.</p>
     1448            </div>
     1449            <div id="status.501">
     1450               <div id="rfc.iref.5.2"></div>
     1451               <div id="rfc.iref.s.37"></div>
     1452               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.2"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.2">9.5.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.501">501 Not Implemented</a></h3>
     1453               <p id="rfc.section.9.5.2.p.1">The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request. This is the appropriate response when the server
     1454                  does not recognize the request method and is not capable of supporting it for any resource.
     1455               </p>
     1456            </div>
     1457            <div id="status.502">
     1458               <div id="rfc.iref.5.3"></div>
     1459               <div id="rfc.iref.s.38"></div>
     1460               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.3"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.3">9.5.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.502">502 Bad Gateway</a></h3>
     1461               <p id="rfc.section.9.5.3.p.1">The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, received an invalid response from the upstream server it accessed in attempting
     1462                  to fulfill the request.
     1463               </p>
     1464            </div>
     1465            <div id="status.503">
     1466               <div id="rfc.iref.5.4"></div>
     1467               <div id="rfc.iref.s.39"></div>
     1468               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.4"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.4">9.5.4</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.503">503 Service Unavailable</a></h3>
     1469               <p id="rfc.section.9.5.4.p.1">The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication
     1470                  is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, the client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> handle the response as it would for a 500 response.
     1471               </p>
     1472               <ul class="empty">
     1473                  <li><b>Note:</b> The existence of the 503 status code does not imply that a server must use it when becoming overloaded. Some servers may wish
     1474                     to simply refuse the connection.
     1475                  </li>
     1476               </ul>
     1477            </div>
     1478            <div id="status.504">
     1479               <div id="rfc.iref.5.5"></div>
     1480               <div id="rfc.iref.s.40"></div>
     1481               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.5"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.5">9.5.5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.504">504 Gateway Timeout</a></h3>
     1482               <p id="rfc.section.9.5.5.p.1">The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, did not receive a timely response from the upstream server specified by the
     1483                  URI (e.g. HTTP, FTP, LDAP) or some other auxiliary server (e.g. DNS) it needed to access in attempting to complete the request.
     1484               </p>
     1485               <ul class="empty">
     1486                  <li><b>Note:</b> Note to implementors: some deployed proxies are known to return 400 or 500 when DNS lookups time out.
     1487                  </li>
     1488               </ul>
     1489            </div>
     1490            <div id="status.505">
     1491               <div id="rfc.iref.5.6"></div>
     1492               <div id="rfc.iref.s.41"></div>
     1493               <h3 id="rfc.section.9.5.6"><a href="#rfc.section.9.5.6">9.5.6</a>&nbsp;<a href="#status.505">505 HTTP Version Not Supported</a></h3>
     1494               <p id="rfc.section.9.5.6.p.1">The server does not support, or refuses to support, the protocol version that was used in the request message. The server
     1495                  is indicating that it is unable or unwilling to complete the request using the same major version as the client, as described
     1496                  in <a href="p1-messaging.html#http.version" title="HTTP Version">Section 3.1</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.20"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, other than with this error message. The response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain an entity describing why that version is not supported and what other protocols are supported by that server.
     1497               </p>
     1498            </div>
     1499         </div>
     1500      </div>
     1501      <div id="header.fields">
     1502         <h1 id="rfc.section.10"><a href="#rfc.section.10">10.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.fields">Header Field Definitions</a></h1>
     1503         <p id="rfc.section.10.p.1">This section defines the syntax and semantics of HTTP/1.1 header fields related to request and response semantics.</p>
     1504         <p id="rfc.section.10.p.2">For entity-header fields, both sender and recipient refer to either the client or the server, depending on who sends and who
     1505            receives the entity.
     1506         </p>
     1507         <div id="header.allow">
     1508            <div id="rfc.iref.a.1"></div>
     1509            <div id="rfc.iref.h.2"></div>
     1510            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.1"><a href="#rfc.section.10.1">10.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.allow">Allow</a></h2>
     1511            <p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.1">The Allow entity-header field lists the set of methods supported by the resource identified by the Request-URI. The purpose
     1512               of this field is strictly to inform the recipient of valid methods associated with the resource. An Allow header field <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be present in a 405 (Method Not Allowed) response.
     1513            </p>
     1514            <div id="rfc.figure.u.13"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.9"></span>  Allow   = "Allow" ":" #Method
    13831515</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.3">Example of use:</p>
    1384       <div id="rfc.figure.u.14"></div><pre class="text">       Allow: GET, HEAD, PUT
     1516            <div id="rfc.figure.u.14"></div><pre class="text">       Allow: GET, HEAD, PUT
    13851517</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.5">This field cannot prevent a client from trying other methods. However, the indications given by the Allow header field value <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be followed. The actual set of allowed methods is defined by the origin server at the time of each request.
    1386       </p>
    1387       <p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.6">The Allow header field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be provided with a PUT request to recommend the methods to be supported by the new or modified resource. The server is not
    1388          required to support these methods and <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an Allow header in the response giving the actual supported methods.
    1389       </p>
    1390       <p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.7">A proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> modify the Allow header field even if it does not understand all the methods specified, since the user agent might have other
    1391          means of communicating with the origin server.
    1392       </p>
    1393       <div id="rfc.iref.e.1"></div>
    1394       <div id="rfc.iref.h.3"></div>
    1395       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.2"><a href="#rfc.section.10.2">10.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.expect" href="#header.expect">Expect</a></h2>
    1396       <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.1">The Expect request-header field is used to indicate that particular server behaviors are required by the client.</p>
    1397       <div id="rfc.figure.u.15"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.10"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.11"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.12"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.13"></span>  Expect       =  "Expect" ":" 1#expectation
     1518            </p>
     1519            <p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.6">The Allow header field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be provided with a PUT request to recommend the methods to be supported by the new or modified resource. The server is not
     1520               required to support these methods and <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include an Allow header in the response giving the actual supported methods.
     1521            </p>
     1522            <p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.7">A proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> modify the Allow header field even if it does not understand all the methods specified, since the user agent might have other
     1523               means of communicating with the origin server.
     1524            </p>
     1525         </div>
     1526         <div id="header.expect">
     1527            <div id="rfc.iref.e.1"></div>
     1528            <div id="rfc.iref.h.3"></div>
     1529            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.2"><a href="#rfc.section.10.2">10.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.expect">Expect</a></h2>
     1530            <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.1">The Expect request-header field is used to indicate that particular server behaviors are required by the client.</p>
     1531            <div id="rfc.figure.u.15"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.10"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.11"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.12"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.13"></span>  Expect       =  "Expect" ":" 1#expectation
    13981532 
    13991533  expectation  =  "100-continue" | expectation-extension
    … …  
    14021536  expect-params =  ";" token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string ) ]
    14031537</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.3">A server that does not understand or is unable to comply with any of the expectation values in the Expect field of a request <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> respond with appropriate error status. The server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> respond with a 417 (Expectation Failed) status if any of the expectations cannot be met or, if there are other problems with
    1404          the request, some other 4xx status.
    1405       </p>
    1406       <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.4">This header field is defined with extensible syntax to allow for future extensions. If a server receives a request containing
    1407          an Expect field that includes an expectation-extension that it does not support, it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> respond with a 417 (Expectation Failed) status.
    1408       </p>
    1409       <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.5">Comparison of expectation values is case-insensitive for unquoted tokens (including the 100-continue token), and is case-sensitive
    1410          for quoted-string expectation-extensions.
    1411       </p>
    1412       <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.6">The Expect mechanism is hop-by-hop: that is, an HTTP/1.1 proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> return a 417 (Expectation Failed) status if it receives a request with an expectation that it cannot meet. However, the Expect
    1413          request-header itself is end-to-end; it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be forwarded if the request is forwarded.
    1414       </p>
    1415       <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.7">Many older HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 applications do not understand the Expect header.</p>
    1416       <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.8">See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 7.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.21"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for the use of the 100 (Continue) status.
    1417       </p>
    1418       <div id="rfc.iref.f.1"></div>
    1419       <div id="rfc.iref.h.4"></div>
    1420       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.3"><a href="#rfc.section.10.3">10.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.from" href="#header.from">From</a></h2>
    1421       <p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.1">The From request-header field, if given, <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain an Internet e-mail address for the human user who controls the requesting user agent. The address <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be machine-usable, as defined by "mailbox" in <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.4">Section 3.4</a> of <a href="#RFC2822" id="rfc.xref.RFC2822.1"><cite title="Internet Message Format">[RFC2822]</cite></a>:
    1422       </p>
    1423       <div id="rfc.figure.u.16"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.14"></span>  From    = "From" ":" mailbox
     1538               the request, some other 4xx status.
     1539            </p>
     1540            <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.4">This header field is defined with extensible syntax to allow for future extensions. If a server receives a request containing
     1541               an Expect field that includes an expectation-extension that it does not support, it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> respond with a 417 (Expectation Failed) status.
     1542            </p>
     1543            <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.5">Comparison of expectation values is case-insensitive for unquoted tokens (including the 100-continue token), and is case-sensitive
     1544               for quoted-string expectation-extensions.
     1545            </p>
     1546            <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.6">The Expect mechanism is hop-by-hop: that is, an HTTP/1.1 proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> return a 417 (Expectation Failed) status if it receives a request with an expectation that it cannot meet. However, the Expect
     1547               request-header itself is end-to-end; it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be forwarded if the request is forwarded.
     1548            </p>
     1549            <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.7">Many older HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 applications do not understand the Expect header.</p>
     1550            <p id="rfc.section.10.2.p.8">See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 7.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.21"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for the use of the 100 (Continue) status.
     1551            </p>
     1552         </div>
     1553         <div id="header.from">
     1554            <div id="rfc.iref.f.1"></div>
     1555            <div id="rfc.iref.h.4"></div>
     1556            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.3"><a href="#rfc.section.10.3">10.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.from">From</a></h2>
     1557            <p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.1">The From request-header field, if given, <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain an Internet e-mail address for the human user who controls the requesting user agent. The address <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be machine-usable, as defined by "mailbox" in <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.4">Section 3.4</a> of <a href="#RFC2822" id="rfc.xref.RFC2822.1"><cite title="Internet Message Format">[RFC2822]</cite></a>:
     1558            </p>
     1559            <div id="rfc.figure.u.16"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.14"></span>  From    = "From" ":" mailbox
    14241560 
    1425   mailbox = &lt;mailbox, defined in <a href="#RFC2822" id="rfc.xref.RFC2822.2"><cite title="Internet Message Format">[RFC2822]</cite></a>, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.4">Section 3.4</a>&gt;
     1561  mailbox = &lt;mailbox, defined in <a href="#RFC2822" id="rfc.xref.RFC2822.2"><cite title="Internet Message Format">[RFC2822]</cite></a>, <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.4">Section 3.4</a>&gt;
    14261562</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.3">An example is:</p>
    1427       <div id="rfc.figure.u.17"></div><pre class="text">    From: webmaster@example.org
     1563            <div id="rfc.figure.u.17"></div><pre class="text">    From: webmaster@example.org
    14281564</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.5">This header field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be used for logging purposes and as a means for identifying the source of invalid or unwanted requests. It <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> be used as an insecure form of access protection. The interpretation of this field is that the request is being performed
    1429          on behalf of the person given, who accepts responsibility for the method performed. In particular, robot agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this header so that the person responsible for running the robot can be contacted if problems occur on the receiving
    1430          end.
    1431       </p>
    1432       <p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.6">The Internet e-mail address in this field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be separate from the Internet host which issued the request. For example, when a request is passed through a proxy the original
    1433          issuer's address <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be used.
    1434       </p>
    1435       <p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.7">The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> send the From header field without the user's approval, as it might conflict with the user's privacy interests or their site's
    1436          security policy. It is strongly recommended that the user be able to disable, enable, and modify the value of this field at
    1437          any time prior to a request.
    1438       </p>
    1439       <div id="rfc.iref.l.1"></div>
    1440       <div id="rfc.iref.h.5"></div>
    1441       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.4"><a href="#rfc.section.10.4">10.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.location" href="#header.location">Location</a></h2>
    1442       <p id="rfc.section.10.4.p.1">The Location response-header field is used to redirect the recipient to a location other than the Request-URI for completion
    1443          of the request or identification of a new resource. For 201 (Created) responses, the Location is that of the new resource
    1444          which was created by the request. For 3xx responses, the location <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> indicate the server's preferred URI for automatic redirection to the resource. The field value consists of a single absolute
    1445          URI.
    1446       </p>
    1447       <div id="rfc.figure.u.18"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.15"></span>  Location       = "Location" ":" absoluteURI [ "#" fragment ]
     1565               on behalf of the person given, who accepts responsibility for the method performed. In particular, robot agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this header so that the person responsible for running the robot can be contacted if problems occur on the receiving
     1566               end.
     1567            </p>
     1568            <p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.6">The Internet e-mail address in this field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be separate from the Internet host which issued the request. For example, when a request is passed through a proxy the original
     1569               issuer's address <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be used.
     1570            </p>
     1571            <p id="rfc.section.10.3.p.7">The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> send the From header field without the user's approval, as it might conflict with the user's privacy interests or their site's
     1572               security policy. It is strongly recommended that the user be able to disable, enable, and modify the value of this field at
     1573               any time prior to a request.
     1574            </p>
     1575         </div>
     1576         <div id="header.location">
     1577            <div id="rfc.iref.l.1"></div>
     1578            <div id="rfc.iref.h.5"></div>
     1579            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.4"><a href="#rfc.section.10.4">10.4</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.location">Location</a></h2>
     1580            <p id="rfc.section.10.4.p.1">The Location response-header field is used to redirect the recipient to a location other than the Request-URI for completion
     1581               of the request or identification of a new resource. For 201 (Created) responses, the Location is that of the new resource
     1582               which was created by the request. For 3xx responses, the location <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> indicate the server's preferred URI for automatic redirection to the resource. The field value consists of a single absolute
     1583               URI.
     1584            </p>
     1585            <div id="rfc.figure.u.18"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.15"></span>  Location       = "Location" ":" absoluteURI [ "#" fragment ]
    14481586</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.4.p.3">An example is:</p>
    1449       <div id="rfc.figure.u.19"></div><pre class="text">    Location: http://www.example.org/pub/WWW/People.html
    1450 </pre><p id="rfc.section.10.4.p.5"> </p>
    1451       <ul class="empty">
    1452          <li> <b>Note:</b> The Content-Location header field (<a href="p3-payload.html#header.content-location" title="Content-Location">Section 6.7</a> of <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.11"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>) differs from Location in that the Content-Location identifies the original location of the entity enclosed in the request.
    1453             It is therefore possible for a response to contain header fields for both Location and Content-Location.
    1454          </li>
    1455       </ul>
    1456       <p id="rfc.section.10.4.p.6">There are circumstances in which a fragment identifier in a Location URL would not be appropriate: </p>
    1457       <ul>
    1458          <li>With a 201 Created response, because in this usage the Location header specifies the URL for the entire created resource.</li>
    1459          <li>With a 300 Multiple Choices, since the choice decision is intended to be made on resource characteristics and not fragment
    1460             characteristics.
    1461          </li>
    1462          <li>With 305 Use Proxy.</li>
    1463       </ul>
    1464       <div id="rfc.iref.m.9"></div>
    1465       <div id="rfc.iref.h.6"></div>
    1466       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.5"><a href="#rfc.section.10.5">10.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.max-forwards" href="#header.max-forwards">Max-Forwards</a></h2>
    1467       <p id="rfc.section.10.5.p.1">The Max-Forwards request-header field provides a mechanism with the TRACE (<a href="#TRACE" id="rfc.xref.TRACE.2" title="TRACE">Section&nbsp;8.8</a>) and OPTIONS (<a href="#OPTIONS" id="rfc.xref.OPTIONS.2" title="OPTIONS">Section&nbsp;8.2</a>) methods to limit the number of proxies or gateways that can forward the request to the next inbound server. This can be
    1468          useful when the client is attempting to trace a request chain which appears to be failing or looping in mid-chain.
    1469       </p>
    1470       <div id="rfc.figure.u.20"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.16"></span>  Max-Forwards   = "Max-Forwards" ":" 1*DIGIT
     1587            <div id="rfc.figure.u.19"></div><pre class="text">    Location: http://www.example.org/pub/WWW/People.html
     1588</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.4.p.5"></p>
     1589            <ul class="empty">
     1590               <li><b>Note:</b> The Content-Location header field (<a href="p3-payload.html#header.content-location" title="Content-Location">Section 6.7</a> of <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.11"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>) differs from Location in that the Content-Location identifies the original location of the entity enclosed in the request.
     1591                  It is therefore possible for a response to contain header fields for both Location and Content-Location.
     1592               </li>
     1593            </ul>
     1594            <p id="rfc.section.10.4.p.6">There are circumstances in which a fragment identifier in a Location URL would not be appropriate: </p>
     1595            <ul>
     1596               <li>With a 201 Created response, because in this usage the Location header specifies the URL for the entire created resource.</li>
     1597               <li>With a 300 Multiple Choices, since the choice decision is intended to be made on resource characteristics and not fragment
     1598                  characteristics.
     1599               </li>
     1600               <li>With 305 Use Proxy.</li>
     1601            </ul>
     1602         </div>
     1603         <div id="header.max-forwards">
     1604            <div id="rfc.iref.m.9"></div>
     1605            <div id="rfc.iref.h.6"></div>
     1606            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.5"><a href="#rfc.section.10.5">10.5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.max-forwards">Max-Forwards</a></h2>
     1607            <p id="rfc.section.10.5.p.1">The Max-Forwards request-header field provides a mechanism with the TRACE (<a href="#TRACE" id="rfc.xref.TRACE.2" title="TRACE">Section&nbsp;8.8</a>) and OPTIONS (<a href="#OPTIONS" id="rfc.xref.OPTIONS.2" title="OPTIONS">Section&nbsp;8.2</a>) methods to limit the number of proxies or gateways that can forward the request to the next inbound server. This can be
     1608               useful when the client is attempting to trace a request chain which appears to be failing or looping in mid-chain.
     1609            </p>
     1610            <div id="rfc.figure.u.20"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.16"></span>  Max-Forwards   = "Max-Forwards" ":" 1*DIGIT
    14711611</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.5.p.3">The Max-Forwards value is a decimal integer indicating the remaining number of times this request message may be forwarded.</p>
    1472       <p id="rfc.section.10.5.p.4">Each proxy or gateway recipient of a TRACE or OPTIONS request containing a Max-Forwards header field <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> check and update its value prior to forwarding the request. If the received value is zero (0), the recipient <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> forward the request; instead, it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> respond as the final recipient. If the received Max-Forwards value is greater than zero, then the forwarded message <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> contain an updated Max-Forwards field with a value decremented by one (1).
    1473       </p>
    1474       <p id="rfc.section.10.5.p.5">The Max-Forwards header field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be ignored for all other methods defined by this specification and for any extension methods for which it is not explicitly
    1475          referred to as part of that method definition.
    1476       </p>
    1477       <div id="rfc.iref.r.1"></div>
    1478       <div id="rfc.iref.h.7"></div>
    1479       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.6"><a href="#rfc.section.10.6">10.6</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.referer" href="#header.referer">Referer</a></h2>
    1480       <p id="rfc.section.10.6.p.1">The Referer[sic] request-header field allows the client to specify, for the server's benefit, the address (URI) of the resource
    1481          from which the Request-URI was obtained (the "referrer", although the header field is misspelled.) The Referer request-header
    1482          allows a server to generate lists of back-links to resources for interest, logging, optimized caching, etc. It also allows
    1483          obsolete or mistyped links to be traced for maintenance. The Referer field <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard.
    1484       </p>
    1485       <div id="rfc.figure.u.21"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.17"></span>  Referer        = "Referer" ":" ( absoluteURI | relativeURI )
     1612            <p id="rfc.section.10.5.p.4">Each proxy or gateway recipient of a TRACE or OPTIONS request containing a Max-Forwards header field <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> check and update its value prior to forwarding the request. If the received value is zero (0), the recipient <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> forward the request; instead, it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> respond as the final recipient. If the received Max-Forwards value is greater than zero, then the forwarded message <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> contain an updated Max-Forwards field with a value decremented by one (1).
     1613            </p>
     1614            <p id="rfc.section.10.5.p.5">The Max-Forwards header field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> be ignored for all other methods defined by this specification and for any extension methods for which it is not explicitly
     1615               referred to as part of that method definition.
     1616            </p>
     1617         </div>
     1618         <div id="header.referer">
     1619            <div id="rfc.iref.r.1"></div>
     1620            <div id="rfc.iref.h.7"></div>
     1621            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.6"><a href="#rfc.section.10.6">10.6</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.referer">Referer</a></h2>
     1622            <p id="rfc.section.10.6.p.1">The Referer[sic] request-header field allows the client to specify, for the server's benefit, the address (URI) of the resource
     1623               from which the Request-URI was obtained (the "referrer", although the header field is misspelled.) The Referer request-header
     1624               allows a server to generate lists of back-links to resources for interest, logging, optimized caching, etc. It also allows
     1625               obsolete or mistyped links to be traced for maintenance. The Referer field <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard.
     1626            </p>
     1627            <div id="rfc.figure.u.21"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.17"></span>  Referer        = "Referer" ":" ( absoluteURI | relativeURI )
    14861628</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.6.p.3">Example:</p>
    1487       <div id="rfc.figure.u.22"></div><pre class="text">    Referer: http://www.example.org/hypertext/Overview.html
     1629            <div id="rfc.figure.u.22"></div><pre class="text">    Referer: http://www.example.org/hypertext/Overview.html
    14881630</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.6.p.5">If the field value is a relative URI, it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be interpreted relative to the Request-URI. The URI <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> include a fragment. See <a href="#encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris" title="Encoding Sensitive Information in URIs">Section&nbsp;12.2</a> for security considerations.
    1489       </p>
    1490       <div id="rfc.iref.r.2"></div>
    1491       <div id="rfc.iref.h.8"></div>
    1492       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.7"><a href="#rfc.section.10.7">10.7</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.retry-after" href="#header.retry-after">Retry-After</a></h2>
    1493       <p id="rfc.section.10.7.p.1">The Retry-After response-header field can be used with a 503 (Service Unavailable) response to indicate how long the service
    1494          is expected to be unavailable to the requesting client. This field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> also be used with any 3xx (Redirection) response to indicate the minimum time the user-agent is asked wait before issuing
    1495          the redirected request. The value of this field can be either an HTTP-date or an integer number of seconds (in decimal) after
    1496          the time of the response.
    1497       </p>
    1498       <div id="rfc.figure.u.23"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.18"></span>  Retry-After   = "Retry-After" ":" ( HTTP-date | delta-seconds )
     1631            </p>
     1632         </div>
     1633         <div id="header.retry-after">
     1634            <div id="rfc.iref.r.2"></div>
     1635            <div id="rfc.iref.h.8"></div>
     1636            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.7"><a href="#rfc.section.10.7">10.7</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.retry-after">Retry-After</a></h2>
     1637            <p id="rfc.section.10.7.p.1">The Retry-After response-header field can be used with a 503 (Service Unavailable) response to indicate how long the service
     1638               is expected to be unavailable to the requesting client. This field <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> also be used with any 3xx (Redirection) response to indicate the minimum time the user-agent is asked wait before issuing
     1639               the redirected request. The value of this field can be either an HTTP-date or an integer number of seconds (in decimal) after
     1640               the time of the response.
     1641            </p>
     1642            <div id="rfc.figure.u.23"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.18"></span>  Retry-After   = "Retry-After" ":" ( HTTP-date | delta-seconds )
    14991643</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.7.p.3">Time spans are non-negative decimal integers, representing time in seconds.</p>
    1500       <div id="rfc.figure.u.24"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.19"></span>  delta-seconds  = 1*DIGIT
     1644            <div id="rfc.figure.u.24"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.19"></span>  delta-seconds  = 1*DIGIT
    15011645</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.7.p.5">Two examples of its use are</p>
    1502       <div id="rfc.figure.u.25"></div><pre class="text">    Retry-After: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:59:59 GMT
     1646            <div id="rfc.figure.u.25"></div><pre class="text">    Retry-After: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:59:59 GMT
    15031647    Retry-After: 120
    15041648</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.7.p.7">In the latter example, the delay is 2 minutes.</p>
    1505       <div id="rfc.iref.s.42"></div>
    1506       <div id="rfc.iref.h.9"></div>
    1507       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.8"><a href="#rfc.section.10.8">10.8</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.server" href="#header.server">Server</a></h2>
    1508       <p id="rfc.section.10.8.p.1">The Server response-header field contains information about the software used by the origin server to handle the request.
    1509          The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 3.5</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.22"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the server and any significant subproducts. The product tokens are listed in order of their significance
    1510          for identifying the application.
    1511       </p>
    1512       <div id="rfc.figure.u.26"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.20"></span>  Server         = "Server" ":" 1*( product | comment )
     1649         </div>
     1650         <div id="header.server">
     1651            <div id="rfc.iref.s.42"></div>
     1652            <div id="rfc.iref.h.9"></div>
     1653            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.8"><a href="#rfc.section.10.8">10.8</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.server">Server</a></h2>
     1654            <p id="rfc.section.10.8.p.1">The Server response-header field contains information about the software used by the origin server to handle the request.
     1655               The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 3.5</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.22"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the server and any significant subproducts. The product tokens are listed in order of their significance
     1656               for identifying the application.
     1657            </p>
     1658            <div id="rfc.figure.u.26"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.20"></span>  Server         = "Server" ":" 1*( product | comment )
    15131659</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.8.p.3">Example:</p>
    1514       <div id="rfc.figure.u.27"></div><pre class="text">    Server: CERN/3.0 libwww/2.17
     1660            <div id="rfc.figure.u.27"></div><pre class="text">    Server: CERN/3.0 libwww/2.17
    15151661</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.8.p.5">If the response is being forwarded through a proxy, the proxy application <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> modify the Server response-header. Instead, it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include a Via field (as described in <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.23"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>).
    1516       </p>
    1517       <ul class="empty">
    1518          <li> <b>Note:</b> Revealing the specific software version of the server might allow the server machine to become more vulnerable to attacks
    1519             against software that is known to contain security holes. Server implementors are encouraged to make this field a configurable
    1520             option.
    1521          </li>
    1522       </ul>
    1523       <div id="rfc.iref.u.1"></div>
    1524       <div id="rfc.iref.h.10"></div>
    1525       <h2 id="rfc.section.10.9"><a href="#rfc.section.10.9">10.9</a>&nbsp;<a id="header.user-agent" href="#header.user-agent">User-Agent</a></h2>
    1526       <p id="rfc.section.10.9.p.1">The User-Agent request-header field contains information about the user agent originating the request. This is for statistical
    1527          purposes, the tracing of protocol violations, and automated recognition of user agents for the sake of tailoring responses
    1528          to avoid particular user agent limitations. User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this field with requests. The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 3.5</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.24"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the agent and any subproducts which form a significant part of the user agent. By convention, the
    1529          product tokens are listed in order of their significance for identifying the application.
    1530       </p>
    1531       <div id="rfc.figure.u.28"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.21"></span>  User-Agent     = "User-Agent" ":" 1*( product | comment )
     1662            </p>
     1663            <ul class="empty">
     1664               <li><b>Note:</b> Revealing the specific software version of the server might allow the server machine to become more vulnerable to attacks
     1665                  against software that is known to contain security holes. Server implementors are encouraged to make this field a configurable
     1666                  option.
     1667               </li>
     1668            </ul>
     1669         </div>
     1670         <div id="header.user-agent">
     1671            <div id="rfc.iref.u.1"></div>
     1672            <div id="rfc.iref.h.10"></div>
     1673            <h2 id="rfc.section.10.9"><a href="#rfc.section.10.9">10.9</a>&nbsp;<a href="#header.user-agent">User-Agent</a></h2>
     1674            <p id="rfc.section.10.9.p.1">The User-Agent request-header field contains information about the user agent originating the request. This is for statistical
     1675               purposes, the tracing of protocol violations, and automated recognition of user agents for the sake of tailoring responses
     1676               to avoid particular user agent limitations. User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this field with requests. The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 3.5</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.24"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the agent and any subproducts which form a significant part of the user agent. By convention, the
     1677               product tokens are listed in order of their significance for identifying the application.
     1678            </p>
     1679            <div id="rfc.figure.u.28"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.21"></span>  User-Agent     = "User-Agent" ":" 1*( product | comment )
    15321680</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.9.p.3">Example:</p>
    1533       <div id="rfc.figure.u.29"></div><pre class="text">    User-Agent: CERN-LineMode/2.15 libwww/2.17b3
    1534 </pre><h1 id="rfc.section.11"><a href="#rfc.section.11">11.</a>&nbsp;<a id="IANA.considerations" href="#IANA.considerations">IANA Considerations</a></h1>
    1535       <p id="rfc.section.11.p.1"> <span class="comment" id="rfc.comment.1">[<a href="#rfc.comment.1" class="smpl">rfc.comment.1</a>: TBD.]</span>
    1536       </p>
    1537       <h1 id="rfc.section.12"><a href="#rfc.section.12">12.</a>&nbsp;<a id="security.considerations" href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a></h1>
    1538       <p id="rfc.section.12.p.1">This section is meant to inform application developers, information providers, and users of the security limitations in HTTP/1.1
    1539          as described by this document. The discussion does not include definitive solutions to the problems revealed, though it does
    1540          make some suggestions for reducing security risks.
    1541       </p>
    1542       <h2 id="rfc.section.12.1"><a href="#rfc.section.12.1">12.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="security.sensitive" href="#security.sensitive">Transfer of Sensitive Information</a></h2>
    1543       <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.1">Like any generic data transfer protocol, HTTP cannot regulate the content of the data that is transferred, nor is there any
    1544          a priori method of determining the sensitivity of any particular piece of information within the context of any given request.
    1545          Therefore, applications <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> supply as much control over this information as possible to the provider of that information. Four header fields are worth
    1546          special mention in this context: Server, Via, Referer and From.
    1547       </p>
    1548       <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.2">Revealing the specific software version of the server might allow the server machine to become more vulnerable to attacks
    1549          against software that is known to contain security holes. Implementors <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> make the Server header field a configurable option.
    1550       </p>
    1551       <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.3">Proxies which serve as a portal through a network firewall <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> take special precautions regarding the transfer of header information that identifies the hosts behind the firewall. In particular,
    1552          they <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> remove, or replace with sanitized versions, any Via fields generated behind the firewall.
    1553       </p>
    1554       <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.4">The Referer header allows reading patterns to be studied and reverse links drawn. Although it can be very useful, its power
    1555          can be abused if user details are not separated from the information contained in the Referer. Even when the personal information
    1556          has been removed, the Referer header might indicate a private document's URI whose publication would be inappropriate.
    1557       </p>
    1558       <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.5">The information sent in the From field might conflict with the user's privacy interests or their site's security policy, and
    1559          hence it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> be transmitted without the user being able to disable, enable, and modify the contents of the field. The user <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be able to set the contents of this field within a user preference or application defaults configuration.
    1560       </p>
    1561       <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.6">We suggest, though do not require, that a convenient toggle interface be provided for the user to enable or disable the sending
    1562          of From and Referer information.
    1563       </p>
    1564       <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.7">The User-Agent (<a href="#header.user-agent" id="rfc.xref.header.user-agent.2" title="User-Agent">Section&nbsp;10.9</a>) or Server (<a href="#header.server" id="rfc.xref.header.server.2" title="Server">Section&nbsp;10.8</a>) header fields can sometimes be used to determine that a specific client or server have a particular security hole which
    1565          might be exploited. Unfortunately, this same information is often used for other valuable purposes for which HTTP currently
    1566          has no better mechanism.
    1567       </p>
    1568       <h2 id="rfc.section.12.2"><a href="#rfc.section.12.2">12.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris" href="#encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris">Encoding Sensitive Information in URIs</a></h2>
    1569       <p id="rfc.section.12.2.p.1">Because the source of a link might be private information or might reveal an otherwise private information source, it is strongly
    1570          recommended that the user be able to select whether or not the Referer field is sent. For example, a browser client could
    1571          have a toggle switch for browsing openly/anonymously, which would respectively enable/disable the sending of Referer and From
    1572          information.
    1573       </p>
    1574       <p id="rfc.section.12.2.p.2">Clients <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> include a Referer header field in a (non-secure) HTTP request if the referring page was transferred with a secure protocol.
    1575       </p>
    1576       <p id="rfc.section.12.2.p.3">Authors of services should not use GET-based forms for the submission of sensitive data because that data will be encoded
    1577          in the Request-URI. Many existing servers, proxies, and user agents log or display the Request-URI in places where it might
    1578          be visible to third parties. Such services can use POST-based form submission instead.
    1579       </p>
    1580       <h2 id="rfc.section.12.3"><a href="#rfc.section.12.3">12.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="location.spoofing" href="#location.spoofing">Location Headers and Spoofing</a></h2>
    1581       <p id="rfc.section.12.3.p.1">If a single server supports multiple organizations that do not trust one another, then it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> check the values of Location and Content-Location headers in responses that are generated under control of said organizations
    1582          to make sure that they do not attempt to invalidate resources over which they have no authority.
    1583       </p>
    1584       <h1 id="rfc.section.13"><a href="#rfc.section.13">13.</a>&nbsp;<a id="ack" href="#ack">Acknowledgments</a></h1>
     1681            <div id="rfc.figure.u.29"></div><pre class="text">    User-Agent: CERN-LineMode/2.15 libwww/2.17b3
     1682</pre></div>
     1683      </div>
     1684      <div id="IANA.considerations">
     1685         <h1 id="rfc.section.11"><a href="#rfc.section.11">11.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#IANA.considerations">IANA Considerations</a></h1>
     1686         <p id="rfc.section.11.p.1"><span class="comment" id="rfc.comment.1">[<a href="#rfc.comment.1" class="smpl">rfc.comment.1</a>: TBD.]</span>
     1687         </p>
     1688      </div>
     1689      <div id="security.considerations">
     1690         <h1 id="rfc.section.12"><a href="#rfc.section.12">12.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#security.considerations">Security Considerations</a></h1>
     1691         <p id="rfc.section.12.p.1">This section is meant to inform application developers, information providers, and users of the security limitations in HTTP/1.1
     1692            as described by this document. The discussion does not include definitive solutions to the problems revealed, though it does
     1693            make some suggestions for reducing security risks.
     1694         </p>
     1695         <div id="security.sensitive">
     1696            <h2 id="rfc.section.12.1"><a href="#rfc.section.12.1">12.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#security.sensitive">Transfer of Sensitive Information</a></h2>
     1697            <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.1">Like any generic data transfer protocol, HTTP cannot regulate the content of the data that is transferred, nor is there any
     1698               a priori method of determining the sensitivity of any particular piece of information within the context of any given request.
     1699               Therefore, applications <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> supply as much control over this information as possible to the provider of that information. Four header fields are worth
     1700               special mention in this context: Server, Via, Referer and From.
     1701            </p>
     1702            <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.2">Revealing the specific software version of the server might allow the server machine to become more vulnerable to attacks
     1703               against software that is known to contain security holes. Implementors <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> make the Server header field a configurable option.
     1704            </p>
     1705            <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.3">Proxies which serve as a portal through a network firewall <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> take special precautions regarding the transfer of header information that identifies the hosts behind the firewall. In particular,
     1706               they <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> remove, or replace with sanitized versions, any Via fields generated behind the firewall.
     1707            </p>
     1708            <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.4">The Referer header allows reading patterns to be studied and reverse links drawn. Although it can be very useful, its power
     1709               can be abused if user details are not separated from the information contained in the Referer. Even when the personal information
     1710               has been removed, the Referer header might indicate a private document's URI whose publication would be inappropriate.
     1711            </p>
     1712            <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.5">The information sent in the From field might conflict with the user's privacy interests or their site's security policy, and
     1713               hence it <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> be transmitted without the user being able to disable, enable, and modify the contents of the field. The user <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be able to set the contents of this field within a user preference or application defaults configuration.
     1714            </p>
     1715            <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.6">We suggest, though do not require, that a convenient toggle interface be provided for the user to enable or disable the sending
     1716               of From and Referer information.
     1717            </p>
     1718            <p id="rfc.section.12.1.p.7">The User-Agent (<a href="#header.user-agent" id="rfc.xref.header.user-agent.2" title="User-Agent">Section&nbsp;10.9</a>) or Server (<a href="#header.server" id="rfc.xref.header.server.2" title="Server">Section&nbsp;10.8</a>) header fields can sometimes be used to determine that a specific client or server have a particular security hole which
     1719               might be exploited. Unfortunately, this same information is often used for other valuable purposes for which HTTP currently
     1720               has no better mechanism.
     1721            </p>
     1722         </div>
     1723         <div id="encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris">
     1724            <h2 id="rfc.section.12.2"><a href="#rfc.section.12.2">12.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#encoding.sensitive.information.in.uris">Encoding Sensitive Information in URIs</a></h2>
     1725            <p id="rfc.section.12.2.p.1">Because the source of a link might be private information or might reveal an otherwise private information source, it is strongly
     1726               recommended that the user be able to select whether or not the Referer field is sent. For example, a browser client could
     1727               have a toggle switch for browsing openly/anonymously, which would respectively enable/disable the sending of Referer and From
     1728               information.
     1729            </p>
     1730            <p id="rfc.section.12.2.p.2">Clients <em class="bcp14">SHOULD NOT</em> include a Referer header field in a (non-secure) HTTP request if the referring page was transferred with a secure protocol.
     1731            </p>
     1732            <p id="rfc.section.12.2.p.3">Authors of services should not use GET-based forms for the submission of sensitive data because that data will be encoded
     1733               in the Request-URI. Many existing servers, proxies, and user agents log or display the Request-URI in places where it might
     1734               be visible to third parties. Such services can use POST-based form submission instead.
     1735            </p>
     1736         </div>
     1737         <div id="location.spoofing">
     1738            <h2 id="rfc.section.12.3"><a href="#rfc.section.12.3">12.3</a>&nbsp;<a href="#location.spoofing">Location Headers and Spoofing</a></h2>
     1739            <p id="rfc.section.12.3.p.1">If a single server supports multiple organizations that do not trust one another, then it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> check the values of Location and Content-Location headers in responses that are generated under control of said organizations
     1740               to make sure that they do not attempt to invalidate resources over which they have no authority.
     1741            </p>
     1742         </div>
     1743      </div>
     1744      <div id="ack">
     1745         <h1 id="rfc.section.13"><a href="#rfc.section.13">13.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#ack">Acknowledgments</a></h1>
     1746      </div>
    15851747      <h1 id="rfc.references"><a id="rfc.section.14" href="#rfc.section.14">14.</a> References
    15861748      </h1>
    15871749      <h2 id="rfc.references.1"><a href="#rfc.section.14.1" id="rfc.section.14.1">14.1</a> Normative References
    15881750      </h2>
    1589       <table>             
     1751      <table>
    15901752         <tr>
    15911753            <td class="reference"><b id="Part1">[Part1]</b></td>
    1592             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-02">HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
     1754            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-02">HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
    15931755            </td>
    15941756         </tr>
    15951757         <tr>
    15961758            <td class="reference"><b id="Part3">[Part3]</b></td>
    1597             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p3-payload-02">HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p3-payload-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
     1759            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p3-payload-02">HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p3-payload-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
    15981760            </td>
    15991761         </tr>
    16001762         <tr>
    16011763            <td class="reference"><b id="Part4">[Part4]</b></td>
    1602             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02">HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
     1764            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02">HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
    16031765            </td>
    16041766         </tr>
    16051767         <tr>
    16061768            <td class="reference"><b id="Part5">[Part5]</b></td>
    1607             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-02">HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
     1769            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-02">HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
    16081770            </td>
    16091771         </tr>
    16101772         <tr>
    16111773            <td class="reference"><b id="Part6">[Part6]</b></td>
    1612             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-02">HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
     1774            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-02">HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
    16131775            </td>
    16141776         </tr>
    16151777         <tr>
    16161778            <td class="reference"><b id="Part7">[Part7]</b></td>
    1617             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p7-auth-02">HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p7-auth-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
     1779            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com" title="Day Software">Fielding, R., Ed.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org" title="One Laptop per Child">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org" title="Adobe Systems, Incorporated">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" title="World Wide Web Consortium">Lafon, Y., Ed.</a>, and <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de" title="greenbytes GmbH">J. Reschke, Ed.</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p7-auth-02">HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-ietf-httpbis-p7-auth-02 (work in progress), February&nbsp;2008.
    16181780            </td>
    16191781         </tr>
    16201782         <tr>
    16211783            <td class="reference"><b id="RFC2119">[RFC2119]</b></td>
    1622             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:sob@harvard.edu" title="Harvard University">Bradner, S.</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119">Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels</a>”, BCP&nbsp;14, RFC&nbsp;2119, March&nbsp;1997.
     1784            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:sob@harvard.edu" title="Harvard University">Bradner, S.</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119">Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels</a>”, BCP&nbsp;14, RFC&nbsp;2119, March&nbsp;1997.
    16231785            </td>
    16241786         </tr>
    … …  
    16261788      <h2 id="rfc.references.2"><a href="#rfc.section.14.2" id="rfc.section.14.2">14.2</a> Informative References
    16271789      </h2>
    1628       <table>         
     1790      <table>
    16291791         <tr>
    16301792            <td class="reference"><b id="Luo1998">[Luo1998]</b></td>
    1631             <td class="top">Luotonen, A., “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-luotonen-web-proxy-tunneling-01">Tunneling TCP based protocols through Web proxy servers</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-luotonen-web-proxy-tunneling-01 (work in progress), August&nbsp;1998.
     1793            <td class="top">Luotonen, A., “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-luotonen-web-proxy-tunneling-01">Tunneling TCP based protocols through Web proxy servers</a>”, Internet-Draft&nbsp;draft-luotonen-web-proxy-tunneling-01 (work in progress), August&nbsp;1998.
    16321794            </td>
    16331795         </tr>
    16341796         <tr>
    16351797            <td class="reference"><b id="RFC1945">[RFC1945]</b></td>
    1636             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="MIT, Laboratory for Computer Science">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:fielding@ics.uci.edu" title="University of California, Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science">Fielding, R.</a>, and <a href="mailto:frystyk@w3.org" title="W3 Consortium, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">H. Nielsen</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1945">Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0</a>”, RFC&nbsp;1945, May&nbsp;1996.
     1798            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="MIT, Laboratory for Computer Science">Berners-Lee, T.</a>, <a href="mailto:fielding@ics.uci.edu" title="University of California, Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science">Fielding, R.</a>, and <a href="mailto:frystyk@w3.org" title="W3 Consortium, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">H. Nielsen</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1945">Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0</a>”, RFC&nbsp;1945, May&nbsp;1996.
    16371799            </td>
    16381800         </tr>
    16391801         <tr>
    16401802            <td class="reference"><b id="RFC2068">[RFC2068]</b></td>
    1641             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@ics.uci.edu" title="University of California, Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science">Fielding, R.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:mogul@wrl.dec.com" title="Digital Equipment Corporation, Western Research Laboratory">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:frystyk@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">Nielsen, H.</a>, and <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">T. Berners-Lee</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2068">Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</a>”, RFC&nbsp;2068, January&nbsp;1997.
     1803            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@ics.uci.edu" title="University of California, Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science">Fielding, R.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:mogul@wrl.dec.com" title="Digital Equipment Corporation, Western Research Laboratory">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:frystyk@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">Nielsen, H.</a>, and <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">T. Berners-Lee</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2068">Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</a>”, RFC&nbsp;2068, January&nbsp;1997.
    16421804            </td>
    16431805         </tr>
    16441806         <tr>
    16451807            <td class="reference"><b id="RFC2616">[RFC2616]</b></td>
    1646             <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@ics.uci.edu" title="University of California, Irvine">Fielding, R.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@w3.org" title="W3C">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:mogul@wrl.dec.com" title="Compaq Computer Corporation">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:frystyk@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:masinter@parc.xerox.com" title="Xerox Corporation">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, and <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="W3C">T. Berners-Lee</a>, “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616">Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</a>”, RFC&nbsp;2616, June&nbsp;1999.
     1808            <td class="top"><a href="mailto:fielding@ics.uci.edu" title="University of California, Irvine">Fielding, R.</a>, <a href="mailto:jg@w3.org" title="W3C">Gettys, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:mogul@wrl.dec.com" title="Compaq Computer Corporation">Mogul, J.</a>, <a href="mailto:frystyk@w3.org" title="MIT Laboratory for Computer Science">Frystyk, H.</a>, <a href="mailto:masinter@parc.xerox.com" title="Xerox Corporation">Masinter, L.</a>, <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com" title="Microsoft Corporation">Leach, P.</a>, and <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" title="W3C">T. Berners-Lee</a>, “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616">Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</a>”, RFC&nbsp;2616, June&nbsp;1999.
    16471809            </td>
    16481810         </tr>
    16491811         <tr>
    16501812            <td class="reference"><b id="RFC2822">[RFC2822]</b></td>
    1651             <td class="top">Resnick, P., “<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822">Internet Message Format</a>”, RFC&nbsp;2822, April&nbsp;2001.
     1813            <td class="top">Resnick, P., “<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822">Internet Message Format</a>”, RFC&nbsp;2822, April&nbsp;2001.
    16521814            </td>
    16531815         </tr>
    16541816      </table>
    1655       <div class="avoidbreak">
    1656          <h1 id="rfc.authors"><a href="#rfc.authors">Authors' Addresses</a></h1>
    1657          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Roy T. Fielding</span>
    1658                (editor)
    1659                <span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Fielding</span><span class="given-name">Roy T.</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">Day Software</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">23 Corporate Plaza DR, Suite 280</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Newport Beach</span>, <span class="region">CA</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">92660</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">USA</span></span><span class="vcardline tel">Phone: <a href="tel:+1-949-706-5300"><span class="value">+1-949-706-5300</span></a></span><span class="vcardline tel"><span class="type">Fax</span>: <a href="fax:+1-949-706-5305"><span class="value">+1-949-706-5305</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com"><span class="email">fielding@gbiv.com</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">URI: <a href="http://roy.gbiv.com/" class="url">http://roy.gbiv.com/</a></span></address>
    1660          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Jim Gettys</span><span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Gettys</span><span class="given-name">Jim</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">One Laptop per Child</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">21 Oak Knoll Road</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Carlisle</span>, <span class="region">MA</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">01741</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">USA</span></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org"><span class="email">jg@laptop.org</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">URI: <a href="http://www.laptop.org/" class="url">http://www.laptop.org/</a></span></address>
    1661          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Jeffrey C. Mogul</span><span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Mogul</span><span class="given-name">Jeffrey C.</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">Hewlett-Packard Company</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">HP Labs, Large Scale Systems Group</span><span class="street-address vcardline">1501 Page Mill Road, MS 1177</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Palo Alto</span>, <span class="region">CA</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">94304</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">USA</span></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org"><span class="email">JeffMogul@acm.org</span></a></span></address>
    1662          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Henrik Frystyk Nielsen</span><span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Frystyk</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">Microsoft Corporation</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">1 Microsoft Way</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Redmond</span>, <span class="region">WA</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">98052</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">USA</span></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com"><span class="email">henrikn@microsoft.com</span></a></span></address>
    1663          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Larry Masinter</span><span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Masinter</span><span class="given-name">Larry</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">Adobe Systems, Incorporated</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">345 Park Ave</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">San Jose</span>, <span class="region">CA</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">95110</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">USA</span></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org"><span class="email">LMM@acm.org</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">URI: <a href="http://larry.masinter.net/" class="url">http://larry.masinter.net/</a></span></address>
    1664          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Paul J. Leach</span><span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Leach</span><span class="given-name">Paul J.</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">Microsoft Corporation</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">1 Microsoft Way</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Redmond</span>, <span class="region">WA</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">98052</span></span></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com"><span class="email">paulle@microsoft.com</span></a></span></address>
    1665          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Tim Berners-Lee</span><span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Berners-Lee</span><span class="given-name">Tim</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">World Wide Web Consortium</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory</span><span class="street-address vcardline">The Stata Center, Building 32</span><span class="street-address vcardline">32 Vassar Street</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Cambridge</span>, <span class="region">MA</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">02139</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">USA</span></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org"><span class="email">timbl@w3.org</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">URI: <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/" class="url">http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/</a></span></address>
    1666          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Yves Lafon</span>
    1667                (editor)
    1668                <span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Lafon</span><span class="given-name">Yves</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">World Wide Web Consortium</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">W3C / ERCIM</span><span class="street-address vcardline">2004, rte des Lucioles</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Sophia-Antipolis</span>, <span class="region">AM</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">06902</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">France</span></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org"><span class="email">ylafon@w3.org</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">URI: <a href="http://www.raubacapeu.net/people/yves/" class="url">http://www.raubacapeu.net/people/yves/</a></span></address>
    1669          <address class="vcard"><span class="vcardline"><span class="fn">Julian F. Reschke</span>
    1670                (editor)
    1671                <span class="n hidden"><span class="family-name">Reschke</span><span class="given-name">Julian F.</span></span></span><span class="org vcardline">greenbytes GmbH</span><span class="adr"><span class="street-address vcardline">Hafenweg 16</span><span class="vcardline"><span class="locality">Muenster</span>, <span class="region">NW</span>&nbsp;<span class="postal-code">48155</span></span><span class="country-name vcardline">Germany</span></span><span class="vcardline tel">Phone: <a href="tel:+492512807760"><span class="value">+49 251 2807760</span></a></span><span class="vcardline tel"><span class="type">Fax</span>: <a href="fax:+492512807761"><span class="value">+49 251 2807761</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">EMail: <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de"><span class="email">julian.reschke@greenbytes.de</span></a></span><span class="vcardline">URI: <a href="http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/" class="url">http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/</a></span></address>
     1817      <div id="compatibility">
     1818         <h1 id="rfc.section.A" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.A">A.</a>&nbsp;<a href="#compatibility">Compatibility with Previous Versions</a></h1>
     1819         <div id="changes.from.rfc.2068">
     1820            <h2 id="rfc.section.A.1"><a href="#rfc.section.A.1">A.1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#changes.from.rfc.2068">Changes from RFC 2068</a></h2>
     1821            <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.1">Clarified which error code should be used for inbound server failures (e.g. DNS failures). (<a href="#status.504" id="rfc.xref.status.504.2" title="504 Gateway Timeout">Section&nbsp;9.5.5</a>).
     1822            </p>
     1823            <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.2">201 (Created) had a race that required an Etag be sent when a resource is first created. (<a href="#status.201" id="rfc.xref.status.201.2" title="201 Created">Section&nbsp;9.2.2</a>).
     1824            </p>
     1825            <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.3">Rewrite of message transmission requirements to make it much harder for implementors to get it wrong, as the consequences
     1826               of errors here can have significant impact on the Internet, and to deal with the following problems:
     1827            </p>
     1828            <ol>
     1829               <li>Changing "HTTP/1.1 or later" to "HTTP/1.1", in contexts where this was incorrectly placing a requirement on the behavior of
     1830                  an implementation of a future version of HTTP/1.x
     1831               </li>
     1832               <li>Made it clear that user-agents should retry requests, not "clients" in general.</li>
     1833               <li>Converted requirements for clients to ignore unexpected 100 (Continue) responses, and for proxies to forward 100 responses,
     1834                  into a general requirement for 1xx responses.
     1835               </li>
     1836               <li>Modified some TCP-specific language, to make it clearer that non-TCP transports are possible for HTTP.</li>
     1837               <li>Require that the origin server <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> wait for the request body before it sends a required 100 (Continue) response.
     1838               </li>
     1839               <li>Allow, rather than require, a server to omit 100 (Continue) if it has already seen some of the request body.</li>
     1840               <li>Allow servers to defend against denial-of-service attacks and broken clients.</li>
     1841            </ol>
     1842            <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.4">This change adds the Expect header and 417 status code.</p>
     1843            <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.5">Clean up confusion between 403 and 404 responses. (Section <a href="#status.403" id="rfc.xref.status.403.2" title="403 Forbidden">9.4.4</a>, <a href="#status.404" id="rfc.xref.status.404.2" title="404 Not Found">9.4.5</a>, and <a href="#status.410" id="rfc.xref.status.410.2" title="410 Gone">9.4.11</a>)
     1844            </p>
     1845            <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.6">The PATCH<span id="rfc.iref.p.3"></span><span id="rfc.iref.m.10"></span>, LINK<span id="rfc.iref.l.2"></span><span id="rfc.iref.m.11"></span>, UNLINK<span id="rfc.iref.u.2"></span><span id="rfc.iref.m.12"></span> methods were defined but not commonly implemented in previous versions of this specification. See <a href="#RFC2068" id="rfc.xref.RFC2068.3"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2068]</cite></a>.
     1846            </p>
     1847         </div>
     1848         <div id="changes.from.rfc.2616">
     1849            <h2 id="rfc.section.A.2"><a href="#rfc.section.A.2">A.2</a>&nbsp;<a href="#changes.from.rfc.2616">Changes from RFC 2616</a></h2>
     1850            <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.1">Clarify definition of POST. (<a href="#POST" id="rfc.xref.POST.2" title="POST">Section&nbsp;8.5</a>)
     1851            </p>
     1852            <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.2">Failed to consider that there are many other request methods that are safe to automatically redirect, and further that the
     1853               user agent is able to make that determination based on the request method semantics. (Sections <a href="#status.301" id="rfc.xref.status.301.2" title="301 Moved Permanently">9.3.2</a>, <a href="#status.302" id="rfc.xref.status.302.2" title="302 Found">9.3.3</a> and <a href="#status.307" id="rfc.xref.status.307.2" title="307 Temporary Redirect">9.3.8</a> )
     1854            </p>
     1855            <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.3">Correct syntax of Location header to allow fragment, as referred symbol wasn't what was expected, and add some clarifications
     1856               as to when it would not be appropriate. (<a href="#header.location" id="rfc.xref.header.location.3" title="Location">Section&nbsp;10.4</a>)
     1857            </p>
     1858            <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.4">In the description of the Server header, the Via field was described as a SHOULD. The requirement was and is stated correctly
     1859               in the description of the Via header in <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.25"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. (<a href="#header.server" id="rfc.xref.header.server.3" title="Server">Section&nbsp;10.8</a>)
     1860            </p>
     1861         </div>
    16721862      </div>
    1673       <h1 id="rfc.section.A" class="np"><a href="#rfc.section.A">A.</a>&nbsp;<a id="compatibility" href="#compatibility">Compatibility with Previous Versions</a></h1>
    1674       <h2 id="rfc.section.A.1"><a href="#rfc.section.A.1">A.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="changes.from.rfc.2068" href="#changes.from.rfc.2068">Changes from RFC 2068</a></h2>
    1675       <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.1">Clarified which error code should be used for inbound server failures (e.g. DNS failures). (<a href="#status.504" id="rfc.xref.status.504.2" title="504 Gateway Timeout">Section&nbsp;9.5.5</a>).
    1676       </p>
    1677       <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.2">201 (Created) had a race that required an Etag be sent when a resource is first created. (<a href="#status.201" id="rfc.xref.status.201.2" title="201 Created">Section&nbsp;9.2.2</a>).
    1678       </p>
    1679       <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.3">Rewrite of message transmission requirements to make it much harder for implementors to get it wrong, as the consequences
    1680          of errors here can have significant impact on the Internet, and to deal with the following problems:
    1681       </p>
    1682       <ol>
    1683          <li>Changing "HTTP/1.1 or later" to "HTTP/1.1", in contexts where this was incorrectly placing a requirement on the behavior of
    1684             an implementation of a future version of HTTP/1.x
    1685          </li>
    1686          <li>Made it clear that user-agents should retry requests, not "clients" in general.</li>
    1687          <li>Converted requirements for clients to ignore unexpected 100 (Continue) responses, and for proxies to forward 100 responses,
    1688             into a general requirement for 1xx responses.
    1689          </li>
    1690          <li>Modified some TCP-specific language, to make it clearer that non-TCP transports are possible for HTTP.</li>
    1691          <li>Require that the origin server <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> wait for the request body before it sends a required 100 (Continue) response.
    1692          </li>
    1693          <li>Allow, rather than require, a server to omit 100 (Continue) if it has already seen some of the request body.</li>
    1694          <li>Allow servers to defend against denial-of-service attacks and broken clients.</li>
    1695       </ol>
    1696       <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.4">This change adds the Expect header and 417 status code.</p>
    1697       <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.5">Clean up confusion between 403 and 404 responses. (Section <a href="#status.403" id="rfc.xref.status.403.2" title="403 Forbidden">9.4.4</a>, <a href="#status.404" id="rfc.xref.status.404.2" title="404 Not Found">9.4.5</a>, and <a href="#status.410" id="rfc.xref.status.410.2" title="410 Gone">9.4.11</a>)
    1698       </p>
    1699       <p id="rfc.section.A.1.p.6">The PATCH<span id="rfc.iref.p.3"></span><span id="rfc.iref.m.10"></span>, LINK<span id="rfc.iref.l.2"></span><span id="rfc.iref.m.11"></span>, UNLINK<span id="rfc.iref.u.2"></span><span id="rfc.iref.m.12"></span> methods were defined but not commonly implemented in previous versions of this specification. See <a href="#RFC2068" id="rfc.xref.RFC2068.3"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2068]</cite></a>.
    1700       </p>
    1701       <h2 id="rfc.section.A.2"><a href="#rfc.section.A.2">A.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="changes.from.rfc.2616" href="#changes.from.rfc.2616">Changes from RFC 2616</a></h2>
    1702       <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.1">Clarify definition of POST. (<a href="#POST" id="rfc.xref.POST.2" title="POST">Section&nbsp;8.5</a>)
    1703       </p>
    1704       <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.2">Failed to consider that there are many other request methods that are safe to automatically redirect, and further that the
    1705          user agent is able to make that determination based on the request method semantics. (Sections <a href="#status.301" id="rfc.xref.status.301.2" title="301 Moved Permanently">9.3.2</a>, <a href="#status.302" id="rfc.xref.status.302.2" title="302 Found">9.3.3</a> and <a href="#status.307" id="rfc.xref.status.307.2" title="307 Temporary Redirect">9.3.8</a> )
    1706       </p>
    1707       <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.3">Correct syntax of Location header to allow fragment, as referred symbol wasn't what was expected, and add some clarifications
    1708          as to when it would not be appropriate. (<a href="#header.location" id="rfc.xref.header.location.3" title="Location">Section&nbsp;10.4</a>)
    1709       </p>
    1710       <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.4">In the description of the Server header, the Via field was described as a SHOULD. The requirement was and is stated correctly
    1711          in the description of the Via header in <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.25"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. (<a href="#header.server" id="rfc.xref.header.server.3" title="Server">Section&nbsp;10.8</a>)
    1712       </p>
    1713       <h1 id="rfc.section.B"><a href="#rfc.section.B">B.</a>&nbsp;Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)
    1714       </h1>
    1715       <h2 id="rfc.section.B.1"><a href="#rfc.section.B.1">B.1</a>&nbsp;Since RFC2616
    1716       </h2>
    1717       <p id="rfc.section.B.1.p.1">Extracted relevant partitions from <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.2"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>.
    1718       </p>
    1719       <h2 id="rfc.section.B.2"><a href="#rfc.section.B.2">B.2</a>&nbsp;Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-00
    1720       </h2>
    1721       <p id="rfc.section.B.2.p.1">Closed issues: </p>
    1722       <ul>
    1723          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/5">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/5</a>&gt;: "Via is a MUST" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#via-must">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#via-must</a>&gt;)
    1724          </li>
    1725          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/6">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/6</a>&gt;: "Fragments allowed in Location" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#location-fragments">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#location-fragments</a>&gt;)
    1726          </li>
    1727          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/10">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/10</a>&gt;: "Safe Methods vs Redirection" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#saferedirect">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#saferedirect</a>&gt;)
    1728          </li>
    1729          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/17">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/17</a>&gt;: "Revise description of the POST method" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#post">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#post</a>&gt;)
    1730          </li>
    1731          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/35">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/35</a>&gt;: "Normative and Informative references"
    1732          </li>
    1733          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/42">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/42</a>&gt;: "RFC2606 Compliance"
    1734          </li>
    1735          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/65">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/65</a>&gt;: "Informative references"
    1736          </li>
    1737          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/84">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/84</a>&gt;: "Redundant cross-references"
    1738          </li>
    1739       </ul>
    1740       <p id="rfc.section.B.2.p.2">Other changes: </p>
    1741       <ul>
    1742          <li>Move definitions of 304 and 412 condition codes to <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.14"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>
    1743          </li>
    1744       </ul>
    1745       <h2 id="rfc.section.B.3"><a href="#rfc.section.B.3">B.3</a>&nbsp;Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-01
    1746       </h2>
    1747       <p id="rfc.section.B.3.p.1">Closed issues: </p>
    1748       <ul>
    1749          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/21">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/21</a>&gt;: "PUT side effects"
    1750          </li>
    1751          <li> &lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/91">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/91</a>&gt;: "Duplicate Host header requirements"
    1752          </li>
    1753       </ul>
    1754       <p id="rfc.section.B.3.p.2">Ongoing work on ABNF conversion (&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36</a>&gt;):
    1755       </p>
    1756       <ul>
    1757          <li>Move "Product Tokens" section (back) into Part 1, as "token" is used in the definition of the Upgrade header.</li>
    1758          <li>Add explicit references to BNF syntax and rules imported from other parts of the specification.</li>
    1759          <li>Copy definition of delta-seconds from Part6 instead of referencing it.</li>
    1760       </ul>
     1863      <div>
     1864         <h1 id="rfc.section.B"><a href="#rfc.section.B">B.</a>&nbsp;Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)
     1865         </h1>
     1866         <div>
     1867            <h2 id="rfc.section.B.1"><a href="#rfc.section.B.1">B.1</a>&nbsp;Since RFC2616
     1868            </h2>
     1869            <p id="rfc.section.B.1.p.1">Extracted relevant partitions from <a href="#RFC2616" id="rfc.xref.RFC2616.2"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1">[RFC2616]</cite></a>.
     1870            </p>
     1871         </div>
     1872         <div>
     1873            <h2 id="rfc.section.B.2"><a href="#rfc.section.B.2">B.2</a>&nbsp;Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-00
     1874            </h2>
     1875            <p id="rfc.section.B.2.p.1">Closed issues: </p>
     1876            <ul>
     1877               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/5">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/5</a>&gt;: "Via is a MUST" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#via-must">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#via-must</a>&gt;)
     1878               </li>
     1879               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/6">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/6</a>&gt;: "Fragments allowed in Location" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#location-fragments">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#location-fragments</a>&gt;)
     1880               </li>
     1881               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/10">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/10</a>&gt;: "Safe Methods vs Redirection" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#saferedirect">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#saferedirect</a>&gt;)
     1882               </li>
     1883               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/17">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/17</a>&gt;: "Revise description of the POST method" (&lt;<a href="http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#post">http://purl.org/NET/http-errata#post</a>&gt;)
     1884               </li>
     1885               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/35">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/35</a>&gt;: "Normative and Informative references"
     1886               </li>
     1887               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/42">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/42</a>&gt;: "RFC2606 Compliance"
     1888               </li>
     1889               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/65">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/65</a>&gt;: "Informative references"
     1890               </li>
     1891               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/84">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/84</a>&gt;: "Redundant cross-references"
     1892               </li>
     1893            </ul>
     1894            <p id="rfc.section.B.2.p.2">Other changes: </p>
     1895            <ul>
     1896               <li>Move definitions of 304 and 412 condition codes to <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.14"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>
     1897               </li>
     1898            </ul>
     1899         </div>
     1900         <div>
     1901            <h2 id="rfc.section.B.3"><a href="#rfc.section.B.3">B.3</a>&nbsp;Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-01
     1902            </h2>
     1903            <p id="rfc.section.B.3.p.1">Closed issues: </p>
     1904            <ul>
     1905               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/21">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/21</a>&gt;: "PUT side effects"
     1906               </li>
     1907               <li>&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/91">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/91</a>&gt;: "Duplicate Host header requirements"
     1908               </li>
     1909            </ul>
     1910            <p id="rfc.section.B.3.p.2">Ongoing work on ABNF conversion (&lt;<a href="http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36">http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36</a>&gt;):
     1911            </p>
     1912            <ul>
     1913               <li>Move "Product Tokens" section (back) into Part 1, as "token" is used in the definition of the Upgrade header.</li>
     1914               <li>Add explicit references to BNF syntax and rules imported from other parts of the specification.</li>
     1915               <li>Copy definition of delta-seconds from Part6 instead of referencing it.</li>
     1916            </ul>
     1917         </div>
     1918      </div>
    17611919      <h1 id="rfc.index"><a href="#rfc.index">Index</a></h1>
    17621920      <p class="noprint"><a href="#rfc.index.1">1</a> <a href="#rfc.index.2">2</a> <a href="#rfc.index.3">3</a> <a href="#rfc.index.4">4</a> <a href="#rfc.index.5">5</a> <a href="#rfc.index.A">A</a> <a href="#rfc.index.C">C</a> <a href="#rfc.index.D">D</a> <a href="#rfc.index.E">E</a> <a href="#rfc.index.F">F</a> <a href="#rfc.index.G">G</a> <a href="#rfc.index.H">H</a> <a href="#rfc.index.L">L</a> <a href="#rfc.index.M">M</a> <a href="#rfc.index.O">O</a> <a href="#rfc.index.P">P</a> <a href="#rfc.index.R">R</a> <a href="#rfc.index.S">S</a> <a href="#rfc.index.T">T</a> <a href="#rfc.index.U">U</a>
    … …  
    17651923         <ul class="ind">
    17661924            <li><a id="rfc.index.1" href="#rfc.index.1"><b>1</b></a><ul>
    1767                   <li>100 Continue (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.100.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.23"><b>9.1.1</b></a></li>
    1768                   <li>101 Switching Protocols (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.101.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.24"><b>9.1.2</b></a></li>
     1925                  <li>100 Continue (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.100.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.1.1"><b>9.1.1</b></a></li>
     1926                  <li>101 Switching Protocols (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.101.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.1.2"><b>9.1.2</b></a></li>
    17691927               </ul>
    17701928            </li>
    17711929            <li><a id="rfc.index.2" href="#rfc.index.2"><b>2</b></a><ul>
    1772                   <li>200 OK (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.200.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.25"><b>9.2.1</b></a></li>
    1773                   <li>201 Created (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.201.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.26"><b>9.2.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.201.2">A.1</a></li>
    1774                   <li>202 Accepted (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.202.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.27"><b>9.2.3</b></a></li>
    1775                   <li>203 Non-Authoritative Information (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.203.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.28"><b>9.2.4</b></a></li>
    1776                   <li>204 No Content (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.204.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.29"><b>9.2.5</b></a></li>
    1777                   <li>205 Reset Content (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.205.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.30"><b>9.2.6</b></a></li>
    1778                   <li>206 Partial Content (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.206.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.31"><b>9.2.7</b></a></li>
     1930                  <li>200 OK (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.200.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.2.1"><b>9.2.1</b></a></li>
     1931                  <li>201 Created (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.201.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.2.2"><b>9.2.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.201.2">A.1</a></li>
     1932                  <li>202 Accepted (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.202.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.2.3"><b>9.2.3</b></a></li>
     1933                  <li>203 Non-Authoritative Information (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.203.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.2.4"><b>9.2.4</b></a></li>
     1934                  <li>204 No Content (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.204.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.2.5"><b>9.2.5</b></a></li>
     1935                  <li>205 Reset Content (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.205.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.2.6"><b>9.2.6</b></a></li>
     1936                  <li>206 Partial Content (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.206.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.2.7"><b>9.2.7</b></a></li>
    17791937               </ul>
    17801938            </li>
    17811939            <li><a id="rfc.index.3" href="#rfc.index.3"><b>3</b></a><ul>
    1782                   <li>300 Multiple Choices (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.300.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.32"><b>9.3.1</b></a></li>
    1783                   <li>301 Moved Permanently (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.301.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.33"><b>9.3.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.301.2">A.2</a></li>
    1784                   <li>302 Found (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.302.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.34"><b>9.3.3</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.302.2">A.2</a></li>
    1785                   <li>303 See Other (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.303.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.35"><b>9.3.4</b></a></li>
    1786                   <li>304 Not Modified (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.304.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.36"><b>9.3.5</b></a></li>
    1787                   <li>305 Use Proxy (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.305.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.37"><b>9.3.6</b></a></li>
    1788                   <li>306 (Unused) (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.38"><b>9.3.7</b></a></li>
    1789                   <li>307 Temporary Redirect (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.307.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.39"><b>9.3.8</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.307.2">A.2</a></li>
     1940                  <li>300 Multiple Choices (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.300.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.3.1"><b>9.3.1</b></a></li>
     1941                  <li>301 Moved Permanently (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.301.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.3.2"><b>9.3.2</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.301.2">A.2</a></li>
     1942                  <li>302 Found (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.302.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.3.3"><b>9.3.3</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.302.2">A.2</a></li>
     1943                  <li>303 See Other (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.303.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.3.4"><b>9.3.4</b></a></li>
     1944                  <li>304 Not Modified (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.304.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.3.5"><b>9.3.5</b></a></li>
     1945                  <li>305 Use Proxy (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.305.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.3.6"><b>9.3.6</b></a></li>
     1946                  <li>306 (Unused) (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.3.7"><b>9.3.7</b></a></li>
     1947                  <li>307 Temporary Redirect (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.307.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.3.8"><b>9.3.8</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.307.2">A.2</a></li>
    17901948               </ul>
    17911949            </li>
    17921950            <li><a id="rfc.index.4" href="#rfc.index.4"><b>4</b></a><ul>
    1793                   <li>400 Bad Request (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.400.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.40"><b>9.4.1</b></a></li>
    1794                   <li>401 Unauthorized (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.401.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.41"><b>9.4.2</b></a></li>
    1795                   <li>402 Payment Required (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.402.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.42"><b>9.4.3</b></a></li>
    1796                   <li>403 Forbidden (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.403.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.43"><b>9.4.4</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.403.2">A.1</a></li>
    1797                   <li>404 Not Found (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.404.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.44"><b>9.4.5</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.404.2">A.1</a></li>
    1798                   <li>405 Method Not Allowed (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.405.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.45"><b>9.4.6</b></a></li>
    1799                   <li>406 Not Acceptable (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.406.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.46"><b>9.4.7</b></a></li>
    1800                   <li>407 Proxy Authentication Required (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.407.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.47"><b>9.4.8</b></a></li>
    1801                   <li>408 Request Timeout (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.408.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.48"><b>9.4.9</b></a></li>
    1802                   <li>409 Conflict (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.409.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.49"><b>9.4.10</b></a></li>
    1803                   <li>410 Gone (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.410.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.50"><b>9.4.11</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.410.2">A.1</a></li>
    1804                   <li>411 Length Required (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.411.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.51"><b>9.4.12</b></a></li>
    1805                   <li>412 Precondition Failed (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.412.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.52"><b>9.4.13</b></a></li>
    1806                   <li>413 Request Entity Too Large (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.413.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.53"><b>9.4.14</b></a></li>
    1807                   <li>414 Request-URI Too Long (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.414.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.54"><b>9.4.15</b></a></li>
    1808                   <li>415 Unsupported Media Type (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.415.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.55"><b>9.4.16</b></a></li>
    1809                   <li>416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.416.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.56"><b>9.4.17</b></a></li>
    1810                   <li>417 Expectation Failed (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.417.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.57"><b>9.4.18</b></a></li>
     1951                  <li>400 Bad Request (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.400.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.1"><b>9.4.1</b></a></li>
     1952                  <li>401 Unauthorized (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.401.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.2"><b>9.4.2</b></a></li>
     1953                  <li>402 Payment Required (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.402.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.3"><b>9.4.3</b></a></li>
     1954                  <li>403 Forbidden (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.403.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.4"><b>9.4.4</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.403.2">A.1</a></li>
     1955                  <li>404 Not Found (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.404.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.5"><b>9.4.5</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.404.2">A.1</a></li>
     1956                  <li>405 Method Not Allowed (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.405.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.6"><b>9.4.6</b></a></li>
     1957                  <li>406 Not Acceptable (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.406.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.7"><b>9.4.7</b></a></li>
     1958                  <li>407 Proxy Authentication Required (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.407.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.8"><b>9.4.8</b></a></li>
     1959                  <li>408 Request Timeout (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.408.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.9"><b>9.4.9</b></a></li>
     1960                  <li>409 Conflict (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.409.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.10"><b>9.4.10</b></a></li>
     1961                  <li>410 Gone (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.410.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.11"><b>9.4.11</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.410.2">A.1</a></li>
     1962                  <li>411 Length Required (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.411.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.12"><b>9.4.12</b></a></li>
     1963                  <li>412 Precondition Failed (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.412.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.13"><b>9.4.13</b></a></li>
     1964                  <li>413 Request Entity Too Large (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.413.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.14"><b>9.4.14</b></a></li>
     1965                  <li>414 Request-URI Too Long (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.414.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.15"><b>9.4.15</b></a></li>
     1966                  <li>415 Unsupported Media Type (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.415.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.16"><b>9.4.16</b></a></li>
     1967                  <li>416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.416.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.17"><b>9.4.17</b></a></li>
     1968                  <li>417 Expectation Failed (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.417.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.4.18"><b>9.4.18</b></a></li>
    18111969               </ul>
    18121970            </li>
    18131971            <li><a id="rfc.index.5" href="#rfc.index.5"><b>5</b></a><ul>
    1814                   <li>500 Internal Server Error (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.500.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.58"><b>9.5.1</b></a></li>
    1815                   <li>501 Not Implemented (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.501.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.59"><b>9.5.2</b></a></li>
    1816                   <li>502 Bad Gateway (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.502.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.60"><b>9.5.3</b></a></li>
    1817                   <li>503 Service Unavailable (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.503.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.61"><b>9.5.4</b></a></li>
    1818                   <li>504 Gateway Timeout (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.504.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.62"><b>9.5.5</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.504.2">A.1</a></li>
    1819                   <li>505 HTTP Version Not Supported (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.505.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.63"><b>9.5.6</b></a></li>
     1972                  <li>500 Internal Server Error (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.500.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.5.1"><b>9.5.1</b></a></li>
     1973                  <li>501 Not Implemented (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.501.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.5.2"><b>9.5.2</b></a></li>
     1974                  <li>502 Bad Gateway (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.502.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.5.3"><b>9.5.3</b></a></li>
     1975                  <li>503 Service Unavailable (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.503.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.5.4"><b>9.5.4</b></a></li>
     1976                  <li>504 Gateway Timeout (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.504.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.5.5"><b>9.5.5</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.status.504.2">A.1</a></li>
     1977                  <li>505 HTTP Version Not Supported (status code)&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.status.505.1">5</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.5.6"><b>9.5.6</b></a></li>
    18201978               </ul>
    18211979            </li>
    … …  
    20422200         </ul>
    20432201      </div>
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     2202      <div class="avoidbreak">
     2203         <h1 id="rfc.authors"><a href="#rfc.authors">Authors' Addresses</a></h1>
     2204         <p><b>Roy T. Fielding</b>
     2205            (editor)
     2206            <br>Day Software<br>23 Corporate Plaza DR, Suite 280<br>Newport Beach, CA&nbsp;92660<br>USA<br>Phone: <a href="tel:+1-949-706-5300">+1-949-706-5300</a><br>Fax: <a href="fax:+1-949-706-5305">+1-949-706-5305</a><br>EMail: <a href="mailto:fielding@gbiv.com">fielding@gbiv.com</a><br>URI: <a href="http://roy.gbiv.com/">http://roy.gbiv.com/</a></p>
     2207         <p><b>Jim Gettys</b><br>One Laptop per Child<br>21 Oak Knoll Road<br>Carlisle, MA&nbsp;01741<br>USA<br>EMail: <a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org">jg@laptop.org</a><br>URI: <a href="http://www.laptop.org/">http://www.laptop.org/</a></p>
     2208         <p><b>Jeffrey C. Mogul</b><br>Hewlett-Packard Company<br>HP Labs, Large Scale Systems Group<br>1501 Page Mill Road, MS 1177<br>Palo Alto, CA&nbsp;94304<br>USA<br>EMail: <a href="mailto:JeffMogul@acm.org">JeffMogul@acm.org</a></p>
     2209         <p><b>Henrik Frystyk Nielsen</b><br>Microsoft Corporation<br>1 Microsoft Way<br>Redmond, WA&nbsp;98052<br>USA<br>EMail: <a href="mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com">henrikn@microsoft.com</a></p>
     2210         <p><b>Larry Masinter</b><br>Adobe Systems, Incorporated<br>345 Park Ave<br>San Jose, CA&nbsp;95110<br>USA<br>EMail: <a href="mailto:LMM@acm.org">LMM@acm.org</a><br>URI: <a href="http://larry.masinter.net/">http://larry.masinter.net/</a></p>
     2211         <p><b>Paul J. Leach</b><br>Microsoft Corporation<br>1 Microsoft Way<br>Redmond, WA&nbsp;98052<br>EMail: <a href="mailto:paulle@microsoft.com">paulle@microsoft.com</a></p>
     2212         <p><b>Tim Berners-Lee</b><br>World Wide Web Consortium<br>MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<br>The Stata Center, Building 32<br>32 Vassar Street<br>Cambridge, MA&nbsp;02139<br>USA<br>EMail: <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org">timbl@w3.org</a><br>URI: <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/">http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/</a></p>
     2213         <p><b>Yves Lafon</b>
     2214            (editor)
     2215            <br>World Wide Web Consortium<br>W3C / ERCIM<br>2004, rte des Lucioles<br>Sophia-Antipolis, AM&nbsp;06902<br>France<br>EMail: <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org">ylafon@w3.org</a><br>URI: <a href="http://www.raubacapeu.net/people/yves/">http://www.raubacapeu.net/people/yves/</a></p>
     2216         <p><b>Julian F. Reschke</b>
     2217            (editor)
     2218            <br>greenbytes GmbH<br>Hafenweg 16<br>Muenster, NW&nbsp;48155<br>Germany<br>Phone: <a href="tel:+492512807760">+49 251 2807760</a><br>Fax: <a href="fax:+492512807761">+49 251 2807761</a><br>EMail: <a href="mailto:julian.reschke@greenbytes.de">julian.reschke@greenbytes.de</a><br>URI: <a href="http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/">http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/</a></p>
     2219      </div>
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