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Network Working Group R. Fielding, Ed. | Network Working Group R. Fielding, Ed. | |||
Internet-Draft Day Software | Internet-Draft Day Software | |||
Obsoletes: 2616 (if approved) J. Gettys | Obsoletes: 2616 (if approved) J. Gettys | |||
Intended status: Standards Track One Laptop per Child | Intended status: Standards Track One Laptop per Child | |||
Expires: August 27, 2008 J. Mogul | Expires: December 19, 2008 J. Mogul | |||
HP | HP | |||
H. Frystyk | H. Frystyk | |||
Microsoft | Microsoft | |||
L. Masinter | L. Masinter | |||
Adobe Systems | Adobe Systems | |||
P. Leach | P. Leach | |||
Microsoft | Microsoft | |||
T. Berners-Lee | T. Berners-Lee | |||
W3C/MIT | W3C/MIT | |||
Y. Lafon, Ed. | Y. Lafon, Ed. | |||
W3C | W3C | |||
J. Reschke, Ed. | J. Reschke, Ed. | |||
greenbytes | greenbytes | |||
February 24, 2008 | June 17, 2008 | |||
HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests | HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests | |||
draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02 | draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-03 | |||
Status of this Memo | Status of this Memo | |||
By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any | By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any | |||
applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware | applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware | |||
have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes | have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes | |||
aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. | aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. | |||
Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | |||
Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that | Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that | |||
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and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | |||
time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | |||
material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | |||
The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at | The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at | |||
http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. | http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. | |||
The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at | The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at | |||
http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. | http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. | |||
This Internet-Draft will expire on August 27, 2008. | This Internet-Draft will expire on December 19, 2008. | |||
Copyright Notice | ||||
Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008). | ||||
Abstract | Abstract | |||
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level | The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level | |||
protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information | protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information | |||
systems. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web global | systems. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web global | |||
information initiative since 1990. This document is Part 4 of the | information initiative since 1990. This document is Part 4 of the | |||
seven-part specification that defines the protocol referred to as | seven-part specification that defines the protocol referred to as | |||
"HTTP/1.1" and, taken together, obsoletes RFC 2616. Part 4 defines | "HTTP/1.1" and, taken together, obsoletes RFC 2616. Part 4 defines | |||
request header fields for indicating conditional requests and the | request header fields for indicating conditional requests and the | |||
rules for constructing responses to those requests. | rules for constructing responses to those requests. | |||
Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor) | Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor) | |||
Discussion of this draft should take place on the HTTPBIS working | Discussion of this draft should take place on the HTTPBIS working | |||
group mailing list (ietf-http-wg@w3.org). The current issues list is | group mailing list (ietf-http-wg@w3.org). The current issues list is | |||
at <http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/report/11> and related | at <http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/report/11> and related | |||
documents (including fancy diffs) can be found at | documents (including fancy diffs) can be found at | |||
<http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/>. | <http://www.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/>. | |||
This draft incorporates those issue resolutions that were either | The changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix B.4. | |||
collected in the original RFC2616 errata list | ||||
(<http://purl.org/NET/http-errata>), or which were agreed upon on the | ||||
mailing list between October 2006 and November 2007 (as published in | ||||
"draft-lafon-rfc2616bis-03"). | ||||
Table of Contents | Table of Contents | |||
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
1.1. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 1.1. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
2. Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar . . . . . . . . . . 4 | 2. Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar . . . . . . . . . . 4 | |||
3. Entity Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | 3. Entity Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
4. Status Code Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | 4. Status Code Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
4.1. 304 Not Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | 4.1. 304 Not Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | |||
4.2. 412 Precondition Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | 4.2. 412 Precondition Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
5. Weak and Strong Validators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | 5. Weak and Strong Validators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | |||
6. Rules for When to Use Entity Tags and Last-Modified Dates . . 9 | 6. Rules for When to Use Entity Tags and Last-Modified Dates . . 9 | |||
7. Header Field Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 7. Header Field Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
7.1. ETag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 7.1. ETag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
7.2. If-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 | 7.2. If-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | |||
7.3. If-Modified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | 7.3. If-Modified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | |||
7.4. If-None-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | 7.4. If-None-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 | |||
7.5. If-Unmodified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | 7.5. If-Unmodified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 | |||
7.6. Last-Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | 7.6. Last-Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 | |||
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | 8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | |||
8.1. Message Header Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | ||||
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | 9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | |||
10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | 10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | |||
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | 11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | |||
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | 11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | |||
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | 11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | |||
Appendix A. Compatibility with Previous Versions . . . . . . . . 18 | Appendix A. Compatibility with Previous Versions . . . . . . . . 18 | |||
A.1. Changes from RFC 2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | A.1. Changes from RFC 2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | |||
Appendix B. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before | Appendix B. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before | |||
publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 | |||
B.1. Since RFC2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 | B.1. Since RFC2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 | |||
B.2. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-00 . . . . . . . . 18 | B.2. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-00 . . . . . . . . 19 | |||
B.3. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-01 . . . . . . . . 18 | B.3. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-01 . . . . . . . . 19 | |||
B.4. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02 . . . . . . . . 19 | ||||
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 | Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 | |||
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 | Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 | |||
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 23 | Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 24 | |||
1. Introduction | 1. Introduction | |||
This document defines HTTP/1.1 response metadata for indicating | This document defines HTTP/1.1 response metadata for indicating | |||
potential changes to payload content, including modification time | potential changes to payload content, including modification time | |||
stamps and opaque entity-tags, and the HTTP conditional request | stamps and opaque entity-tags, and the HTTP conditional request | |||
mechanisms that allow preconditions to be placed on a request method. | mechanisms that allow preconditions to be placed on a request method. | |||
Conditional GET requests allow for efficient cache updates. Other | Conditional GET requests allow for efficient cache updates. Other | |||
conditional request methods are used to protect against overwriting | conditional request methods are used to protect against overwriting | |||
or misunderstanding the state of a resource that has been changed | or misunderstanding the state of a resource that has been changed | |||
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and includes the validator in a validating header field, or when a | and includes the validator in a validating header field, or when a | |||
server compares two validators. | server compares two validators. | |||
Strong validators are usable in any context. Weak validators are | Strong validators are usable in any context. Weak validators are | |||
only usable in contexts that do not depend on exact equality of an | only usable in contexts that do not depend on exact equality of an | |||
entity. For example, either kind is usable for a conditional GET of | entity. For example, either kind is usable for a conditional GET of | |||
a full entity. However, only a strong validator is usable for a sub- | a full entity. However, only a strong validator is usable for a sub- | |||
range retrieval, since otherwise the client might end up with an | range retrieval, since otherwise the client might end up with an | |||
internally inconsistent entity. | internally inconsistent entity. | |||
Clients MAY issue simple (non-subrange) GET requests with either weak | Clients MUST NOT use weak validators in range requests ([Part5]). | |||
validators or strong validators. Clients MUST NOT use weak | ||||
validators in other forms of request. | ||||
The only function that HTTP/1.1 defines on validators is comparison. | The only function that HTTP/1.1 defines on validators is comparison. | |||
There are two validator comparison functions, depending on whether | There are two validator comparison functions, depending on whether | |||
the comparison context allows the use of weak validators or not: | the comparison context allows the use of weak validators or not: | |||
o The strong comparison function: in order to be considered equal, | o The strong comparison function: in order to be considered equal, | |||
both validators MUST be identical in every way, and both MUST NOT | both validators MUST be identical in every way, and both MUST NOT | |||
be weak. | be weak. | |||
o The weak comparison function: in order to be considered equal, | o The weak comparison function: in order to be considered equal, | |||
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Modified values are generated from different clocks, or at somewhat | Modified values are generated from different clocks, or at somewhat | |||
different times during the preparation of the response. An | different times during the preparation of the response. An | |||
implementation MAY use a value larger than 60 seconds, if it is | implementation MAY use a value larger than 60 seconds, if it is | |||
believed that 60 seconds is too short. | believed that 60 seconds is too short. | |||
If a client wishes to perform a sub-range retrieval on a value for | If a client wishes to perform a sub-range retrieval on a value for | |||
which it has only a Last-Modified time and no opaque validator, it | which it has only a Last-Modified time and no opaque validator, it | |||
MAY do this only if the Last-Modified time is strong in the sense | MAY do this only if the Last-Modified time is strong in the sense | |||
described here. | described here. | |||
A cache or origin server receiving a conditional request, other than | A cache or origin server receiving a conditional range request | |||
a full-body GET request, MUST use the strong comparison function to | ([Part5]) MUST use the strong comparison function to evaluate the | |||
evaluate the condition. | condition. | |||
These rules allow HTTP/1.1 caches and clients to safely perform sub- | These rules allow HTTP/1.1 caches and clients to safely perform sub- | |||
range retrievals on values that have been obtained from HTTP/1.0 | range retrievals on values that have been obtained from HTTP/1.0 | |||
servers. | servers. | |||
6. Rules for When to Use Entity Tags and Last-Modified Dates | 6. Rules for When to Use Entity Tags and Last-Modified Dates | |||
We adopt a set of rules and recommendations for origin servers, | We adopt a set of rules and recommendations for origin servers, | |||
clients, and caches regarding when various validator types ought to | clients, and caches regarding when various validator types ought to | |||
be used, and for what purposes. | be used, and for what purposes. | |||
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given and any current entity exists for that resource, then the | given and any current entity exists for that resource, then the | |||
server MUST NOT perform the requested method, unless required to do | server MUST NOT perform the requested method, unless required to do | |||
so because the resource's modification date fails to match that | so because the resource's modification date fails to match that | |||
supplied in an If-Modified-Since header field in the request. | supplied in an If-Modified-Since header field in the request. | |||
Instead, if the request method was GET or HEAD, the server SHOULD | Instead, if the request method was GET or HEAD, the server SHOULD | |||
respond with a 304 (Not Modified) response, including the cache- | respond with a 304 (Not Modified) response, including the cache- | |||
related header fields (particularly ETag) of one of the entities that | related header fields (particularly ETag) of one of the entities that | |||
matched. For all other request methods, the server MUST respond with | matched. For all other request methods, the server MUST respond with | |||
a status of 412 (Precondition Failed). | a status of 412 (Precondition Failed). | |||
See Section 5 for rules on how to determine if two entities tags | See Section 5 for rules on how to determine if two entity tags match. | |||
match. The weak comparison function can only be used with GET or | ||||
HEAD requests. | ||||
If none of the entity tags match, then the server MAY perform the | If none of the entity tags match, then the server MAY perform the | |||
requested method as if the If-None-Match header field did not exist, | requested method as if the If-None-Match header field did not exist, | |||
but MUST also ignore any If-Modified-Since header field(s) in the | but MUST also ignore any If-Modified-Since header field(s) in the | |||
request. That is, if no entity tags match, then the server MUST NOT | request. That is, if no entity tags match, then the server MUST NOT | |||
return a 304 (Not Modified) response. | return a 304 (Not Modified) response. | |||
If the request would, without the If-None-Match header field, result | If the request would, without the If-None-Match header field, result | |||
in anything other than a 2xx or 304 status, then the If-None-Match | in anything other than a 2xx or 304 status, then the If-None-Match | |||
header MUST be ignored. (See Section 6 for a discussion of server | header MUST be ignored. (See Section 6 for a discussion of server | |||
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near the time that the response is generated. | near the time that the response is generated. | |||
HTTP/1.1 servers SHOULD send Last-Modified whenever feasible. | HTTP/1.1 servers SHOULD send Last-Modified whenever feasible. | |||
The Last-Modified entity-header field value is often used as a cache | The Last-Modified entity-header field value is often used as a cache | |||
validator. In simple terms, a cache entry is considered to be valid | validator. In simple terms, a cache entry is considered to be valid | |||
if the entity has not been modified since the Last-Modified value. | if the entity has not been modified since the Last-Modified value. | |||
8. IANA Considerations | 8. IANA Considerations | |||
[[anchor2: TBD.]] | 8.1. Message Header Registration | |||
The Message Header Registry located at <http://www.iana.org/ | ||||
assignments/message-headers/message-header-index.html> should be | ||||
updated with the permanent registrations below (see [RFC3864]): | ||||
+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+ | ||||
| Header Field Name | Protocol | Status | Reference | | ||||
+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+ | ||||
| ETag | http | standard | Section 7.1 | | ||||
| If-Match | http | standard | Section 7.2 | | ||||
| If-Modified-Since | http | standard | Section 7.3 | | ||||
| If-None-Match | http | standard | Section 7.4 | | ||||
| If-Unmodified-Since | http | standard | Section 7.5 | | ||||
| Last-Modified | http | standard | Section 7.6 | | ||||
+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+ | ||||
The change controller is: "IETF (iesg@ietf.org) - Internet | ||||
Engineering Task Force". | ||||
9. Security Considerations | 9. Security Considerations | |||
No additional security considerations have been identified beyond | No additional security considerations have been identified beyond | |||
those applicable to HTTP in general [Part1]. | those applicable to HTTP in general [Part1]. | |||
10. Acknowledgments | 10. Acknowledgments | |||
11. References | 11. References | |||
11.1. Normative References | 11.1. Normative References | |||
[Part1] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | [Part1] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | |||
Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed., | Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed., | |||
and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, | and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, | |||
and Message Parsing", draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-02 | and Message Parsing", draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-03 | |||
(work in progress), February 2008. | (work in progress), June 2008. | |||
[Part5] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | [Part5] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | |||
Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed., | Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed., | |||
and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and | and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and | |||
Partial Responses", draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-02 (work | Partial Responses", draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-03 (work | |||
in progress), February 2008. | in progress), June 2008. | |||
[Part6] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | [Part6] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | |||
Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed., | Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed., | |||
and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching", | and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching", | |||
draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-02 (work in progress), | draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-03 (work in progress), | |||
February 2008. | June 2008. | |||
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate | [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate | |||
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. | Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. | |||
11.2. Informative References | 11.2. Informative References | |||
[RFC2068] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Nielsen, H., and T. | [RFC2068] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Nielsen, H., and T. | |||
Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", | Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", | |||
RFC 2068, January 1997. | RFC 2068, January 1997. | |||
[RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | [RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., | |||
Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext | Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext | |||
Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999. | Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999. | |||
[RFC3864] Klyne, G., Nottingham, M., and J. Mogul, "Registration | ||||
Procedures for Message Header Fields", BCP 90, RFC 3864, | ||||
September 2004. | ||||
Appendix A. Compatibility with Previous Versions | Appendix A. Compatibility with Previous Versions | |||
A.1. Changes from RFC 2616 | A.1. Changes from RFC 2616 | |||
Allow weak entity tags in all requests except range requests | ||||
(Sections 5 and 7.4). | ||||
Appendix B. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication) | Appendix B. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication) | |||
B.1. Since RFC2616 | B.1. Since RFC2616 | |||
Extracted relevant partitions from [RFC2616]. | Extracted relevant partitions from [RFC2616]. | |||
B.2. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-00 | B.2. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-00 | |||
Closed issues: | Closed issues: | |||
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o Move definitions of 304 and 412 condition codes from Part2. | o Move definitions of 304 and 412 condition codes from Part2. | |||
B.3. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-01 | B.3. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-01 | |||
Ongoing work on ABNF conversion | Ongoing work on ABNF conversion | |||
(<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36>): | (<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/36>): | |||
o Add explicit references to BNF syntax and rules imported from | o Add explicit references to BNF syntax and rules imported from | |||
other parts of the specification. | other parts of the specification. | |||
B.4. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02 | ||||
Closed issues: | ||||
o <http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/116>: "Weak | ||||
ETags on non-GET requests" | ||||
Ongoing work on IANA Message Header Registration | ||||
(<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/40>): | ||||
o Reference RFC 3984, and update header registrations for headers | ||||
defined in this document. | ||||
Index | Index | |||
3 | 3 | |||
304 Not Modified (status code) 5 | 304 Not Modified (status code) 5 | |||
4 | 4 | |||
412 Precondition Failed (status code) 6 | 412 Precondition Failed (status code) 6 | |||
E | E | |||
ETag header 11 | ETag header 11 | |||
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If-Modified-Since 13 | If-Modified-Since 13 | |||
If-None-Match 14 | If-None-Match 14 | |||
If-Unmodified-Since 16 | If-Unmodified-Since 16 | |||
Last-Modified 16 | Last-Modified 16 | |||
opaque-tag 5 | opaque-tag 5 | |||
weak 5 | weak 5 | |||
H | H | |||
Headers | Headers | |||
ETag 11 | ETag 11 | |||
If-Match 12 | If-Match 11 | |||
If-Modified-Since 13 | If-Modified-Since 13 | |||
If-None-Match 14 | If-None-Match 14 | |||
If-Unmodified-Since 16 | If-Unmodified-Since 15 | |||
Last-Modified 16 | Last-Modified 16 | |||
I | I | |||
If-Match header 12 | If-Match header 11 | |||
If-Modified-Since header 13 | If-Modified-Since header 13 | |||
If-None-Match header 14 | If-None-Match header 14 | |||
If-Unmodified-Since header 16 | If-Unmodified-Since header 15 | |||
L | L | |||
Last-Modified header 16 | Last-Modified header 16 | |||
S | S | |||
Status Codes | Status Codes | |||
304 Not Modified 5 | 304 Not Modified 5 | |||
412 Precondition Failed 6 | 412 Precondition Failed 6 | |||
Authors' Addresses | Authors' Addresses | |||
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attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of | attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of | |||
such proprietary rights by implementers or users of this | such proprietary rights by implementers or users of this | |||
specification can be obtained from the IETF on-line IPR repository at | specification can be obtained from the IETF on-line IPR repository at | |||
http://www.ietf.org/ipr. | http://www.ietf.org/ipr. | |||
The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any | The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any | |||
copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary | copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary | |||
rights that may cover technology that may be required to implement | rights that may cover technology that may be required to implement | |||
this standard. Please address the information to the IETF at | this standard. Please address the information to the IETF at | |||
ietf-ipr@ietf.org. | ietf-ipr@ietf.org. | |||
Acknowledgment | ||||
Funding for the RFC Editor function is provided by the IETF | ||||
Administrative Support Activity (IASA). | ||||
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