RFC 2616 · June 1999 · R. Fielding, J. Gettys, J. Mogul, H. Frystyk, L. Masinter, P. Leach, T. Berners-Lee
Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
DRAFT STANDARDIETF stream
Obsoleted by RFC 7230, RFC 7231, RFC 7232, RFC 7233, RFC 7234, RFC 7235. Read the newer document for current behaviour.
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- RFC 7235 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Authentication
- RFC 7234 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Caching
- RFC 7233 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Range Requests
- RFC 7232 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Conditional Requests
- RFC 7231 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content
- RFC 7230 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
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