Protocol Action: Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1 to Proposed Standard
The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Mon, 31 January 2000 21:12 UTC
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Subject: Protocol Action: Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1 to Proposed Standard
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:52:52 -0500
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1' <draft-ietf-tls-http-upgrade-05.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the Transport Layer Security Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Jeffrey Schiller and Marcus Leech. Technical Summary 'HTTP Over TLS' documents how TLS is used today to secure 'https' URL connections. 'Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1' defines a mechanism for "upgrading" a non-secure http connection to a secure connection making use of TLS without requiring the use of an additional port (as is used in https). This is important because protocols beyond simple web browsing are being layered on top of HTTP. For each such protocol today we require two new port assignments. One of the protocol without TLS and one for the protocol with TLS. The adoption of the techniques described in 'Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1' will alleviate the need for the second port, thus preserving our scarce TCP port space. Working Group Summary The working group supports these documents and the versions of the documents here address the issues raised during IETF Wide last call. Protocol Quality Jeff Schiller has reviewed these documents for the IESG.