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Re: [websec] #12: Remove dependencies on HTTPbis and depend on RFC2616 only

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Mon, 25 July 2011 12:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [websec] #12: Remove dependencies on HTTPbis and depend on RFC2616 only
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On 7/24/11 9:22 PM, websec issue tracker wrote:
> #12: Remove dependencies on HTTPbis and depend on RFC2616 only
> 
>  -strict-transport-sec has various dependencies (e.g. STS header field
>  ABNF) on HTTPbis.
> 
>  HTTPbis may not complete in a timeframe workable for having -strict-
>  transport-sec go to RFC, so we should remove dependencies on HTTPbis, and
>  depend on RFC2616 only.

Jeff, just curious: what do you perceive as the likely timeframe for
publication of both HSTS and HTTPbis?

/psa

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