RFC 2660 · HISTORIC · 1999

The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol

Overview

RFC 2660, “The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol”, is a Historic document published in August 1999 by E. Rescorla, A. Schiffman. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo describes a syntax for securing messages sent using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which forms the basis for the World Wide Web. Secure HTTP (S-HTTP) provides independently applicable security services for transaction confidentiality, authenticity/integrity and non-repudiability of origin.

The protocol emphasizes maximum flexibility in choice of key management mechanisms, security policies and cryptographic algorithms by supporting option negotiation between parties for each transaction.

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What “Historic” means

A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.

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