RFC 2756 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2000
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Hyper Text Caching Protocol
Overview
RFC 2756, “Hyper Text Caching Protocol”, is an Experimental document published in January 2000 by P. Vixie, D. Wessels. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes HTCP, a protocol for discovering HTTP caches and cached data, managing sets of HTTP caches, and monitoring cache activity. This is an experimental protocol, one among several proposals to perform these functions. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
What “Experimental” means
Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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