RFC 7480 · INTERNET STANDARD · 2015

HTTP Usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol

Overview

RFC 7480, “HTTP Usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol”, is an Internet Standard document published in March 2015 by A. Newton, B. Ellacott, N. Kong. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document is one of a collection that together describes the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). It describes how RDAP is transported using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). RDAP is a successor protocol to the very old WHOIS protocol. The purpose of this document is to clarify the use of standard HTTP mechanisms for this application.

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