RFC - 2660
The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
| Original: | ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2660.txt |
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| Authors: | E. Rescorla [RTFM, Inc.], A. Schiffman [Terisa Systems, Inc.] |
| Date: | August 1999 |
| Category: | Experimental Standard |
| Referred by: | 14 RFC |
| Refers to: | 16 RFC |
Status
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
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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- the founder of Zvon.org and Law-Ref.org
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- and Pavel Srb, a student of B.Sc. program Informatics and chemistry