rfc-2817

Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1

R. Khare, S. Lawrence

date2000-05 streamIETF areasec wgtls statusPROPOSED STANDARD pages13 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2817 doi10.17487/RFC2817 errataview

This memo explains how to use the Upgrade mechanism in HTTP/1.1 to initiate Transport Layer Security (TLS) over an existing TCP connection. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

updated by

rfc-7230 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
rfc-7231 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content

updates

rfc-2616 — Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1