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rfc-9931

Security Considerations for Optimistic Protocol Transitions in HTTP/1.1

B. Schwartz
date2026-03 streamIETF areawit wghttpbis statusPROPOSED STANDARD pages11 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9931 doi10.17487/RFC9931
In HTTP/1.1, the client can request a change to a new protocol on the existing connection. This document discusses the security considerations that apply to data sent by the client before this request is confirmed and adds new requirements to RFCs 9112 and 9298 to avoid related security issues.

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