The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'New protocol elements for HTTP Status Code 451' <draft-sahib-451-new-protocol-elements-01.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2018-07-30. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This draft recommends protocol updates to Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status code 451 (defined by RFC7725) based on an examination of how the new status code is being used by parties involved in denial of Internet resources because of legal demands. Also included is an analysis of HTTP 451 from a human rights perspective using guidelines from RFC8280. Discussion of this draft is at https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/ hrpc [1] and https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/statuscode451 [2]. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sahib-451-new-protocol-elements/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sahib-451-new-protocol-elements/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
