The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Additional HTTP Status Codes' (draft-nottingham-http-new-status-04.txt) as a Proposed Standard This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Peter Saint-Andre. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nottingham-http-new-status/ Technical Summary This document specifies additional HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) status codes for a variety of common situations, to improve interoperability and avoid confusion when other, less precise status codes are used. This work has been completed outside the HTTPBIS WG because the HTTPBIS charter was scoped tightly to avoid distractions, such as new status codes. Working Group Summary This document is not the product of a working groups, although it has been reviewed by participants in the HTTPBIS WG and APPSAWG WG. There has been some controversy about the practice of intercepting proxies in HTTP, which caused the need for status code 511 ("Network Authentication Required"). However, there is agreement that a code is needed so that clients can react appropriately to requests for authentication that they receive from intermediaries. Document Quality The document has been reviewed by participants in the HTTPBIS WG and APPSAWG WG. It is deemed to be of good quality. The status of implementation is unknown, however these codes are are relatively straightforward to implement and deploy because they are consistent with the default handling of 4xx and 5xx series codes in HTTP. Personnel The Document Shepherd is Julian Reschke. The Responsible Area Director is Peter Saint-Andre. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
