A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7230 Title: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing Author: R. Fielding, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed. Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: June 2014 Mailbox: fielding@gbiv.com, julian.reschke@greenbytes.de Pages: 89 Characters: 205947 Obsoletes: RFC 2145, RFC 2616 Updates: RFC 2817, RFC 2818 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-26.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230.txt The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document provides an overview of HTTP architecture and its associated terminology, defines the "http" and "https" Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes, defines the HTTP/1.1 message syntax and parsing requirements, and describes related security concerns for implementations. This document is a product of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Bis Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC