A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7480 Title: HTTP Usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Author: A. Newton, B. Ellacott, N. Kong Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: March 2015 Mailbox: andy@arin.net, bje@apnic.net, nkong@cnnic.cn Pages: 16 Characters: 34671 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-weirds-using-http-15.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7480 This document is one of a collection that together describes the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). It describes how RDAP is transported using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). RDAP is a successor protocol to the very old WHOIS protocol. The purpose of this document is to clarify the use of standard HTTP mechanisms for this application. This document is a product of the Web Extensible Internet Registration Data Service 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 Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) 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 https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://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