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Title : The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
Author(s) : E. Rescorla, A. Schiffman
Filename : draft-ietf-wts-shttp-03.txt
Pages : 46
Date : 08/01/1996
This memo describes a syntax for securing messages sent using the Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which forms the basis for the World Wide Web.
Secure HTTP (S-HTTP) provides independently applicable security services
for transaction confidentiality, authenticity/integrity and
non-repudiability of origin.
The protocol emphasizes maximum flexibility in choice of key
management mechanisms, security policies and cryptographic algorithms
by supporting option negotiation between parties for each transaction.
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