- From: Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:21:28 +1300
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 19/03/24 01:41, Rahul Gupta wrote: > Hi, > > This is a question that I have been looking to understand for some time, and I am hoping that since this is IETF week, someone might indulge me! > > Where does the media-type `application/http` in RFC9112 come from? FWIW, the media type(s) for HTTP have been around since at least the beginning of HTTP/1.0. I'm not sure myself where or why they were created. Maybe on of the OG will remember. > Where is it used? These days, in protocols which wrap whole HTTP messages to transmit them - such as <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8188.html>. > And are there any examples of its use in the wild? > VPN and CDN systems are the most likely place to find it. Though I cannot point at any particular ones. HTH Amos
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