Re: HTTP/1.1 Request Smuggling Defense using Cryptographic Message Binding (new draft)

Erik,

> On Oct 22, 2025, at 6:12 PM, Erik Nygren <nygren@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> Here is a much more opinionated position on this:  https://http1mustdie.com/
> but I don't think captures the reality that http1 isn't going to die anytime soon,
> even if we publish an http1-considered-harmful draft.

IMHO this is more of an argument that HTTP/1.x *proxies* must die.

Direct connections to local HTTP/1.1 services (like the billions of printers, cameras, and other IoT widgets out there that aren't going away anytime soon...) should not be vulnerable to this sort of attack.

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Michael Sweet

Received on Thursday, 23 October 2025 14:03:36 UTC