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

On 10/22/25 18:33, Michael Sweet wrote:
> 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.

I think that HTTP/1.x proxies are fine, but *only* if they are
implemented as an independent HTTP server and HTTP client.
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)

Received on Friday, 24 October 2025 01:02:56 UTC