- From: Tommy Pauly <tpauly@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:06:03 -0800
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Hi HTTP, As this email notes, we’re starting a call for adoption on draft-hardt-httpbis-signature-key. We’ve had some discussion on list, and also would plan to have time at IETF 125 to discuss. Please take a look and let us know if you think this a document the working group should adopt. Best, Tommy > On Feb 12, 2026, at 8:04 PM, Tommy Pauly via Datatracker <noreply@ietf.org> wrote: > > This message starts a httpbis WG Call for Adoption of: > draft-hardt-httpbis-signature-key-01 > > This Working Group Call for Adoption ends on 2026-02-26 > > Abstract: > This document defines the Signature-Key HTTP header field for > distributing public keys used to verify HTTP Message Signatures as > defined in RFC 9421. Four initial key distribution schemes are > defined: pseudonymous inline keys (hwk), identified signers with JWKS > URI discovery (jwks_uri), X.509 certificate chains (x509), and JWT- > based delegation (jwt). These schemes enable flexible trust models > ranging from privacy-preserving pseudonymous verification to PKI- > based identity chains and horizontally-scalable delegated > authentication. > > Please reply to this message and indicate whether or not you support adoption > of this Internet-Draft by the httpbis WG. Comments to explain your preference > are greatly appreciated. Please reply to all recipients of this message and > include this message in your response. > > Authors, and WG participants in general, are reminded of the Intellectual > Property Rights (IPR) disclosure obligations described in BCP 79 [2]. > Appropriate IPR disclosures required for full conformance with the provisions > of BCP 78 [1] and BCP 79 [2] must be filed, if you are aware of any. > Sanctions available for application to violators of IETF IPR Policy can be > found at [3]. > > Thank you. > [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/bcp78/ > [2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/bcp79/ > [3] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc6701/ > > The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-hardt-httpbis-signature-key/ > > There is also an HTML version available at: > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-hardt-httpbis-signature-key-01.html > > A diff from the previous version is available at: > https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-hardt-httpbis-signature-key-01
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