P2P HTTP was: Renaming main branches of W3C GitHub repositories

Hi,

  regarding the master/main debate, there is also a debate
regarding HTTP client/server roles, which I have found leads
a lot of people to the wrong conclusion that the foundation
of the web is asymmetric.

So I thought it would be worth pointing out that there is a
”Peer-to-peer Extension to HTTP/2”

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-benfield-http2-p2p-02

This allows the roles between clients and servers to be
switched on the same connection.

I am sure that if we think about it we can start finding
lots of interesting use cases in adding this feature more
widely.

I have found one for Security, by developing a Authentication
protocol built on the new IETF spec for HTTP Signature, which
I think this group could be interested in. It also shows how
that can fit in with the Self-Sovereign Identity project.

https://github.com/bblfish/authentication-panel/blob/HttpSig/HttpSignature.md

Sincerely,

Henry Story

https://co-operating.systems
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Twitter: @bblfish


> On 11 Feb 2021, at 01:39, Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi WebAppSec,
> 
> To improve our use of inclusive language, and in-line with emerging best
> practices, W3C is renaming the main branch of our GitHub repositories
> from "master" to "main"[1][2].
> 
> GitHub will perform redirects for web access. Those with local
> copies and forks will need to update before making pull requests. I plan
> to update the github.com/w3c/webappsec and webappsec-* repositories
> next week. Please let me know if you have questions.
> 
> Thanks!
> --Wendy
> 
> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/spec-prod/2021JanMar/0017.html
> [2] https://github.com/github/renaming
> --
> -- Wendy Seltzer -- wseltzer@w3.org +1.617.715.4883 (office)
> Strategy Lead and Counsel, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
> https://wendy.seltzer.org/        +1.617.863.0613 (mobile)
> 
> 
>