RFC 1951: DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3

This specification defines a lossless compressed data format that compresses data using a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding, with…

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Normatively referenced by — RFC 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4253: The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4880: OpenPGP Message Format
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7516: JSON Web Encryption (JWE)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9580: OpenPGP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4978: The IMAP COMPRESS Extension
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6143: The Remote Framebuffer Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6713: The 'application/zlib' and 'application/gzip' Media Types
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7692: Compression Extensions for WebSocket
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8054: Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Extension for Compression
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4464: Signaling Compression (SigComp) Users' Guide
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4993: A Lightweight UDP Transfer Protocol for the Internet Registry Information Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6896: SCS: KoanLogic's Secure Cookie Sessions for HTTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7541: HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2813: Internet Relay Chat: Server Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2083: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification Version 1.0
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2394: IP Payload Compression Using DEFLATE
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6726: FLUTE - File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3926: FLUTE - File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5112: The Presence-Specific Static Dictionary for Signaling Compression (Sigcomp)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3072: Structured Data Exchange Format (SDXF)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7520: Examples of Protecting Content Using JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7612: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Schema for Printer Services