RFC 7541: HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2

This specification defines HPACK, a compression format for efficiently representing HTTP header fields, to be used in HTTP/2.

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Outgoing relationships (6 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
Normative reference — RFC 7540: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)
Informative reference — RFC 5246: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
Informative reference — RFC 1951: DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3
Informative reference — RFC 6454: The Web Origin Concept

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7540: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9204: QPACK: Field Compression for HTTP/3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8941: Structured Field Values for HTTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8170: Planning for Protocol Adoption and Subsequent Transitions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9440: Client-Cert HTTP Header Field
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9292: Binary Representation of HTTP Messages