RFC 7541
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RFC 7541 is the IETF specification that defines the HPACK header compression format used by HTTP/2 to efficiently encode HTTP header fields.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
IETF Request for Comments
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| addresses |
bandwidth reduction for HTTP/2 headers
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compression efficiency for HTTP header fields → latency reduction for HTTP/2 header processing → |
| appliesTo |
HTTP/2 clients
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HTTP/2 intermediaries → HTTP/2 servers → |
| area |
Applications
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| category |
Standards Track
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| concerns |
HTTP header compression security considerations
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| defines |
HPACK
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header compression for HTTP/2 → |
| definesAbbreviation |
HPACK
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| definesConcept |
Huffman coding for header fields
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dynamic table → dynamic table size update → header field name → header field value → header table → indexed representation → literal header field never indexed → literal header field with indexing → literal header field without indexing → static table → |
| format |
text
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| intendedFor |
implementers of HTTP/2
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| language |
English
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| obsoletedBy |
None
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| obsoletes |
None
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| publishedBy |
IETF
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Internet Engineering Task Force → |
| registry |
IANA HPACK static table registry
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| relatedTo |
HTTP/2
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HTTP/2 specification → RFC 7540 → |
| specifies |
HPACK header compression format
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Huffman code for HTTP/2 header compression → binary format for compressed HTTP/2 header blocks → integer representation in HPACK → maximum size of the dynamic table → string literal representation in HPACK → |
| standardizes |
encoding of HTTP header fields for HTTP/2
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| status |
Proposed Standard
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| stream |
IETF
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| title |
HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2
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| updatesProtocol |
HTTP header compression
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| uses |
dynamic table of header fields
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static table of header fields → |
| workingGroup |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (httpbis)
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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HTTP/2
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definedInRFC |
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HPACK
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standardizedIn |