Trusted Linker Download Redirection (TLDR)
draft-bennish-httpbis-tldr-00
| Document | Type | Expired Internet-Draft (individual) | |
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| Author | Ben Kennish | ||
| Last updated | 2015-10-10 (Latest revision 2015-04-08) | ||
| Replaces | draft-bennish-http-tldr | ||
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bennish-httpbis-tldr-00.txt
Abstract
This document describes an HTTP extension that allows user agents to verify downloaded data. It provides a standardised way for an HTTPS URL (assumed trustworthy) to redirect to a non-HTTPS URL and give the user agent extra information about the resulting output (e.g. a downloaded file.) Once that is retrieved, it can check whether or not the data has been modified since the trustworthy site checked it (e.g. altered during transit or as a result of the destination site having been compromised.)
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