@techreport{nottingham-bikeshed-length-00, number = {draft-nottingham-bikeshed-length-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nottingham-bikeshed-length/00/}, author = {Mark Nottingham}, title = {{Advisory Content-Length for HTTP}}, pagetotal = 6, year = 2020, month = mar, day = 17, abstract = {The HTTP Content-Length header field is overloaded with (at least) two duties: message delimitation in HTTP/1, and metadata about the length of an incoming request body to the software handling it. This causes confusion, and sometimes problems. This document proposes a new header to untangle these semantics (at least partially).}, }