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RFC 2965: HTTP State Management Mechanism

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6265.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 6265 — HTTP State Management Mechanism

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document specifies a way to create a stateful session with Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests and responses. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2965
Published
October 2000
Authors
D. Kristol; L. Montulli
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
26
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 2109
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6265

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2109 (1997)
  2. RFC 2965 (2000)
  3. RFC 6265 (2011) ✓

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