RFC 9440: Client-Cert HTTP Header Field
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes HTTP extension header fields that allow a TLS terminating reverse proxy (TTRP) to convey the client certificate information of a mutually authenticated TLS connection to the origin server in a common and predictable manner.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9440
- Published
- July 2023
- Authors
- B. Campbell; M. Bishop
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- wit
- Pages
- 14
- Also known as
- —
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