Overview#

RFC 2817 is a RFC describing Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1

We refer you to the full text.

RFC 2817 defines Upgrade as a hop-by-hop mechanism, this memo also documents the HTTP CONNECT method for establishing end-to-end tunnels across HTTP proxies.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• HTTP Over TLS