RFC 9298: Proxying UDP in HTTP

This document describes how to proxy UDP in HTTP, similar to how the HTTP CONNECT method allows proxying TCP in HTTP. More specifically, this document defines…

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Outgoing relationships (25 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 2234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 9000: QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport
Normative reference — RFC 9110: HTTP Semantics
Normative reference — RFC 9113: HTTP/2
Normative reference — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Normative reference — RFC 9114: HTTP/3
Normative reference — RFC 6570: URI Template
Normative reference — RFC 9112: HTTP/1.1
Normative reference — RFC 8441: Bootstrapping WebSockets with HTTP/2
Normative reference — RFC 9221: An Unreliable Datagram Extension to QUIC
Normative reference — RFC 9209: The Proxy-Status HTTP Response Header Field
Normative reference — RFC 9220: Bootstrapping WebSockets with HTTP/3
Normative reference — RFC 9297: HTTP Datagrams and the Capsule Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4787: Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements for Unicast UDP
Informative reference — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Informative reference — RFC 6040: Tunnelling of Explicit Congestion Notification
Informative reference — RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
Informative reference — RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 6169: Security Concerns with IP Tunneling

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Updated by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 9484: Proxying IP in HTTP
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9931: Security Considerations for Optimistic Protocol Transitions in HTTP/1.1
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9532: HTTP Proxy-Status Parameter for Next-Hop Aliases
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9522: Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic Engineering
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9868: Transport Options for UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9473: A Vocabulary of Path Properties