Internet-Draft ORIGIN in HTTP/3 October 2022
Bishop Expires 8 April 2023 [Page]
Workgroup:
HTTPbis
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-httpbis-origin-h3-01
Published:
Intended Status:
Standards Track
Expires:
Author:
M. Bishop
Akamai

The ORIGIN Extension in HTTP/3

Abstract

The ORIGIN frame for HTTP/2 is equally applicable to HTTP/3, but needs to be separately registered. This document describes the ORIGIN frame for HTTP/3.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Existing RFCs define extensions to HTTP/2 [HTTP2] which remain useful in HTTP/3. Appendix A.2.3 of [HTTP3] describes the required updates for HTTP/2 frames to be used with HTTP/3.

[ORIGIN] defines the HTTP/2 ORIGIN frame, which indicates what origins are available on a given connection. It defines a single HTTP/2 frame type.

2. The ORIGIN HTTP/3 Frame

The ORIGIN HTTP/3 frame allows a server to indicate what origin(s) ([RFC6454]) the server would like the client to consider as members of the Origin Set (Section 2.3 of [ORIGIN]) for the connection within which it occurs.

The semantics of the frame payload are identical to those of the HTTP/2 frame defined in [ORIGIN]. Where HTTP/2 reserves Stream 0 for frames related to the state of the connection, HTTP/3 defines a pair of unidirectional streams called "control streams" for this purpose. Where [ORIGIN] indicates that the ORIGIN frame should be sent on Stream 0, this should be interpreted to mean the HTTP/3 control stream. The ORIGIN frame is sent from servers to clients on the server's control stream.

2.1. Frame Layout

The ORIGIN frame has a nearly identical layout to that used in HTTP/2, restated here for clarity. The ORIGIN frame type is 0xc (decimal 12) as in HTTP/2. The payload contains zero or more instances of the Origin-Entry field.

HTTP/3 Origin-Entry {
  Origin-Len (16),
  ASCII-Origin (..),
}

HTTP/3 ORIGIN Frame {
  Type (i) = 0x0c,
  Length (i),
  Origin-Entry (..) ...,
}
Figure 1: ORIGIN Frame Layout

An Origin-Entry is a length-delimited string. Specifically, it contains two fields:

Origin-Len:

An unsigned, 16-bit integer indicating the length, in octets, of the ASCII-Origin field.

ASCII-Origin:

An OPTIONAL sequence of characters containing the ASCII serialization of an origin ([RFC6454], Section 6.2) that the sender asserts this connection is or could be authoritative for.

3. Security Considerations

This document introduces no new security considerations beyond those discussed in [ORIGIN] and [HTTP3].

4. IANA Considerations

This document registers a frame type in the "HTTP/3 Frame Type" registry ([HTTP3]).

Table 1: Registered HTTP/3 Frame Types
Frame Type Value Specification
ORIGIN 0xc Section 2

5. References

5.1. Normative References

[HTTP2]
Thomson, M., Ed. and C. Benfield, Ed., "HTTP/2", RFC 9113, DOI 10.17487/RFC9113, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9113>.
[HTTP3]
Bishop, M., Ed., "HTTP/3", RFC 9114, DOI 10.17487/RFC9114, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9114>.
[ORIGIN]
Nottingham, M. and E. Nygren, "The ORIGIN HTTP/2 Frame", RFC 8336, DOI 10.17487/RFC8336, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8336>.

5.2. Informative References

[RFC6454]
Barth, A., "The Web Origin Concept", RFC 6454, DOI 10.17487/RFC6454, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6454>.

Author's Address

Mike Bishop
Akamai