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World Wide Web Consortium Supports HTTP/1.1 Reaching IETF Draft Standard

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Published:: 7 July 1999

W3C is pleased to recognize that HTTP/1.1 has been approved as an IETF Draft Standard, and to have contributed to its development and implementation. "Products which use HTTP/1.1 have been demonstrated to run significantly faster than those which do not. I urge everyone to check for HTTP/1.1 compliance when choosing software," says Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. (Press Release, Testimonials, RFC 2616, RFC 2617)

"Network Performance Effects of HTTP/1.1, CSS1, and PNG", which was presented at ACM SIGCOMM '97. An overview of performance benefits is also available.
"Editing the Web: Detecting the Lost Update Problem Using Unreserved Checkout".
W3C software implementing HTTP/1.1: the Libwww protocol library and the Jigsaw Web server.

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