Document Name: RFC 7469
Document URI: urn:ietf:rfc:7469
Online Version: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7469
Organization: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Series: Request for Comments (RFC)
Abstract: This document defines a new HTTP header that allows web host operators to instruct user agents to remember ("pin") the hosts' cryptographic identities over a period of time. During that time, user agents (UAs) will require that the host presents a certificate chain including at least one Subject Public Key Info structure whose fingerprint matches one of the pinned fingerprints for that host. By effectively reducing the number of trusted authorities who can authenticate the domain during the lifetime of the pin, pinning may reduce the incidence of man-in-the-middle attacks due to compromised Certification Authorities.


Specified Web Concepts:

HTTP Header Fields

Public-Key-Pins , Public-Key-Pins-Report-Only

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