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Table of Contents
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This is a reference page that provides links to specifications, implemented by
Apache Tomcat.
# Web Application Specifications
## Overview
This section provides a list of API specifications which are implemented by
Apache Tomcat.
...
Different Tomcat versions implement **different** versions of the
specifications (see [main site](http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html),
[wiki](/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=103100682)).
## Java Servlet Specifications
Servlet 4.0 specification is JSR 369.
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Servlet 2.5 is a maintenance release of Servlet 2.4. Both are JSR 154.
Spec versions:
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Servlet 4.0
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Main page:
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[JSR369](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=369)
Java.net project:
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[servlet-spec](https://javaee.github.io/servlet-spec/)
Also see Java EE Platform Specification project, [javaee-
spec](https://javaee.github.io/javaee-spec/)
Stable:
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Final Release
Date:
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05 Sept, 2017
Download Page:
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[Overview](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr369/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-4-final-eval-
spec/index.html)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 8](https://javaee.github.io/javaee-spec/javadocs/) (A
javaee.github.io link. Not available at docs.oracle.com?)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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9.0.0
Spec versions:
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Servlet 3.1
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Main page:
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[JSR340](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=340)
Java.net project:
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[servlet-spec ](http://java.net/projects/servlet-spec/)
Stable:
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Final Release
Date:
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28 May, 2013
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr340/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-3_1-fr-eval-
spec/index.html)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 7](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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8.0.0
Spec versions:
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Servlet 3.0
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Main page:
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[JSR315](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=315)
Stable:
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Final Release
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Maintenance Release (Version 3.0 Rev a)
Date:
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10 Dec, 2009
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6 Feb, 2011
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr315/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-3.0-fr-eval-
oth-JSpec/)
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr315/index.html)
[Change
Log](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/maintenance/jsr315/315ChangeLog.html)
[Direct Download -
PDF](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-3.0-mrel-eval-oth-JSpec/)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 6](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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7.0.0
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7.0.25
Spec versions:
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Servlet 2.5
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Main page:
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[JSR154](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=154)
Stable:
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Maintenance Release
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Maintenance Release 2
Date:
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11 May, 2006
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11 Sep, 2007
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr154/index.html)
[Direct Download - Javadoc,
classes](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-2.5-mrel-eval-oth-
JSpec/)
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr154/index2.html)
[Direct Download -
PDF](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-2.5-mrel2-eval-oth-JSpec/)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 5](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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6.0.0
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6.0.44 ([bug 57703](https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57703))
Spec versions:
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Servlet 2.4
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Main page:
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[JSR154](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=154)
Stable:
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Final Release
Date:
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24 Nov, 2003
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr154/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-2.4-fr-spec-
oth-JSpec/)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 1.4](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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5.0.0
##
[JavaServer](null/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TOMCAT&title=JavaServer&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=103100166)
Pages and Expression Language Specifications
JSP 2.3 is the second maintenance release of JSP 2.1 (JSR 245). Expression
Language 3.0 is JSR 341.
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Expression Language was covered by JSP 2.0 and JSP 2.1 specifications, but
became a separate document starting with JSP 2.2.
Spec versions:
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JSP 2.3
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EL 3.0
---|---|---
Main page:
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[JSR245](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=245)
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[JSR341](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=341)
Java.net project:
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[jsp-spec-public ](http://java.net/projects/jsp-spec-public/) ?
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[el-spec](http://java.net/projects/el-spec/)
Stable:
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Maintenance Release 2
_The naming is according to JSR 245. The title page of the
JSP specification document says "Maintenace Release 3"_
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Final Release
Date:
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12 Jun, 2013
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22 May, 2013
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr245/index2.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jsp-2_3-mrel2-eval-
spec/)
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr341/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/el-3_0-fr-eval-
spec/index.html)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 7](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/), [Java EE
8](https://javaee.github.io/javaee-spec/javadocs/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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8.0.0
Spec versions:
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JSP 2.2, EL 2.2
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Main page:
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[JSR245](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=245)
Stable:
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Maintenance Release
_The naming is according to JSR 245. The title page of the
JSP specification document says "Maintenace Release 2"_
Date:
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10 Dec, 2009
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr245/index.html)
[Direct Download - JSP
2.2](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jsp-2.2-mrel-eval-oth-JSpec/)
[Direct Download - EL
2.2](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/expression_language-2.2-mrel-eval-
oth-JSpec/)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 6](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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7.0.0
Spec versions:
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JSP 2.1
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Main page:
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[JSR245](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=245)
Stable:
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Final Release
Date:
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11 May, 2006
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr245/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jsp-2.1-fr-eval-spec-
oth-JSpec/)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 5](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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6.0.0
Spec versions:
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JSP 2.0
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Main page:
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[JSR152](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=152)
Stable:
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Final Release
Date:
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24 November, 2003
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr152/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jsp-2.0-fr-oth-
JSpec/)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 1.4](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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5.0.0
## Java API for
[WebSocket](null/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TOMCAT&title=WebSocket&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=103100166)
Java API for WebSocket is JSR 356. An implementation is to be included in
Tomcat 8. See also [Bug
51181](https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51181#c64).
Since Tomcat 7.0.47 this implementation is included with Tomcat 7, but it is
only available if Tomcat is run with Java 7 or later.
Spec versions:
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Java API for WebSocket 1.0
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Java API for WebSocket 1.1
---|---|---
Main page:
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[JSR356](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=356)
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[JSR356](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=356)
Java.net project:
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[websocket-spec ](http://java.net/projects/websocket-spec/)
Stable:
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Final Release
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Maintenance Release
Date:
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22 May, 2013
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5 August, 2014
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr356/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/websocket-1_0-fr-
eval-spec/index.html)
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[Overview](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr356/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/websocket-1_1-mrel-
eval-spec/index.html)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 7](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/)
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Minimum Tomcat version:
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7.0.47, 8.0.0
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7.0.56, 8.0.13
## Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers
Specification
JASPIC 1.1 is the second maintenance release, Maintenance Release B, of JASPIC
1.0 (JSR 196).
Spec versions:
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JASPIC 1.0
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JASPIC 1.1
---|---|---
Main page:
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[JSR196](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=196)
Java.net project:
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[jaspic-spec ](http://java.net/projects/jaspic-spec/)
Stable:
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Final Release
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Maintenance Release B
Date:
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10 Oct, 2007
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12 Jun, 2013
Download Page:
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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr196/index.html)
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jaspic-1.0-fr-oth-
JSpec/index.html)
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[Overview](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr196/index.html)
[Direct
Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jaspic-1_1-mrel2-eval-
spec/index.html)
Online Javadoc:
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[Java EE 7](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/)
Minimum Tomcat version:
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8.5.0
## See Also
* [Tomcat Versions](/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=103100682)
* [Which Tomcat Version Do I Want](http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html)
# Protocol Specifications
The following are specifications for the web protocols supported by Tomcat.
## HTTP, HTTP/2
HTTP 0.9
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[The Original HTTP as defined in
1991](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/AsImplemented.html) at W3.org
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HTTP/1.0
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[RFC 1945](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1945)
HTTP/1.1
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[RFC 2068](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2068) (January 1997) - obsolete,
replaced by 2616
[RFC 2616](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616) (June 1999) - obsolete,
replaced by 7230...7235
[RFC 7230](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230) (June 2014) - Message Syntax
and Routing
[RFC 7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231) (June 2014) - Semantics and
Content
[RFC 7232](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232) (June 2014) - Conditional
Requests
[RFC 7233](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7233) (June 2014) - Range Requests
[RFC 7234](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234) (June 2014) - Caching
[RFC 7235](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235) (June 2014) - Authentication |
HTTP/2
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[RFC 7540](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7540) (May 2015) - Hypertext Transfer
Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)
[RFC 7541](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7541) (May 2015) - HPACK: Header
Compression for HTTP/2
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[HTTP/2 home page, maintained by the IETF HTTPbis Working
Group](http://http2.github.io/) |
### Related Specifications
[RFC 2617](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617)
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"HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication"
It covers BASIC and DIGEST authentication methods
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It was updated by [RFC 7235](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235). |
[RFC 6265](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265)
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"HTTP State Management Mechanism"
The specification about cookies. Implemented by
[org.apache.tomcat.util.http.Rfc6265CookieProcessor](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/cookie-
processor.html) that is available since Tomcat 8.0.15 and is default with
Tomcat 8.5.0 onwards. See also "Cookies" page in ["Development
Issues"](null/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TOMCAT&title=Development&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=103100166).
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Obsolete specifications: [RFC2109](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109), [RFC
2965](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2965). |
[RFC 6266](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6266)
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"Use of the Content-Disposition Header Field in the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP)"
Content-Disposition header is used by file uploads. See also [Bug
59115](https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59115#c5)
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## AJP
The AJP protocol specification lives on the [Apache Tomcat
Connector](http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/) web site.
AJP/1.3
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[AJP Protocol Reference - AJPv13](http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-
doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html)
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##
[WebSocket](null/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TOMCAT&title=WebSocket&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=103100166)
WebSocket protocol is specified by [RFC
6455](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455).
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