rfc9440v4.txt   rfc9440.txt 
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client certificate (or lack thereof) can be conveyed by selecting client certificate (or lack thereof) can be conveyed by selecting
response content as appropriate or with an HTTP 403 response, if the response content as appropriate or with an HTTP 403 response, if the
certificate is deemed unacceptable for the given context. Note that certificate is deemed unacceptable for the given context. Note that
TLS clients that rely on error indications at the TLS layer for an TLS clients that rely on error indications at the TLS layer for an
unacceptable certificate will not receive those signals. unacceptable certificate will not receive those signals.
When the value of the Client-Cert request header field is used to When the value of the Client-Cert request header field is used to
select a response (e.g., the response content is access-controlled), select a response (e.g., the response content is access-controlled),
the response MUST either be uncacheable (e.g., by sending Cache- the response MUST either be uncacheable (e.g., by sending Cache-
Control: no-store) or be designated for selective reuse only for Control: no-store) or be designated for selective reuse only for
subsequent requests with the same Client-Cert header value by sending subsequent requests with the same Client-Cert header field value by
a "Vary: Client-Cert" response header. If a TTRP encounters a sending a "Vary: Client-Cert" response header. If a TTRP encounters
response with a client-cert field name in the "Vary" header field, it a response with Client-Cert or Client-Cert-Chain in the Vary header
SHOULD prevent the user agent from caching the response by field (Section 12.5.5 of [HTTP]), it SHOULD prevent the user agent
transforming the value of the Vary response header field to "*". from caching the response by transforming the value of the Vary
response header field to "*".
Forward proxies and other intermediaries MUST NOT add the Client-Cert Forward proxies and other intermediaries MUST NOT add the Client-Cert
or Client-Cert-Chain header fields to requests or modify an existing or Client-Cert-Chain header fields to requests or modify an existing
Client-Cert or Client-Cert-Chain header field. Similarly, clients Client-Cert or Client-Cert-Chain header field. Similarly, clients
MUST NOT employ the Client-Cert or Client-Cert-Chain header field in MUST NOT employ the Client-Cert or Client-Cert-Chain header field in
requests. requests.
3. Deployment Considerations 3. Deployment Considerations
3.1. Header Field Compression 3.1. Header Field Compression
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is not at all unique to the functionality of this document; is not at all unique to the functionality of this document;
therefore, it would be inappropriate for this document to define a therefore, it would be inappropriate for this document to define a
one-off solution. Since a generic common solution does not currently one-off solution. Since a generic common solution does not currently
exist, stripping and sanitizing the fields is the de facto means of exist, stripping and sanitizing the fields is the de facto means of
protecting against field injection in practice. Sanitizing the protecting against field injection in practice. Sanitizing the
fields is sufficient when properly implemented and is a normative fields is sufficient when properly implemented and is a normative
requirement of Section 4. requirement of Section 4.
B.2. The Forwarded HTTP Extension B.2. The Forwarded HTTP Extension
The "Forwarded" HTTP header field defined in [RFC7239] allows proxy The Forwarded HTTP header field defined in [RFC7239] allows proxy
components to disclose information lost in the proxying process. The components to disclose information lost in the proxying process. The
TLS client certificate information of concern to this document could TLS client certificate information of concern to this document could
have been communicated with an extension parameter to the Forwarded have been communicated with an extension parameter to the Forwarded
field; however, doing so would have had some disadvantages that this field; however, doing so would have had some disadvantages that this
document endeavored to avoid. The Forwarded field syntax allows for document endeavored to avoid. The Forwarded field syntax allows for
information about a full chain of proxied HTTP requests, whereas the information about a full chain of proxied HTTP requests, whereas the
Client-Cert and Client-Cert-Chain header fields of this document are Client-Cert and Client-Cert-Chain header fields of this document are
concerned only with conveying information about the certificate concerned only with conveying information about the certificate
presented by the originating client on the TLS connection to the TTRP presented by the originating client on the TLS connection to the TTRP
(which appears as the server from that client's perspective) to (which appears as the server from that client's perspective) to
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