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Fixes #454
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mnot committed Jan 30, 2018
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### URL Schemes {#scheme}

Applications that use HTTP will typically use the "http" and/or "https" URL schemes. "https" is preferred to mitigate pervasive monitoring attacks {{?RFC7258}}.
Applications that use HTTP will typically use the "http" and/or "https" URL schemes. "https" is preferred to provide authentication, integrity and confidentiality, as well as mitigate pervasive monitoring attacks {{?RFC7258}}.

However, application-specific schemes can be defined as well.

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{{state}} discusses the impact of using stateful mechanisms in the protocol as ambient authority,
and suggests a mitigation.

{{scheme}} requires support for 'https' URLs, and discourages the use of 'http' URLs, to mitigate
pervasive monitoring attacks.
{{scheme}} requires support for 'https' URLs, and discourages the use of 'http' URLs, to provide
authentication, integrity and confidentiality, as well as mitigate pervasive monitoring attacks.

Applications that use HTTP in a manner that involves modification of implementations -- for
example, requiring support for a new URL scheme, or a non-standard method -- risk having those
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