# Status of HTTP

## IETF Meeting in Danvers, Massachussetts April 3-7

HTTP/1.0
  - Roy Fielding and I announced 3rd draft March 8
  - HTTP/1.0 is getting close on concensus
  - Soon become a proposed standard
HTTP/1.1
  Still under discussion about new features
  Basic idea: The smarter you are the easier!
  - Keep-Alive
  - Mandatory
  - Refresh
  - Additional Authentication schemes
  - Proxy Authentication
  - Extensions (Agent-Profile and Server-Profile)
HTTP-NG
  Hang around to hear Simon Spero