Something of the sort could be done. But to do so would require the HTTP
WG to be re-opened and there are many other proposals that would also
have to be considered.
At least from a process point-of-view, it would just require a 4 week last call.
Even if a WG were formed, it could have a narrow scope. it would not need
to consider every proposal for a change or extension to HTTP.
Before any change is made to the HTTP protocol there has to be a
strategy for deployment of a new version of the HTTP protocol.
Seems like HTTP has been haphazardly modified so many times that it
is beyond the point where a 'strategy' could help. Nor is it immediately
clear that a new version of the protocol would be needed or even useful
in helping to add a negotiate kind of authentication scheme.
Both of these arguments read like symptoms of second-system effect.
Keith
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