Editing HTTP (section)

====HTTP/1.1====
Since early 1996, major web browsers and web server developers also started to implement new features specified by pre-standard HTTP/1.1 drafts specifications.  End-user adoption of the new versions of browsers and servers was rapid. In March 1996, one web hosting company reported that over 40% of browsers in use on the Internet used the new HTTP/1.1 header "Host" to enable [[virtual hosting]], and that by June 1996, 65% of all browsers accessing their servers were pre-standard HTTP/1.1 compliant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HTTP 1.1 Compliant Browsers |url=https://www.webcom.com/glossary/http1.1.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980204144926/http://www.webcom.com/glossary/http1.1.shtml |archive-date=1998-02-04 |access-date=2009-05-29 |work=webcom.com}}</ref>

In January 1997, {{IETF RFC|2068}} was officially released as HTTP/1.1 specifications.

In June 1999, {{IETF RFC|2616}} was released to include all improvements and updates based on previous (obsolete) HTTP/1.1 specifications.