HTTP 451 Status Code for legal taken downs !

eva2000 · 2015-12-22

Interesting read at HTTP gets an official status code for legal demands: 451 There is now a HTTP 451 status code for legal take downs ! HTTP status codes are a core part of helping your browser understand what to do with a page. You’re probably...

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Interesting read at HTTP gets an official status code for legal demands: 451 There is now a HTTP 451 status code for legal take downs !

HTTP status codes are a core part of helping your browser understand what to do with a page. You’re probably familiar with 404 — page not found — but there are a plethora of others, like 302, which help tell your browser a page has moved.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has finally created a standard for when a page has been taken down due to legal reasons. The new status code, 451, indicates that a host has received a legal demand to deny access to a resource.

This status code was added to help add “transparent operation” to the internet, and responses using error 451 should also include a explanation in the body including details of the legal demand, who made it and what legislation it related to
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