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Replace references to RFC7235 and RFC7230 with references to RFC9110 (#…
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Signed-off-by: Kévin Commaille <[email protected]>
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Replace references to RFC 7235 and RFC 7230 that are obsoleted by RFC 9110.
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The format of the Authorization header is given in
[RFC 7235](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1). In
[Section 11.4 of RFC 9110](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#section-11.4). In
summary, the header begins with authorization scheme `X-Matrix`, followed by one
or more spaces, followed by a comma-separated list of parameters written as
name=value pairs. Zero or more spaces and tabs around each comma are allowed.
The names are case insensitive and order does not matter. The
values must be enclosed in quotes if they contain characters that are not
allowed in `token`s, as defined in
[RFC 7230](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.2.6); if a
[Section 5.6.2 of RFC 9110](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#section-5.6.2); if a
value is a valid `token`, it may or may not be enclosed in quotes. Quoted
values may include backslash-escaped characters. When parsing the header, the
recipient must unescape the characters. That is, a backslash-character pair is
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Unknown parameters are ignored.

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This section used to reference [RFC 7235](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1)
and [RFC 7230](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#section-5.6.2), that
were obsoleted by RFC 9110 without changes to the sections of interest here.
{{% /boxes/note %}}

### Response Authentication

Responses are authenticated by the TLS server certificate. A homeserver
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