 . . . <a href="#page-4">4</a>

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" name="section-1" href="#section-1">1</a>.  Introduction</span>

   This document registers those Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
   methods that have been defined in RFCs other than [<a href="./rfc7231" title="&quot;Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content&quot;">RFC7231</a>] before
   the IANA HTTP Method Registry was established.

<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" name="section-2" href="#section-2">2</a>.  Secu