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Appendix B - List of Major RFCs
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This list of key "Basic Beige" RFCs was compiled by J.K. Reynolds. This
is the 30 August 1989 edition of the list.
RFC-768 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
RFC-791 Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC-792 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
RFC-793 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
RFC-821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
RFC-822 Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages
RFC-826 Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol
RFC-854 Telnet Protocol
RFC-862 Echo Protocol
RFC-894 A Standard for the Transmission of IP
Datagrams over Ethernet Networks
RFC-904 Exterior Gateway Protocol
RFC-919 Broadcasting Internet Datagrams
RFC-922 Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets
RFC-950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
RFC-951 Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)
RFC-959 File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
RFC-966 Host Groups: A Multicast Extension to the Internet Protocol
RFC-974 Mail Routing and the Domain System
RFC-1000 The Request for Comments Reference Guide
RFC-1009 Requirements for Internet Gateways
RFC-1010 Assigned Numbers
RFC-1011 Official Internet Protocols
RFC-1012 Bibliography of Request for Comments 1 through 999
RFC-1034 Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
RFC-1035 Domain Names - Implementation
RFC-1042 A Standard for the Transmission of IP
Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks
RFC-1048 BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
RFC-1058 Routing Information Protocol
RFC-1059 Network Time Protocol (NTP)
RFC-1065 Structure and Identification of
Management Information for TCP/IP-based internets
RFC-1066 Management Information Base for Network
Management of TCP/IP-based internets
RFC-1084 BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
RFC-1087 Ethics and the Internet
RFC-1095 The Common Management Information
Services and Protocol over TCP/IP (CMOT)
RFC-1098 A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC-1100 IAB Official Protocol Standards
RFC-1101 DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types
RFC-1112 Host Extensions for IP Multicasting
RFC-1117 Internet Numbers
Note: This list is a portion of a list of RFC's by topic that may be
retrieved from the NIC under NETINFO:RFC-SETS.TXT (anonymous FTP, of
course).
The following list is not necessary for connection to the Internet,
but is useful in understanding the domain system, mail system, and
gateways:
RFC-974 Mail Routing and the Domain System
RFC-1009 Requirements for Internet Gateways
RFC-1034 Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
RFC-1035 Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
RFC-1101 DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types
Appendix C - Contact Points for Network Information
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Network Information Center (NIC)
DDN Network Information Center
SRI International, Room EJ291
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(800) 235-3155 or (415) 859-3695
NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL
NSF Network Service Center (NNSC)
NNSC
BBN Systems and Technology Corporation
10 Moulton St.
Cambridge, MA 02238
(617) 873-3400
NNSC@NNSC.NSF.NET
NSF Network Information Service (NIS)
NIS
Merit Inc.
University of Michigan
1075 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(313) 763-4897
INFO@NIS.NSF.NET
CIC
CSNET Coordination and Information Center
Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
10 Moulton Street
Cambridge, MA 02238
(617) 873-2777
INFO@SH.CS.NET
Glossary
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autonomous system
A set of gateways under a single administrative control and using
compatible and consistent routing procedures. Generally speaking,
the gateways run by a particular organization. Since a gateway is
connected to two (or more) networks it is not usually correct to
say that a gateway is in a network. For example, the gateways
that connect regional networks to the NSF Backbone network are run
by Merit and form an autonomous system. Another example, the
gateways that connect campuses to NYSERNET are run by NYSER and
form an autonomous system.
core gateway
The innermost gateways of the Internet. These gateways have a
total picture of the reachability to all networks known to the
Internet. They then redistribute reachability information to
their neighbor gateways speaking EGP. It is from them your EGP
agent (there is one acting for you somewhere if you can reach the
core of the Internet) finds out it can reach all the nets on the
Internet. Which is then passed to you via Hello, gated, RIP. The
core gateways mostly connect campuses to the ARPANET, or
interconnect the ARPANET and the MILNET, and are run by BBN.
count to infinity
The symptom of a routing problem where routing information is
passed in a circular manner through multiple gateways. Each
gateway increments the metric appropriately and passes it on. As
the metric is passed around the loop, it increments to ever
increasing values until it reaches the maximum for the routing
protocol being used, which typically denotes a link outage.
hold down
When a router discovers a path in the network has gone down
announcing that that path is down for a minimum amount of time
(usually at least two minutes). This allows for the propagation
of the routing information across the network and prevents the
formation of routing loops.
split horizon
When a router (or group of routers working in consort) accept
routing information from multiple external networks, but do not
pass on information learned from one external network to any
others. This is an attempt to prevent bogus routes to a network
from being propagated because of gossip or counting to infinity.
DDN
Defense Data Network the collective name for the ARPANET and
MILNET. Used frequently because although they are seperate
networks the operational and informational foci are the same.
Security Considerations
Security and privacy protection is a serious matter and too often
nothing is done about it. There are some known security bugs
(especially in access control) in BSD Unix and in some
implementations of network services. The hitchhikers guide does not
discuss these issues (too bad).
Author's Address
Ed Krol
University of Illinois
195 DCL
1304 West Springfield Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801-4399
Phone: (217) 333-7886
EMail: Krol@UXC.CSO.UIUC.EDU