ATM-MIB ATM Management Version 8.0 using SMIv2 Elective 1695
SNANAU-MIB SNA NAUs MIB using SMIv2 Elective 1666
PPP-TRANS PPP Reliable Transmission Elective 1663
-------- Postmaster Convention X.400 Operations Elective 1648
TN3270-En TN3270 Enhancements Elective 1647
PPP-BCP PPP Bridging Control Protocol Elective 1638
UPS-MIB UPS Management Information Base Elective 1628
AAL5-MTU Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5 Elective 1626
PPP-SONET PPP over SONET/SDH Elective 1619
PPP-ISDN PPP over ISDN Elective 1618
DNS-R-MIB DNS Resolver MIB Extensions Elective 1612
DNS-S-MIB DNS Server MIB Extensions Elective 1611
FR-MIB Frame Relay Service MIB Elective 1604
PPP-X25 PPP in X.25 Elective 1598
OSPF-NSSA The OSPF NSSA Option Elective 1587
OSPF-Multi Multicast Extensions to OSPF Elective 1584
SONET-MIB MIB SONET/SDH Interface Type Elective 1595
RIP-DC Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Cir. Elective 1582
-------- Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB-II Elective 1573
PPP-LCP PPP LCP Extensions Elective 1570
X500-MIB X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB Elective 1567
MAIL-MIB Mail Monitoring MIB Elective 1566
NSM-MIB Network Services Monitoring MIB Elective 1565
CIPX Compressing IPX Headers Over WAM Media Elective 1553
IPXCP PPP Internetworking Packet Exchange Control Elective 1552
SRB-MIB Source Routing Bridge MIB Elective 1525
CIDR-STRA CIDR Address Assignment... Elective 1519
CIDR-ARCH CIDR Architecture... Elective 1518
CIDR-APP CIDR Applicability Statement Elective 1517
-------- 802.3 MAU MIB Elective 1515
HOST-MIB Host Resources MIB Elective 1514
-------- Token Ring Extensions to RMON MIB Elective 1513
FDDI-MIB FDDI Management Information Base Elective 1512
KERBEROS Kerberos Network Authentication Ser (V5) Elective 1510
GSSAPI Generic Security Service API: C-bindings Elective 1509
DASS Distributed Authentication Security... Elective 1507
-------- X.400 Use of Extended Character Sets Elective 1502
HARPOON Rules for Downgrading Messages... Elective 1496
Mapping MHS/RFC-822 Message Body Mapping Elective 1495
Equiv X.400/MIME Body Equivalences Elective 1494
IDPR Inter-Domain Policy Routing Protocol Elective 1479
IDPR-ARCH Architecture for IDPR Elective 1478
PPP/Bridge MIB Bridge PPP MIB Elective 1474
PPP/IP MIB IP Network Control Protocol of PPP MIB Elective 1473
PPP/SEC MIB Security Protocols of PPP MIB Elective 1472
PPP/LCP MIB Link Control Protocol of PPP MIB Elective 1471
X25-MIB Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 MIB Elective 1461
SNMPv2 Introduction to SNMPv2 Elective 1441
PEM-KEY PEM - Key Certification Elective 1424
PEM-ALG PEM - Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers Elective 1423
PEM-CKM PEM - Certificate-Based Key Management Elective 1422
PEM-ENC PEM - Message Encryption and Auth Elective 1421
SNMP-IPX SNMP over IPX Elective 1420
SNMP-AT SNMP over AppleTalk Elective 1419
SNMP-OSI SNMP over OSI Elective 1418
FTP-FTAM FTP-FTAM Gateway Specification Elective 1415
IDENT-MIB Identification MIB Elective 1414
IDENT Identification Protocol Elective 1413
DS3/E3-MIB DS3/E3 Interface Type Elective 1407
DS1/E1-MIB DS1/E1 Interface Type Elective 1406
BGP-OSPF BGP OSPF Interaction Elective 1403
-------- Route Advertisement In BGP2 And BGP3 Elective 1397
SNMP-X.25 SNMP MIB Extension for X.25 Packet Layer Elective 1382
SNMP-LAPB SNMP MIB Extension for X.25 LAPB Elective 1381
PPP-ATCP PPP AppleTalk Control Protocol Elective 1378
PPP-OSINLCP PPP OSI Network Layer Control Protocol Elective 1377
SNMP-PARTY-MIB Administration of SNMP Elective 1353
SNMP-SEC SNMP Security Protocols Elective 1352
SNMP-ADMIN SNMP Administrative Model Elective 1351
TOS Type of Service in the Internet Elective 1349
PPP-IPCP PPP Control Protocol Elective 1332
------- X.400 1988 to 1984 downgrading Elective 1328
------- Mapping between X.400(1988) Elective 1327
TCP-EXT TCP Extensions for High Performance Elective 1323
FRAME-MIB Management Information Base for Frame Elective 1315
NETFAX File Format for the Exchange of Images Elective 1314
IARP Inverse Address Resolution Protocol Elective 1293
FDDI-MIB FDDI-MIB Elective 1285
------- Encoding Network Addresses Elective 1277
------- Replication and Distributed Operations Elective 1276
------- COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema Elective 1274
BGP-MIB Border Gateway Protocol MIB (Version 3) Elective 1269
ICMP-ROUT ICMP Router Discovery Messages Elective 1256
OSI-UDP OSI TS on UDP Elective 1240
STD-MIBs Reassignment of Exp MIBs to Std MIBs Elective 1239
IPX-IP Tunneling IPX Traffic through IP Nets Elective 1234
IS-IS OSI IS-IS for TCP/IP Dual Environments Elective 1195
IP-CMPRS Compressing TCP/IP Headers Elective 1144
NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol Elective 977
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
previous edition of this document.]
[Note: Ele/Req indicates elective for use with IPv4 and required for use
with IPv6.]
Applicability Statements:
OSPF - RFC1370 is an applicability statement for OSPF.
6.6. Telnet Options
For convenience, all the Telnet Options are collected here with both
their state and status.
Protocol Name Number State Status RFCSTD
======== ===================================== ===== ====== ==== ===
TOPT-BIN Binary Transmission 0 Std Rec 856 27
TOPT-ECHO Echo 1 Std Rec 857 28
TOPT-RECN Reconnection 2 Prop Ele ...
TOPT-SUPP Suppress Go Ahead 3 Std Rec 858 29
TOPT-APRX Approx Message Size Negotiation 4 Prop Ele ...
TOPT-STAT Status 5 Std Rec 859 30
TOPT-TIM Timing Mark 6 Std Rec 860 31
TOPT-REM Remote Controlled Trans and Echo 7 Prop Ele 726
TOPT-OLW Output Line Width 8 Prop Ele ...
TOPT-OPS Output Page Size 9 Prop Ele ...
TOPT-OCRD Output Carriage-Return Disposition 10 Prop Ele 652
TOPT-OHT Output Horizontal Tabstops 11 Prop Ele 653
TOPT-OHTD Output Horizontal Tab Disposition 12 Prop Ele 654
TOPT-OFD Output Formfeed Disposition 13 Prop Ele 655
TOPT-OVT Output Vertical Tabstops 14 Prop Ele 656
TOPT-OVTD Output Vertical Tab Disposition 15 Prop Ele 657
TOPT-OLD Output Linefeed Disposition 16 Prop Ele 658
TOPT-EXT Extended ASCII 17 Prop Ele 698
TOPT-LOGO Logout 18 Prop Ele 727
TOPT-BYTE Byte Macro 19 Prop Ele 735
TOPT-DATA Data Entry Terminal 20 Prop Ele 1043
TOPT-SUP SUPDUP 21 Prop Ele 736
TOPT-SUPO SUPDUP Output 22 Prop Ele 749
TOPT-SNDL Send Location 23 Prop Ele 779
TOPT-TERM Terminal Type 24 Prop Ele 1091
TOPT-EOR End of Record 25 Prop Ele 885
TOPT-TACACS TACACS User Identification 26 Prop Ele 927
TOPT-OM Output Marking 27 Prop Ele 933
TOPT-TLN Terminal Location Number 28 Prop Ele 946
TOPT-3270 Telnet 3270 Regime 29 Prop Ele 1041
TOPT-X.3 X.3 PAD 30 Prop Ele 1053
TOPT-NAWS Negotiate About Window Size 31 Prop Ele 1073
TOPT-TS Terminal Speed 32 Prop Ele 1079
TOPT-RFCRemote Flow Control 33 Prop Ele 1372
TOPT-LINE Linemode 34 Draft Ele 1184
TOPT-XDL X Display Location 35 Prop Ele 1096
TOPT-ENVIR Telnet Environment Option 36 Hist Not 1408
TOPT-AUTH Telnet Authentication Option 37 Exp Ele 1416
TOPT-ENVIR Telnet Environment Option 39 Prop Ele 1572
TOPT-TN3270E TN3270 Enhancements 40 Prop Ele 1647
TOPT-AUTH Telnet XAUTH 41 Exp
TOPT-CHARSET Telnet CHARSET 42 Exp 2066
TOPT-EXTOP Extended-Options-List 255 Std Rec 861 32
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
previous edition of this document.]
6.7. Experimental Protocols
All Experimental protocols have the Limited Use status.
Protocol Name RFC
======== ===================================== =====
IP-SCSI Encapsulating IP with the SCSI 2143*
X.500-NAME Managing the X.500 Root Naming Context 2120*
TFTP-MULTI TFTP Multicast Option 2090
IP-Echo IP Echo Host Service 2075
METER-MIB Traffic Flow Measurement Meter MIB 2064
TFM-ARCH Traffic Flow Measurement Architecture 2063
DNS-SRV Location of Services in the DNS 2052
URAS Uniform Resource Agents 2016
GPS-AR GPS-Based Addressing and Routing 2009
ETFTP Enhanced Trivial File Transfer Protocol 1986
BGP-RR BGP Route Reflection 1966
BGP-ASC Autonomous System Confederations for BGP 1965
SMKD Scalable Multicast Key Distribution 1949
HTML-TBL HTML Tables 1942
MIME-VP Voice Profile for Internet Mail 1911
SNMPV2SM User-based Security Model for SNMPv2 1910
SNMPV2AI SNMPv2 Administrative Infrastructure 1909
SNMPV2CB Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2 1901
------- IPv6 Testing Address Allocation 1897
DNS-LOC Location Information in the DNS 1876
SGML-MT SGML Media Types 1874
CONT-MT Access Type Content-ID 1873
UNARP ARP Extension - UNARP 1868
------- Form-based File Upload in HTML 1867
------- BGP/IDRP Route Server Alternative 1863
------- IP Authentication using Keyed SHA 1852
ESP3DES ESP Triple DES Transform 1851
------- SMTP 521 Reply Code 1846
------- SMTP Serv. Ext. for Checkpoint/Restart 1845
------- X.500 Mapping X.400 and RFC822 Addresses 1838
------- Tables and Subtrees in the X.500 Directory 1837
------- O/R Address hierarchy in X.500 1836
------- SMTP Serv. Ext. Large and Binary MIME Msgs. 1830
ST2 Stream Protocol Version 2 1819
------- Content-Disposition Header 1806
------- Schema Publishing in X.500 Directory 1804
------- X.400-MHS use X.500 to support X.400-MHS Routing 1801
------- Class A Subnet Experiment 1797
TCP/IPXMIB TCP/IPX Connection Mib Specification 1792
------- TCP And UDP Over IPX Networks With Fixed Path MTU 1791
ICMP-DM ICMP Domain Name Messages 1788
CLNP-MULT Host Group Extensions for CLNP Multicasting 1768
OSPF-OVFL OSPF Database Overflow 1765
RWP Remote Write ProtocolL - Version 1.0 1756
NARP NBMA Address Resolution Protocol 1735
DNS-DEBUG Tools for DNS debugging 1713
DNS-ENCODE DNS Encoding of Geographical Location 1712
TCP-POS An Extension to TCP: Partial Order Service 1693
------- DNS to Distribute RFC1327 Mail Address Mapping Tables 1664
T/TCP TCP Extensions for Transactions 1644
MIME-UNI Using Unicode with MIME 1641
FOOBAR FTP Operation Over Big Address Records 1639
X500-CHART Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory 1609
X500-DIR Representing IP Information in the X.500 Directory 1608
SNMP-DPI SNMP Distributed Protocol Interface 1592
CLNP-TUBA Use of ISO CLNP in TUBA Environments 1561
REM-PRINT TPC.INT Subdomain Remote Printing - Technical 1528
EHF-MAIL Encoding Header Field for Internet Messages 1505
RAP Internet Route Access Protocol 1476
TP/IX TP/IX: The Next Internet 1475
X400 Routing Coordination for X.400 Services 1465
DNS Storing Arbitrary Attributes in DNS 1464
IRCP Internet Relay Chat Protocol 1459
TOS-LS Link Security TOS 1455
SIFT/UFT Sender-Initiated/Unsolicited File Transfer 1440
DIR-ARP Directed ARP 1433
TEL-SPX Telnet Authentication: SPX 1412
TEL-KER Telnet Authentication: Kerberos V4 1411
MAP-MAIL X.400 Mapping and Mail-11 1405
TRACE-IP Traceroute Using an IP Option 1393
DNS-IP Experiment in DNS Based IP Routing 1383
RMCP Remote Mail Checking Protocol 1339
TCP-HIPER TCP Extensions for High Performance 1323
MSP2 Message Send Protocol 2 1312
DSLCP Dynamically Switched Link Control 1307
-------- X.500 and Domains 1279
IN-ENCAP Internet Encapsulation Protocol 1241
CLNS-MIB CLNS-MIB 1238
CFDP Coherent File Distribution Protocol 1235
IP-AX.25 IP Encapsulation of AX.25 Frames 1226
ALERTS Managing Asynchronously Generated Alerts 1224
MPP Message Posting Protocol 1204
SNMP-BULK Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP 1187
DNS-RR New DNS RR Definitions 1183
IMAP2 Interactive Mail Access Protocol 1176
NTP-OSI NTP over OSI Remote Operations 1165
DMF-MAIL Digest Message Format for Mail 1153
RDP Reliable Data Protocol 908,1151
TCP-ACO TCP Alternate Checksum Option 1146
IP-DVMRP IP Distance Vector Multicast Routing 1075
VMTP Versatile Message Transaction Protocol 1045
COOKIE-JAR Authentication Scheme 1004
NETBLT Bulk Data Transfer Protocol 998
IRTP Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol 938
LDP Loader Debugger Protocol 909
RLP Resource Location Protocol 887
NVP-II Network Voice Protocol ISI-memo
PVP Packet Video Protocol ISI-memo
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
previous edition of this document.]
6.8. Informational Protocols
Information protocols have no status.
Protocol Name RFC
======= ==================================== =====
PPP-EXT PPP Vendor Extensions 2153*
UTF-7 UTF-7 2152*
CAST-128 CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm 2144*
DLSCAP Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol 2114*
PNG Portable Network Graphics Version 1.0 2083
RC5 RC5, RC5-CBC, RC5-CBC-Pad, and RC5-CTS Algorithms 2040
SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol v4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI 2030
PGP-MEF PGP Message Exchange Formats 1991
PPP-DEFL PPP Deflate Protocol 1979
PPP-PRED PPP Predictor Compression Protocol 1978
PPP-BSD PPP BSD Compression Protocol 1977
PPP-DCE PPP for Data Compression in DCE 1976
PPP-MAG PPP Magnalink Variable Resource Compression 1975
PPP-STAC PPP Stac LZS Compression Protocol 1974
GZIP GZIP File Format Specification Version 4.3 1952
DEFLATE DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification V. 1.3 1951
ZLIB ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification V. 3.3 1950
HTTP-1.0 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0 1945
-------- text/enriched MIME Content-type 1896
-------- Application/CALS-1840 Content-type 1895
-------- PPP IPCP Extensions for Name Server Addresses 1877
SNPP Simple Network Paging Protocol - Version 2 1861
-------- ISO Transport Class 2 Non-use Explicit Flow Control 1859
over TCP RFC1006 extension
-------- IP in IP Tunneling 1853
-------- PPP Network Control Protocol for LAN Extension 1841
TESS The Exponential Security System 1824
NFSV3 NFS Version 3 Protocol Specification 1813
-------- A Format for Bibliographic Records 1807
------- Data Link Switching: Switch-to-Switch Protocol 1795
BGP-4 Experience with the BGP-4 Protocol 1773
SDMD IPv4 Option for Sender Directed MD Delivery 1770
SNOOP Snoop Version 2 Packet Capture File Format 1761
BINHEX MIME Content Type for BinHex Encoded Files 1741
RWHOIS Referral Whois Protocol 1714
DNS-NSAP DNS NSAP Resource Records 1706
RADIO-PAGE TPC.INT Subdomain: Radio Paging -- Technical Procedures 1703
GRE-IPv4 Generic Routing Encapsulation over IPv4 1702
GRE Generic Routing Encapsulatio 1701
ADSNA-IP Advanced SNA/IP: A Simple SNA Transport Protocol 1538
TACACS Terminal Access Control Protocol 1492
MD4 MD4 Message Digest Algorithm 1320
SUN-NFS Network File System Protocol 1094
SUN-RPC Remote Procedure Call Protocol Version 2 1057
GOPHER The Internet Gopher Protocol 1436
LISTSERV Listserv Distribute Protocol 1429
------- Replication Requirements 1275
PCMAIL Pcmail Transport Protocol 1056
MTP Multicast Transport Protocol 1301
BSD Login BSD Login 1282
DIXIE DIXIE Protocol Specification 1249
IP-X.121 IP to X.121 Address Mapping for DDN 1236
OSI-HYPER OSI and LLC1 on HYPERchannel 1223
HAP2 Host Access Protocol 1221
SUBNETASGN On the Assignment of Subnet Numbers 1219
SNMP-TRAPS Defining Traps for use with SNMP 1215
DAS Directory Assistance Service 1202
LPDP Line Printer Daemon Protocol 1179
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
previous edition of this document.]
6.9. Historic Protocols
All Historic protocols have Not Recommended status.
Protocol Name RFCSTD
======== ===================================== ===== ===
IPSO DoD Security Options for IP Elective 1108
SNMPv2 Manager-to-Manager MIB Elective 1451
SNMPv2 Party MIB for SNMPv2 Elective 1447
SNMPv2 Security Protocols for SNMPv2 Elective 1446
SNMPv2 Administrative Model for SNMPv2 Elective 1445
RIP Routing Information Protocol Ele 1058 34
-------- Mapping full 822 to Restricted 822 1137
BGP3 Border Gateway Protocol 3 (BGP-3) 1267,1268
-------- Gateway Requirements Req 1009 4
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol Rec 904 18
SNMP-MUX SNMP MUX Protocol and MIB 1227
OIM-MIB-II OSI Internet Management: MIB-II 1214
IMAP3 Interactive Mail Access Protocol Version 3 1203
SUN-RPC Remote Procedure Call Protocol Version 1 1050
802.4-MIP IEEE 802.4 Token Bus MIB 1230
CMOT Common Management Information Services 1189
-------- Mail Privacy: Procedures 1113
-------- Mail Privacy: Key Management 1114
-------- Mail Privacy: Algorithms 1115
NFILE A File Access Protocol 1037
HOSTNAME HOSTNAME Protocol 953
SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol 913
SUPDUP SUPDUP Protocol 734
BGP Border Gateway Protocol 1163,1164
MIB-I MIB-I 1156
SGMP Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol 1028
HEMS High Level Entity Management Protocol 1021
STATSRV Statistics Server 996
POP2 Post Office Protocol, Version 2 937
RATP Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol 916
HFEP Host - Front End Protocol 929
THINWIRE Thinwire Protocol 914
HMP Host Monitoring Protocol 869
GGP Gateway Gateway Protocol 823
RTELNET Remote Telnet Service 818
CLOCK DCNET Time Server Protocol 778
MPM Internet Message Protocol 759
NETRJS Remote Job Service 740
NETED Network Standard Text Editor 569
RJE Remote Job Entry 407
XNET Cross Net Debugger IEN-158
NAMESERVER Host Name Server Protocol IEN-116
MUX Multiplexing Protocol IEN-90
GRAPHICS Graphics Protocol NIC-24308
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
previous edition of this document.]
6.10. Obsolete Protocols
Some of the protocols listed in this memo are described in RFCs that are
obsoleted by newer RFCs. "Obsolete" or "obsoleted" is not an official
state or status of protocols. This subsection is for information only.
While it may seem to be obviously wrong to have an obsoleted RFCin the
list of standards, there may be cases when an older standard is in the
process of being replaced. This process may take a year or two.
Many obsoleted protocols are of little interest and are dropped from
this memo altogether. Some obsoleted protocols have received enough
recognition that it seems appropriate to list them under their current
status and with the following reference to their current replacement.
RFCRFCStatus Title *
==== ==== ========= =================================== =
1305 obsoletes 1119 Stan/Rec Network Time Protocol version 2
Thanks to Lynn Wheeler for compiling the information in this
subsection.
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
previous edition of this document.]
7. Contacts
7.1. IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts
7.1.1. Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact
Please send your comments about this list of protocols and especially
about the Draft Standard Protocols to the Internet Architecture Board
care of Abel Winerib, IAB Executive Director.
Contacts:
Abel Winerib
Executive Director of the IAB
Intel, JF2-64
2111 NE 25th Avenue
Hillsboro, OR 97124
1-503-696-8972
AWeinrib@ibeam.jf.intel.com
Brian E. Carpenter
Chair of the IAB
IBM United Kingdon Laboratories
Hursley Park
Winchester
Hampshire SO21 2JN
+44 1962 816833
brian@hursley.ibm.com
7.1.2. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact
Contacts:
Fred Baker
Chair of the IETF
cisco Systems, Inc.
519 Lado Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
1-805-681-0115
fred@cisco.com
Steve Coya
IESG Secretary
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091
1-703-620-8990
scoya@IETF.ORG
Steve Coya
Executive Director of the IETF
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091
1-703-620-8990
scoya@IETF.ORG
7.1.3. Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact
Contact:
Abel Winerib
Chair of the IRTF
Intel, JF2-64
2111 NE 25th Avenue
Hillsboro, OR 97124
1-503-696-8972
AWeinrib@ibeam.jf.intel.com
7.2. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Contact
Contact:
Joyce K. Reynolds
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
USC/Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
1-310-822-1511
IANA@IANA.ORG
The protocol standards are managed by the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority.
Please refer to the document "Assigned Numbers" (RFC-1700) for
further information about the status of protocol documents. There
are two documents that summarize the requirements for host and
gateways in the Internet, "Host Requirements" (RFC-1122 and RFC-1123)
and "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers" (RFC-1812).
How to obtain the most recent edition of this "Internet Official
Protocol Standards" memo:
The file "in-notes/std/std1.txt" may be copied via FTP from the
FTP.ISI.EDU computer using the FTP username "anonymous" and FTP
password "guest".
7.3. Request for Comments Editor Contact
Contact:
Jon Postel
RFCEditor
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RFC-Editor@ISI.EDU
Documents may be submitted via electronic mail to the RFCEditor for
consideration for publication as RFC. If you are not familiar with
the format or style requirements please request the "Instructions for
RFCAuthors". In general, the style of any recent RFCmay be used as
a guide.
7.4. The Network Information Center and
Requests for Comments Distribution Contact
RFC's may be obtained from DS.INTERNIC.NET via FTP, WAIS, and
electronic mail. Through FTP, RFC's are stored as rfc/rfcnnnn.txt
or rfc/rfcnnnn.ps where 'nnnn' is the RFCnumber. Login as
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Through WAIS, you may use either your local WAIS client or telnet
to DS.INTERNIC.NET and login as "wais" (no password required) to
access a WAIS client. Help information and a tutorial for using
WAIS are available online. The WAIS database to search is "rfcs".
Directory and Database Services also provides a mail server
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help to get information on how to use
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The InterNIC directory and database services collection of
resource listings, internet documents such as RFCs, FYIs, STDs,
and Internet Drafts, and publicly accessible databases are also
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To access the InterNIC Gopher Servers, please connect to
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Contact: admin@ds.internic.net
7.5. Sources for Requests for Comments
Details on many sources of RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by
sending an EMAIL message to "rfc-info@ISI.EDU" with the message body
"help: ways_to_get_rfcs". For example:
To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU
Subject: getting rfcs
help: ways_to_get_rfcs
8. Security Considerations
Security issues are not addressed in this memo.
9. Author's Address
Jon Postel
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Phone: 310-822-1511
Fax: 310-823-6714
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