Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 1360
Obsoletes: RFCs 1280, 1250
1100, 1083, 1130, 1140, 1200
STD: 1
Internet Architecture Board
J. Postel, Editor
September 1992

IAB OFFICIAL PROTOCOL STANDARDS

Status of this Memo

This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet as determined by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
   1.  The Standardization Process  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
   2.  The Request for Comments Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   3.  Other Reference Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   3.1.  Assigned Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   3.2.  Gateway Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   3.3.  Host Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   3.4.  The MIL-STD Documents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   4.  Explanation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   4.1.  Definitions of Protocol State (Maturity Level) . . . . . . 8
   4.1.1.  Standard Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   4.1.2.  Draft Standard Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   4.1.3.  Proposed Standard Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   4.1.4.  Experimental Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   4.1.5.  Informational Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   4.1.6.  Historic Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   4.2.  Definitions of Protocol Status (Requirement Level) . . .  10
   4.2.1.  Required Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.2.2.  Recommended Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.2.3.  Elective Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.2.4.  Limited Use Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   4.2.5.  Not Recommended Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.  The Standards Track  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.1.  The RFC Processing Decision Table  . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.2.  The Standards Track Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   6.  The Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   6.1.  Recent Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   6.1.1.  New RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   6.1.2.  Other Changes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   6.2.  Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   6.3.  Network-Specific Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . .  22
   6.4.  Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   6.5.  Proposed Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   6.6.  Telnet Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   6.7.  Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   6.8.  Informational Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   6.9.  Historic Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   7.  Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   7.1.  IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   7.1.1.  Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact  . . . . . .  29
   7.1.2.  Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact . . . .  29
   7.1.3.  Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact  . . . . .  30
   7.2.  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Contact . . .  31
   7.3.  Request for Comments Editor Contact  . . . . . . . . . .  32
   7.4.  Network Information Center Contact . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   7.5.  Sources for Requests for Comments  . . . . . . . . . . .  33
   8.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
   9.  Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33

Introduction

Discussion of the standardization process and the RFC document series is presented first, followed by an explanation of the terms. Sections 6.2 - 6.9 contain the lists of protocols in each stage of standardization. Finally come pointers to references and contacts for further information.

This memo is intended to be issued approximately quarterly; please be sure the copy you are reading is current. Current copies may be obtained from the Network Information Center or from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (see the contact information at the end of this memo). Do not use this edition after 15-Jan-93.

See Section 6.1 for a description of recent changes. In the official lists in sections 6.2 - 6.9, an asterisk (*) next to a protocol denotes that it is new to this document or has been moved from one protocol level to another, or differs from the previous edition of this document.

1. The Standardization Process

The Internet Architecture Board maintains this list of documents that define standards for the Internet protocol suite. See RFC-1358 for the charter of the IAB and RFC-1160 for an explanation of the role and organization of the IAB and its subsidiary groups, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Each of these groups has a steering group called the IESG and IRSG, respectively. The IAB provides these standards with the goal of co-ordinating the evolution of the Internet protocols; this co-ordination has become quite important as the Internet protocols are increasingly in general commercial use. The definitive description of the Internet standards process is found in RFC-1310.

The majority of Internet protocol development and standardization activity takes place in the working groups of the Internet Engineering Task Force.

Protocols which are to become standards in the Internet go through a series of states or maturity levels (proposed standard, draft standard, and standard) involving increasing amounts of scrutiny and testing. When a protocol completes this process it is assigned a STD number (see RFC-1311). At each step, the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) of the IETF must make a recommendation for advancement of the protocol and the IAB must ratify it. If a recommendation is not ratified, the protocol is remanded to the IETF for further work.

To allow time for the Internet community to consider and react to standardization proposals, the IAB imposes a minimum delay of 6 months before a proposed standard can be advanced to a draft standard and 4 months before a draft standard can be promoted to standard.

It is general IAB practice that no proposed standard can be promoted to draft standard without at least two independent implementations (and the recommendation of the IESG). Promotion from draft standard to standard generally requires operational experience and demonstrated interoperability of two or more implementations (and the recommendation of the IESG).

In cases where there is uncertainty as to the proper decision concerning a protocol the IAB may convene a special review committee consisting of experts from the IETF, IRTF and the IAB with the purpose of recommending an explicit action to the IAB.

Advancement of a protocol to proposed standard is an important step since it marks a protocol as a candidate for eventual standardization (it puts the protocol "on the standards track"). Advancement to draft standard is a major step which warns the community that, unless major objections are raised or flaws are discovered, the protocol is likely to be advanced to standard in six months.

Some protocols have been superseded by better ones or are otherwise unused. Such protocols are still documented in this memorandum with the designation "historic".

Because the IAB believes it is useful to document the results of early protocol research and development work, some of the RFCs document protocols which are still in an experimental condition. The protocols are designated "experimental" in this memorandum. They appear in this report as a convenience to the community and not as evidence of their standardization.

Other protocols, such as those developed by other standards organizations, or by particular vendors, may be of interest or may be recommended for use in the Internet. The specifications of such protocols may be published as RFCs for the convenience of the Internet community. These protocols are labeled "informational" in this memorandum.

In addition to the working groups of the IETF, protocol development and experimentation may take place as a result of the work of the research groups of the Internet Research Task Force, or the work of other individuals interested in Internet protocol development. The IAB encourages the documentation of such experimental work in the RFC series, but none of this work is considered to be on the track for standardization until the IESG has made a recommendation to advance the protocol to the proposed standard state, and the IAB has approved this step.

A few protocols have achieved widespread implementation without the approval of the IESG and the IAB. For example, some vendor protocols have become very important to the Internet community even though they have not been recommended by the IESG or ratified by the IAB. However, the IAB strongly recommends that the IAB standards process be used in the evolution of the protocol suite to maximize interoperability (and to prevent incompatible protocol requirements from arising). The IAB reserves the use of the terms "standard", "draft standard", and "proposed standard" in any RFC or other publication of Internet protocols to only those protocols which the IAB has approved.

In addition to a state (like "Proposed Standard"), a protocol is also assigned a status, or requirement level, in this document. The possible requirement levels ("Required", "Recommended", "Elective", "Limited Use", and "Not Recommended") are defined in Section 4.2. When a protocol is on the standards track, that is in the proposed standard, draft standard, or standard state (see Section 5), the status shown in Section 6 is the current status. For a proposed or draft standard, however, the IAB will also endeavor to indicate the eventual status this protocol will have after adoption as a standard.

Few protocols are required to be implemented in all systems; this is because there is such a variety of possible systems, for example, gateways, terminal servers, workstations, and multi-user hosts. The requirement level shown in this document is only a one word label, which may not be sufficient to characterize the implementation requirements for a protocol in all situations. For some protocols, this document contains an additional status paragraph (an applicability statement). In addition, more detailed status information is contained in separate requirements documents (see Section 3).

2. The Request for Comments Documents

The documents called Request for Comments (or RFCs) are the working notes of the "Network Working Group", that is the Internet research and development community. A document in this series may be on essentially any topic related to computer communication, and may be anything from a meeting report to the specification of a standard.

Notice:

All standards are published as RFCs, but not all RFCs specify standards.

Anyone can submit a document for publication as an RFC. Submissions must be made via electronic mail to the RFC Editor (see the contact information at the end of this memo, and see RFC 1111).

While RFCs are not refereed publications, they do receive technical review from the task forces, individual technical experts, or the RFC Editor, as appropriate.

The RFC series comprises a wide range of documents, ranging from informational documents of general interests to specifications of standard Internet protocols. In cases where submission is intended to document a proposed standard, draft standard, or standard protocol, the RFC Editor will publish the document only with the approval of both the IESG and the IAB. For documents describing experimental work, the RFC Editor will notify the IESG before publication, allowing for the possibility of review by the relevant IETF working group or IRTF research group and provide those comments to the author. See Section 5.1 for more detail.

Once a document is assigned an RFC number and published, that RFC is never revised or re-issued with the same number. There is never a question of having the most recent version of a particular RFC. However, a protocol (such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP)) may be improved and re-documented many times in several different RFCs. It is important to verify that you have the most recent RFC on a particular protocol. This "IAB Official Protocol Standards" memo is the reference for determining the correct RFC for the current specification of each protocol.

The RFCs are available from the Network Information Center at SRI International, and a number of other sites. For more information about obtaining RFCs, see Sections 7.4 and 7.5.

3. Other Reference Documents

There are three other reference documents of interest in checking the current status of protocol specifications and standardization. These are the Assigned Numbers, the Gateway Requirements, and the Host Requirements. Note that these documents are revised and updated at different times; in case of differences between these documents, the most recent must prevail.

Also, one should be aware of the MIL-STD publications on IP, TCP, Telnet, FTP, and SMTP. These are described in Section 3.4.

3.1. Assigned Numbers

This document lists the assigned values of the parameters used in the various protocols. For example, IP protocol codes, TCP port numbers, Telnet Option Codes, ARP hardware types, and Terminal Type names. Assigned Numbers was most recently issued as RFC-1340.

Another document, Internet Numbers, lists the assigned IP network numbers, and the autonomous system numbers. Internet Numbers was most recently issued as RFC-1166.

3.2. Gateway Requirements

This document reviews the specifications that apply to gateways and supplies guidance and clarification for any ambiguities. Gateway Requirements is RFC-1009. A working group of the IETF is actively preparing a revision.

3.3. Host Requirements

This pair of documents reviews and updates the specifications that apply to hosts, and it supplies guidance and clarification for any ambiguities. Host Requirements was issued as RFC-1122 and RFC-1123.

3.4. The MIL-STD Documents

The Internet community specifications for IP (RFC-791) and TCP (RFC- 793) and the DoD MIL-STD specifications are intended to describe exactly the same protocols. Any difference in the protocols specified by these sets of documents should be reported to DCA and to the IAB. The RFCs and the MIL-STDs for IP and TCP differ in style and level of detail. It is strongly advised that the two sets of documents be used together, along with RFC-1122 and RFC-1123.

The IAB and the DoD MIL-STD specifications for the FTP, SMTP, and Telnet protocols are essentially the same documents (RFCs 765, 821, 854). The MIL-STD versions have been edited slightly. Note that the current Internet specification for FTP is RFC-959 (as modified by RFC-1123).

Note that these MIL-STD are now somewhat out of date. The Gateway Requirements (RFC-1009) and Host Requirements (RFC-1122, RFC-1123) take precedence over both earlier RFCs and the MIL-STDs.

          Internet Protocol (IP)                      MIL-STD-1777
          Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)         MIL-STD-1778
          File Transfer Protocol (FTP)                MIL-STD-1780
          Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)        MIL-STD-1781
          Telnet Protocol and Options (TELNET)        MIL-STD-1782

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4. Explanation of Terms

There are two independent categorization of protocols. The first is the "maturity level" or STATE of standardization, one of "standard", "draft standard", "proposed standard", "experimental", "informational" or "historic". The second is the "requirement level" or STATUS of this protocol, one of "required", "recommended", "elective", "limited use", or "not recommended".

The status or requirement level is difficult to portray in a one word label. These status labels should be considered only as an indication, and a further description, or applicability statement, should be consulted.

When a protocol is advanced to proposed standard or draft standard, it is labeled with a current status and when possible, the IAB also notes the status that the protocol is expected to have when it reaches the standard state.

At any given time a protocol occupies a cell of the following matrix. Protocols are likely to be in cells in about the following proportions (indicated by the relative number of Xs). A new protocol is most likely to start in the (proposed standard, elective) cell, or the (experimental, not recommended) cell.

                             S T A T U S
                     Req   Rec   Ele   Lim   Not
                   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Std     |  X  | XXX | XXX |     |     |
       S           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Draft   |  X  |  X  | XXX |     |     |
       T           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Prop    |     |  X  | XXX |     |     |
       A           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Info    |     |  X  | XXX |  XX |  X  |
       T           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Expr    |     |     |  X  | XXX |  XX |
       E           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Hist    |     |     |     |  X  | XXX |
                   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

What is a "system"?

Some protocols are particular to hosts and some to gateways; a few protocols are used in both. The definitions of the terms below will refer to a "system" which is either a host or a gateway (or both). It should be clear from the context of the particular protocol which types of systems are intended.

4.1. Definitions of Protocol State

Every protocol listed in this document is assigned to a "maturity level" or STATE of standardization: "standard", "draft standard", "proposed standard", "experimental", or "historic".

4.1.1. Standard Protocol

The IAB has established this as an official standard protocol for the Internet. These protocols are assigned STD numbers (see RFC- 1311). These are separated into two groups: (1) IP protocol and above, protocols that apply to the whole Internet; and (2) network-specific protocols, generally specifications of how to do IP on particular types of networks.

4.1.2. Draft Standard Protocol

The IAB is actively considering this protocol as a possible Standard Protocol. Substantial and widespread testing and comment are desired. Comments and test results should be submitted to the IAB. There is a possibility that changes will be made in a Draft Standard Protocol before it becomes a Standard Protocol.

4.1.3. Proposed Standard Protocol

These are protocol proposals that may be considered by the IAB for standardization in the future. Implementation and testing by several groups is desirable. Revision of the protocol specification is likely.

4.1.4. Experimental Protocol

A system should not implement an experimental protocol unless it is participating in the experiment and has coordinated its use of the protocol with the developer of the protocol.

Typically, experimental protocols are those that are developed as part of an ongoing research project not related to an operational service offering. While they may be proposed as a service protocol at a later stage, and thus become proposed standard, draft standard, and then standard protocols, the designation of a protocol as experimental may sometimes be meant to suggest that the protocol, although perhaps mature, is not intended for operational use.

4.1.5. Informational Protocol

Protocols developed by other standard organizations, or vendors, or that are for other reasons outside the purview of the IAB, may be published as RFCs for the convenience of the Internet community as informational protocols. Such protocols may in some cases also be recommended for use in the Internet by the IAB.

4.1.6. Historic Protocol

These are protocols that are unlikely to ever become standards in the Internet either because they have been superseded by later developments or due to lack of interest.

4.2. Definitions of Protocol Status

This document lists a "requirement level" or STATUS for each protocol. The status is one of "required", "recommended", "elective", "limited use", or "not recommended".

4.2.1. Required Protocol

A system must implement the required protocols.

4.2.2. Recommended Protocol

A system should implement the recommended protocols.

4.2.3. Elective Protocol

A system may or may not implement an elective protocol. The general notion is that if you are going to do something like this, you must do exactly this. There may be several elective protocols in a general area, for example, there are several electronic mail protocols, and several routing protocols.

4.2.4. Limited Use Protocol

These protocols are for use in limited circumstances. This may be because of their experimental state, specialized nature, limited functionality, or historic state.

4.2.5. Not Recommended Protocol

These protocols are not recommended for general use. This may be because of their limited functionality, specialized nature, or experimental or historic state.

5. The Standards Track

This section discusses in more detail the procedures used by the RFC Editor and the IAB in making decisions about the labeling and publishing of protocols as standards.

5.1. The RFC Processing Decision Table

Here is the current decision table for processing submissions by the RFC Editor. The processing depends on who submitted it, and the status they want it to have.

      +==========================================================+
      |**************|               S O U R C E                 |
      +==========================================================+
      | Desired      |    IAB   |   IESG   |   IRSG   |  Other   |
      | Status       |          |          |          |          |
      +==========================================================+
      |              |          |          |          |          |
      | Standard     |  Publish |  Vote    |  Bogus   |  Bogus   |
      | or           |   (1)    |   (3)    |   (2)    |   (2)    |
      | Draft        |          |          |          |          |
      | Standard     |          |          |          |          |
      +--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
      |              |          |          |          |          |
      |              |  Publish |  Vote    |  Refer   |  Refer   |
      | Proposed     |   (1)    |   (3)    |   (4)    |   (4)    |
      | Standard     |          |          |          |          |
      |              |          |          |          |          |
      +--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
      |              |          |          |          |          |
      |              |  Publish |  Notify  |  Notify  |  Notify  |
      | Experimental |   (1)    |   (5)    |   (5)    |   (5)    |
      | Protocol     |          |          |          |          |
      |              |          |          |          |          |
      +--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
      |              |          |          |          |          |
      | Information  |  Publish |Discretion|Discretion|Discretion|
      | or Opinion   |   (1)    |   (6)    |   (6)    |   (6)    |
      | Paper        |          |          |          |          |
      |              |          |          |          |          |
      +==========================================================+

(1) Publish.

(2) Bogus. Inform the source of the rules. RFCs specifying

Standard, or Draft Standard must come from the IAB, only.

(3) Vote by the IAB. If approved then do Publish (1), else do

Refer (4).

(4) Refer to an Area Director for review by a WG. Expect to see

the document again only after approval by the IESG and the IAB.

(5) Notify both the IESG and IRSG. If no concerns are raised in

two weeks then do Discretion (6), else RFC Editor to resolve the concerns or do Refer (4).

(6) RFC Editor's discretion. The RFC Editor decides if a review

is needed and if so by whom. RFC Editor decides to publish or not.

Of course, in all cases the RFC Editor can request or make minor changes for style, format, and presentation purposes.

The IESG has designated the IESG Secretary as its agent for forwarding documents with IESG approval and for registering concerns in response to notifications (5) to the RFC Editor. Documents from Area Directors or Working Group Chairs may be considered in the same way as documents from "other".

5.2. The Standards Track Diagram

There is a part of the STATUS and STATE categorization that is called the standards track. Actually, only the changes of state are significant to the progression along the standards track, though the status assignments may be changed as well.

The states illustrated by single line boxes are temporary states, those illustrated by double line boxes are long term states. A protocol will normally be expected to remain in a temporary state for several months (minimum six months for proposed standard, minimum four months for draft standard). A protocol may be in a long term state for many years.

A protocol may enter the standards track only on the recommendation of the IESG and by action of the IAB; and may move from one state to another along the track only on the recommendation of the IESG and by action of the IAB. That is, it takes both the IESG and the IAB to either start a protocol on the track or to move it along.

Generally, as the protocol enters the standards track a decision is made as to the eventual STATUS, requirement level or applicability (elective, recommended, or required) the protocol will have, although a somewhat less stringent current status may be assigned, and it then is placed in the the proposed standard STATE with that status. So the initial placement of a protocol is into state 1. At any time the STATUS decision may be revisited.

         |
         +<----------------------------------------------+
         |                                               ^
         V    0                                          |    4
   +-----------+                                   +===========+
   |   enter   |-->----------------+-------------->|experiment |
   +-----------+                   |               +=====+=====+
                                   |                     |
                                   V    1                |
                             +-----------+               V
                             | proposed  |-------------->+
                        +--->+-----+-----+               |
                        |          |                     |
                        |          V    2                |
                        +<---+-----+-----+               V
                             | draft std |-------------->+
                        +--->+-----+-----+               |
                        |          |                     |
                        |          V    3                |
                        +<---+=====+=====+               V
                             | standard  |-------------->+
                             +=====+=====+               |
                                                         |
                                                         V    5
                                                   +=====+=====+
                                                   | historic  |
                                                   +===========+

The transition from proposed standard (1) to draft standard (2) can only be by action of the IAB on the recommendation of the IESG and only after the protocol has been proposed standard (1) for at least six months.

The transition from draft standard (2) to standard (3) can only be by action of the IAB on the recommendation of the IESG and only after the protocol has been draft standard (2) for at least four months.

Occasionally, the decision may be that the protocol is not ready for standardization and will be assigned to the experimental state (4). This is off the standards track, and the protocol may be resubmitted to enter the standards track after further work. There are other paths into the experimental and historic states that do not involve IAB action.

Sometimes one protocol is replaced by another and thus becomes historic, or it may happen that a protocol on the standards track is in a sense overtaken by another protocol (or other events) and becomes historic (state 5).

6. The Protocols

Subsection 6.1 lists recent RFCs and other changes. Subsections 6.2 - 6.9 list the standards in groups by protocol state.

6.1. Recent Changes

6.1.1. New RFCs:

  1. - Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - This memo.

1359 - Connecting to the Internet What Connecting Institutions

             Should Anticipate

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - A Format for E-mailing Bibliographic Records

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1356 - Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN in the Packet

             Mode

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1355 - Privacy and Accuracy Issues in Network Information Center

             Databases

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - IP Forwarding Table MIB

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1353 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Administration of SNMP

             Parties

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SNMP Security Protocols

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SNMP Administrative Model

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)

A Standard protocol.

  1. - Type of Service in the Internet Protocol Suite

A Proposed Standard protocol.

      1348 - DNS NSAP RRs

An Experimental protocol.

1347 - TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses (TUBA), A Simple Proposal

for Internet Addressing and Routing

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1346 - Resource Allocation, Control, and Accounting for the Use of

             Network Resources

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - Character Mnemonics & Character Sets

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - Implications of MIME for Internet Mail Gateways

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1343 - A User Agent Configuration Mechanism For Multimedia Mail

             Format Information

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1342 - Representation of Non-ASCII Text in Internet Message

             Headers

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1341 - MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions): Mechanisms

for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Assigned Numbers

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - Remote Mail Checking Protocol

An Experimental protocol.

1338 - Supernetting: an Address Assignment and Aggregation

             Strategy

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - TIME-WAIT Assassination Hazards in TCP

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1336 - Who's Who in the Internet - Biographies of IAB, IESG and

             IRSG Members

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1335 - A Two-Tier Address Structure for the Internet: A Solution

to the Problem of Address Space Exhaustion

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - Not yet issued.
  1. - PPP Link Quality Monitoring

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP)

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1331 - The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) for the Transmission of

Multi-protocol Datagrams over Point-to-Point Links

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1330 - Recommendations for the Phase I Deployment of OSI Directory

             Services (X.500) and OSI Message Handling Services (X.400)

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - Thoughts on Address Resolution for Dual MAC FDDI Networks

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - X.400 1988 to 1984 downgrading

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Mapping between X.400(1988) / ISO 10021 and RFC 822

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Mutual Encapsulation Considered Dangerous

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1325 - FYI on Questions and Answers - Answers to Commonly asked

"New Internet User" Questions

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - A Discussion on Computer Network Conferencing

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - TCP Extensions for High Performance

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - A Unified Approach to Inter-Domain Routing

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - The MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - The MD2 Message-Digest Algorithm

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

1318 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Parallel-printer-like

             Hardware Devices

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Definitions of Managed Objects RS-232-like Hardware Devices

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Definitions of Managed Objects for Character Stream Devices

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - A File Format for the Exchange of Images in the Internet

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Today's Programming for KRFC AM 1313 Internet Talk Radio

This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.

  1. - Message Send Protocol 2

An Experimental protocol.

6.1.2. Other Changes:

The following are changes to protocols listed in the previous edition.

      1172 - The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Initial Configuration
             Options

Moved to Historic (obsoleted by RFC-1331).

1113 - Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I --

Message Encipherment and Authentication Procedures

Moved to Historic.

1114 - Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part II

-- Certificate-Based Key Management

Moved to Historic.

1115 - Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part III

             -- Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers

Moved to Historic.

  1. - PCMAIL: A Distributed Mail System for Personal Computers

Moved to Historic.

  1. - Routing Information Protocol

Advanced to Standard protocol.

  1. - NFILE - A File Access Protocol

Moved to Historic.

  1. - Addendum to RFC 987 (Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822)

Moved to Historic (obsoleted by RFC-1327).

      987 - Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822

Moved to Historic (obsoleted by RFC-1327).

  1. - Hostname Server

Moved to Historic.

  1. - Simple File Transfer Protocol

Moved to Historic.

  1. - SUPDUP

Moved to Historic.

6.2. Standard Protocols

Protocol   Name                                      Status    RFC STD *
========   =====================================     ======== ==== === =
--------   IAB Official Protocol Standards           Req      1360   1 *
--------   Assigned Numbers                          Req      1340   2 *
--------   Host Requirements - Communications        Req      1122   3
--------   Host Requirements - Applications          Req      1123   3
--------   Gateway Requirements                      Req      1009   4
IP         Internet Protocol                         Req       791   5
            as amended by:--------
--------     IP Subnet Extension                     Req       950   5
--------     IP Broadcast Datagrams                  Req       919   5
--------     IP Broadcast Datagrams with Subnets     Req       922   5
ICMP       Internet Control Message Protocol         Req       792   5
IGMP       Internet Group Multicast Protocol         Rec      1112   5
UDP        User Datagram Protocol                    Rec       768   6
TCP        Transmission Control Protocol             Rec       793   7
TELNET     Telnet Protocol                           Rec   854,855   8
FTP        File Transfer Protocol                    Rec       959   9
SMTP       Simple Mail Transfer Protocol             Rec       821  10
MAIL       Format of Electronic Mail Messages        Rec       822  11
CONTENT    Content Type Header Field                 Rec      1049  11
NTP        Network Time Protocol                     Rec      1119  12
DOMAIN     Domain Name System                        Rec 1034,1035  13
DNS-MX     Mail Routing and the Domain System        Rec       974  14
SNMP       Simple Network Management Protocol        Rec      1157  15
SMI        Structure of Management Information       Rec      1155  16
MIB-II     Management Information Base-II            Rec      1213  17
EGP        Exterior Gateway Protocol                 Rec       904  18
NETBIOS    NetBIOS Service Protocols                 Ele 1001,1002  19
ECHO       Echo Protocol                             Rec       862  20
DISCARD    Discard Protocol                          Ele       863  21
CHARGEN    Character Generator Protocol              Ele       864  22
QUOTE      Quote of the Day Protocol                 Ele       865  23
USERS      Active Users Protocol                     Ele       866  24
DAYTIME    Daytime Protocol                          Ele       867  25
TIME       Time Server Protocol                      Ele       868  26
TFTP       Trivial File Transfer Protocol            Ele      1350  33*
RIP        Routing Information Protocol              Ele      1058  34*

[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.]

Applicability Statements:

IGMP -- The Internet Architecture Board intends to move towards general adoption of IP multicasting, as a more efficient solution than broadcasting for many applications. The host interface has been standardized in RFC-1112; however, multicast-routing gateways are in the experimental stage and are not widely available. An Internet host should support all of RFC-1112, except for the IGMP protocol itself which is optional; see RFC-1122 for more details. Even without IGMP, implementation of RFC-1112 will provide an important advance: IP-layer access to local network multicast addressing. It is expected that IGMP will become recommended for all hosts and gateways at some future date.

SMI, MIB-II SNMP -- The Internet Architecture Board recommends that all IP and TCP implementations be network manageable. At the current time, this implies implementation of the Internet MIB-II (RFC-1213), and at least the recommended management protocol SNMP (RFC-1157).

6.3. Network-Specific Standard Protocols

Protocol   Name                                     State   Status  RFC
========   =====================================    ======= ====== =====
IP-FR      Multiprotocol over Frame Relay           Prop    Ele    1294
IP-SMDS    Transmission of IP Datagrams over SMDS   Prop    Ele    1209
ARP        Address Resolution Protocol              Std     Ele     826
RARP       A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol    Std     Ele     903
IP-ARPA    Internet Protocol on ARPANET             Std     Ele BBN1822
IP-WB      Internet Protocol on Wideband Network    Std     Ele     907
IP-X25     Internet Protocol on X.25 Networks       Std     Ele     877
IP-E       Internet Protocol on Ethernet Networks   Std     Ele     894
IP-EE      Internet Protocol on Exp. Ethernet Nets  Std     Ele     895
IP-IEEE    Internet Protocol on IEEE 802            Std     Ele    1042
IP-DC      Internet Protocol on DC Networks         Std     Ele     891
IP-HC      Internet Protocol on Hyperchannel        Std     Ele    1044
IP-ARC     Internet Protocol on ARCNET              Std     Ele    1051
IP-SLIP    Transmission of IP over Serial Lines     Std     Ele    1055
IP-NETBIOS Transmission of IP over NETBIOS          Std     Ele    1088
IP-IPX     Transmission of 802.2 over IPX Networks  Std     Ele    1132
IP-FDDI    Transmission of IP over FDDI             Draft   Ele    1188

[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.]

Applicability Statements:

It is expected that a system will support one or more physical networks and for each physical network supported the appropriate protocols from the above list must be supported. That is, it is elective to support any particular type of physical network, and for the physical networks actually supported it is required that they be supported exactly according to the protocols in the above list. See also the Host and Gateway Requirements RFCs for more specific information on network-specific ("link layer") protocols.

6.4. Draft Standard Protocols

Protocol   Name                                     Status          RFC
========   =====================================    ============== =====
FINGER     Finger Protocol                          Elective       1288
BGP3       Border Gateway Protocol 3 (BGP-3)        Elective  1267,1268
OSPF2      Open Shortest Path First Routing V2      Elective       1247
POP3       Post Office Protocol, Version 3          Elective       1225
Concise-MIB Concise MIB Definitions                 Elective       1212
IP-FDDI    Internet Protocol on FDDI Networks       Elective       1188
TOPT-LINE  Telnet Linemode Option                   Elective       1184
PPP        Point to Point Protocol                  Elective       1171
BOOTP      Bootstrap Protocol                      Recommended 951,1084
TP-TCP     ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP  Elective       1006
NICNAME    WhoIs Protocol                           Elective        954

[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.]

Applicability Statements:

RIP -- The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is widely implemented and used in the Internet. However, both implementors and users should be aware that RIP has some serious technical limitations as a routing protocol. The IETF is currently developing several candidates for a new standard "open" routing protocol with better properties than RIP. The IAB urges the Internet community to track these developments, and to implement the new protocol when it is standardized; improved Internet service will result for many users.

TP-TCP -- As OSI protocols become more widely implemented and used, there will be an increasing need to support interoperation with the TCP/IP protocols. The Internet Engineering Task Force is formulating strategies for interoperation. RFC-1006 provides one interoperation mode, in which TCP/IP is used to emulate TP0 in order to support OSI applications. Hosts that wish to run OSI connection-oriented applications in this mode should use the procedure described in RFC- 1006. In the future, the IAB expects that a major portion of the Internet will support both TCP/IP and OSI (inter-)network protocols in parallel, and it will then be possible to run OSI applications across the Internet using full OSI protocol "stacks".

PPP -- Point to Point Protocol is a method of sending IP over serial lines, which are a type of physical network. It is anticipated that PPP will be advanced to the network-specifics standard protocol state in the future.

6.5. Proposed Standard Protocols

Protocol   Name                                     Status          RFC
========   =====================================    ============== =====
           X.25 and ISDN in the Packet Mode         Elective       1356*
TABLE-MIB  IP Forwarding Table MIB                  Elective       1354*
-------    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*
-------    Representation of Non-ASCII Text...      Elective       1342*
MIME       Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions    Elective       1341*
PPP-LINK   PPP Link Quality Monitoring              Elective       1333*
PPP        Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)            Elective       1331*
-------    X.400 1988 to 1984 downgrading           Elective       1328*
-------    Mapping between X.400(1988)...           Elective       1327*
TCP-EXT    TCP Extensions for High Performance      Elective       1323*
-------    Def. Man. Objs Parallel-printer-like...  Elective       1318*
-------    Def. Man Objs RS-232-like...             Elective       1317*
-------    Def. Man. Objs. Character Stream...      Elective       1316*
FRAME-MIB  Management Information Base for Frame..  Elective       1315*
NETFAX     File Format for the Exchange of Images.. Elective       1314*
SIP-MIB    SIP Interface Type MIB                   Elective       1304
IARP       Inverse Address Resolution Protocol      Elective       1293
DECNET-MIB DECNET MIB                               Elective       1289
BRIDGE-MIB BRIDGE-MIB                               Elective       1286
FDDI-MIB   FDDI-MIB                                 Elective       1285
ETHER-MIB  Ethernet MIB                             Elective       1284
-------    Encoding Network Addresses...            Elective       1277
-------    Replication and Distributed Operations.. Elective       1276
-------    COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema...      Elective       1274
RMON-MIB   Remote Network Monitoring MIB            Elective       1271
BGP-MIB    Border Gateway Protocol MIB (Version 3)  Elective       1269
ICMP-ROUT  ICMP Router Discovery Messages           Elective       1256
OSPF-MIB   OSPF Version 2 MIB                       Elective       1253
IPSO       DoD Security Options for IP              Elective       1108
AT-MIB     Appletalk MIB                            Elective       1243
OSI-UDP    OSI TS on UDP                            Elective       1240
STD-MIBs   Reassignment of Exp MIBs to Std MIBs     Elective       1239
OSI-NSAP   Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation       Elective       1237
IPX-IP     Tunneling IPX Traffic through IP Nets    Elective       1234
DS3-MIB    DS3 Interface Objects                    Elective       1233
DS1-MIB    DS1 Interface Objects                    Elective       1232
802.5-MIB  IEEE 802.5 Token Ring MIB                Elective       1231
802.4-MIP  IEEE 802.4 Token Bus MIB                 Elective       1230
GINT-MIB   Extensions to the Generic-Interface MIB  Elective       1229

PPP-EXT    PPP Extensions for Bridging              Elective       1220
OIM-MIB-II OSI Internet Management: MIB-II          Elective       1214
IP-SMDS    IP Datagrams over the SMDS Service       Elective       1209
IP-ARCNET  Transmitting IP Traffic over ARCNET Nets Elective       1201
IS-IS      OSI IS-IS for TCP/IP Dual Environments   Elective       1195
IP-MTU     Path MTU Discovery                       Elective       1191
CMOT       Common Management Information Services.. Elective       1189
IP-CMPRS   Compressing TCP/IP Headers               Elective       1144
ISO-TS-ECHO Echo for ISO-8473                       Elective       1139
SUN-NFS    Network File System Protocol             Elective       1094
SUN-RPC    Remote Procedure Call Protocol           Elective       1057
NNTP       Network News Transfer Protocol           Elective        977
RLP        Resource Location Protocol               Elective        887

[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.]

Applicability Statements:

IP-SMDS and IP-ARCNET -- These define methods of sending IP over particular network types. It is anticipated that these will be advanced to the network specific standard protocol state in the future.

6.6. Telnet Options

For convenience, all the Telnet Options are collected here with both

their state and status.

Protocol   Name                           Number  State Status  RFC STD
========   =====================================  ===== ====== ==== ====
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     734
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-RFC   Remote Flow Control                33  Prop  Ele    1080
TOPT-LINE  Linemode                           34  Draft Ele    1184
TOPT-XDL   X Display Location                 35  Prop  Ele    1096
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

Protocol   Name                                     Status          RFC
========   =====================================    ============== =====
DNS NSAP   DNS NSAP RRs                             Elective       1348*
RMCP       Remote Mail Checking Protocol            Elective       1339*
MSP2       Message Send Protocol 2                  Elective       1312*
DSLCP      Dynamically Switched Link Control        Elective       1307
--------   X.500 and Domains                        Elective       1279
SNMP-OSI   SNMP over OSI                            Elective       1283
IN-ENCAP   Internet Encapsulation Protocol          Limited Use    1241
CLNS-MIB   CLNS-MIB                                 Limited Use    1238
CFDP       Coherent File Distribution Protocol      Limited Use    1235
SNMP-DPI   SNMP Distributed Program Interface       Limited Use    1228
SNMP-MUX   SNMP MUX Protocol and MIB                Limited Use    1227
IP-AX25    IP Encapsulation of AX.25 Frames         Limited Use    1226
ALERTS     Managing Asynchronously Generated Alerts Limited Use    1224
MPP        Message Posting Protocol                 Limited Use    1204
ST-II      Stream Protocol                          Limited Use    1190
SNMP-BULK  Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP       Limited Use    1187
DNS-RR     New DNS RR Definitions                   Limited Use    1183
NTP-OSI    NTP over OSI Remote Operations           Limited Use    1165
EHF-MAIL   Encoding Header Field for Mail           Elective       1154
DMF-MAIL   Digest Message Format for Mail           Elective       1153
RDP        Reliable Data Protocol                  Limited Use 908,1151
--------   Mapping between X.400(88) and RFC-822    Elective       1148
TCP-ACO    TCP Alternate Checksum Option           Not Recommended 1146
--------   Mapping full 822 to Restricted 822       Elective       1137
IP-DVMRP   IP Distance Vector Multicast Routing    Not Recommended 1075
TCP-LDP    TCP Extensions for Long Delay Paths      Limited Use    1072
IMAP2      Interactive Mail Access Protocol       Limited Use 1176,1064
IMAP3      Interactive Mail Access Protocol         Limited Use    1203
VMTP       Versatile Message Transaction Protocol   Elective       1045
COOKIE-JAR Authentication Scheme                   Not Recommended 1004
NETBLT     Bulk Data Transfer Protocol              Not Recommended 998
IRTP       Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol   Not Recommended 938
AUTH       Authentication Service                   Not Recommended 931
LDP        Loader Debugger Protocol                 Not Recommended 909
NVP-II     Network Voice Protocol                  Limited Use ISI-memo
PVP        Packet Video Protocol                   Limited Use 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

Protocol   Name                                    Status           RFC
=======    ====================================    =============== =====
-------    Replication Requirements...              Elective       1275*
PCMAIL     Pcmail Transport Protocol                Elective       1056*
MTP        Multicast Transport Protocol            Elective        1301
SNMP-IPX   SNMP over IPX                           Elective        1298
BSD Login  BSD Login                               Elective        1282
DIXIE      DIXIE Protocol Specification            Limited Use     1249
IP-X.121   IP to X.121 Address Mapping for DDN     Limited Use     1236
OSI-HYPER  OSI and LLC1 on HYPERchannel            Limited Use     1223
HAP2       Host Access Protocol                    Limited Use     1221
SUBNETASGN On the Assignment of Subnet Numbers     Limited Use     1219
SNMP-TRAPS Defining Traps for use with SNMP        Limited Use     1215
DAS        Directory Assistance Service            Limited Use     1202
MD4        MD4 Message Digest Algorithm            Limited Use     1186
LPDP       Line Printer Daemon Protocol            Limited Use     1179

[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.]

6.9. Historic Protocols

Protocol   Name                                     Status          RFC
=======    =====================================    ============== =====
PPP-INIT   PPP Initial Configuration Options       Not Recommended 1172*
MSP        Message Send Protocol                   Not Recommended 1159*
--------   Mail Privacy: Procedures                Not Recommended 1113*
--------   Mail Privacy: Key Management            Not Recommended 1114*
--------   Mail Privacy: Algorithms                Not Recommended 1115*
--------   Mapping X.400(84) and RFC-822       Not Recommended 987,1026*
NFILE      A File Access Protocol                   Elective       1037*
HOSTNAME   HOSTNAME Protocol                        Elective        953*
SFTP       Simple File Transfer Protocol            Elective        913*
SUPDUP     SUPDUP Protocol                          Elective        734*
BGP        Border Gateway Protocol            Not Recommended 1163,1164
MIB-I      MIB-I                                   Not Recommended 1156
SGMP       Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol      Not Recommended 1028
HEMS       High Level Entity Management Protocol   Not Recommended 1021
STATSRV    Statistics Server                        Not Recommended 996
POP2       Post Office Protocol, Version 2          Not Recommended 937
RATP       Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol  Not Recommended 916
HFEP       Host - Front End Protocol                Not Recommended 929
THINWIRE   Thinwire Protocol                        Not Recommended 914
HMP        Host Monitoring Protocol                 Not Recommended 869
GGP        Gateway Gateway Protocol                 Not Recommended 823
RTELNET    Remote Telnet Service                    Not Recommended 818
CLOCK      DCNET Time Server Protocol               Not Recommended 778
MPM        Internet Message Protocol                Not Recommended 759
NETRJS     Remote Job Service                       Not Recommended 740
NETED      Network Standard Text Editor             Not Recommended 569
RJE        Remote Job Entry                         Not Recommended 407
XNET       Cross Net Debugger                   Not Recommended IEN-158
NAMESERVER Host Name Server Protocol            Not Recommended IEN-116
MUX        Multiplexing Protocol                 Not Recommended IEN-90
GRAPHICS   Graphics Protocol                  Not Recommended NIC-24308

[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 Bob Braden, IAB Executive Director.

Contacts:

         Bob Braden
         Executive Director of the IAB
         USC/Information Sciences Institute
         4676 Admiralty Way
         Marina del Rey, CA  90292-6695
         
         1-310-822-1511
         
         Braden@ISI.EDU

A. Lyman Chapin
Chair of the IAB
Bolt, Beranek & Newman
Mail Stop 20/5b
150 Cambridge Park Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140

         1-617-873-3133
         
         Lyman@BBN.COM
   
   7.1.2.  Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact

Contacts:

         Phill Gross
         Chair of the IETF
         Advanced Network and Services
         100 Clearbrook Road
         Elmsford, NY  10523
         
         1-914-789-5300
         
         PGross@NRI.RESTON.VA.US

Greg Vaudreuil
IESG Secretary
Corporation for National Research Initiatives
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091

         1-703-620-8990
         
         gvaudre@NRI.RESTON.VA.US

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@NRI.RESTON.VA.US
   
   7.1.3.  Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact

Contact:

         Jon Postel
         Chair of the IRTF
         USC/Information Sciences Institute
         4676 Admiralty Way
         Marina del Rey, CA  90292-6695
         
         1-310-822-1511
         
         Postel@ISI.EDU

7.2. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Contact

Contact:

         Joyce K. Reynolds
         Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
         USC/Information Sciences Institute
         4676 Admiralty Way
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         1-310-822-1511
         
         IANA@ISI.EDU

The protocol standards are managed for the IAB by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.

Please refer to the document "Assigned Numbers" (RFC-1340) 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 "Gateway Requirements" (RFC-1009).

How to obtain the most recent edition of this "IAB Official Protocol Standards" memo:

The file "in-notes/iab-standards.txt" may be copied via FTP from the VENERA.ISI.EDU computer using the FTP username "anonymous" and FTP password "guest".

7.3. Request for Comments Editor Contact

Contact:

         Jon Postel
         RFC Editor
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Documents may be submitted via electronic mail to the RFC Editor for consideration for publication as RFC. If you are not familiar with the format or style requirements please request the "Instructions for RFC Authors". In general, the style of any recent RFC may be used as a guide.

7.4. The Network Information Center and

Requests for Comments Distribution Contact

Contact:

         Network Solutions
         Attn: Network Information Center
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         1-800-365-3642 (1-800-365-DNIC)
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         Fax Number: 1-703-802-8376
         
         NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL

The Network Information Center (NIC) provides many information services for the Internet community. Among them is maintaining the Requests for Comments (RFC) library.

7.5. Sources for Requests for Comments

Details on obtaining 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

Email:

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