Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 1410
Obsoletes: RFCs 1360, 1280, 1250
1100, 1083, 1130, 1140, 1200
STD: 1
Internet Architecture Board
J. Postel, Editor
March 1993

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) . . .   9
   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  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   6.2.  Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   6.3.  Network-Specific Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . .  24
   6.4.  Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   6.5.  Proposed Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   6.6.  Telnet Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   6.7.  Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   6.8.  Informational Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   6.9.  Historic Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
   7.  Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
   7.1.  IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
   7.1.1.  Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact  . . . . . .  31
   7.1.2.  Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact . . . .  31
   7.1.3.  Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact  . . . . .  32
   7.2.  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Contact . . .  33
   7.3.  Request for Comments Editor Contact  . . . . . . . . . .  34
   7.4.  Network Information Center Contact . . . . . . . . . . .  34
   7.5.  Sources for Requests for Comments  . . . . . . . . . . .  35
   8.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
   9.  Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35

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 31-July-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    |     |     |     |     |     |
       T           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Expr    |     |     |     | XXX |     |
       E           +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
           Hist    |     |     |     |     | 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.

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. - The Internet Gopher Protocol

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

  1. - IESG Advice from Experience with Path MTU Discovery

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

      1434 - Data Link Switching: Switch-to-Switch Protocol

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

  1. - Directed ARP

An Experimental protocol.

  1. - Recent Internet Books

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

  1. - DUA Metrics

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

1430 - A Strategic Plan for Deploying an Internet X.500 Directory

             Service

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

  1. - Listserv Distribute Protocol

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

1428 - Transition of Internet Mail from Just-Send-8 to 8bit-

             SMTP/MIME

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

  1. - SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SMTP Service Extensions

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1424 - Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part IV:

Key Certification and Related Services

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1423 - Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part III:

Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1422 - Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part II:

             Certificate-Based Key Management

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1421 - Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I:

Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SNMP over IPX

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SNMP over AppleTalk

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SNMP over OSI

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - NADF Standing Documents: A Brief Overview

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

  1. - Telnet Authentication Option

An Experimental protocol.

      1415 - FTP-FTAM Gateway Specification

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Identification MIB

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Identification Protocol

A Proposed Standard protocol.

      1412 - Telnet Authentication: SPX

An Experimental protocol.

  1. - Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 4

An Experimental protocol.

  1. - This memo.
  1. - Telnet Authentication Option

An Experimental protocol.

  1. - Telnet Environment Option

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1407 - Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS3/E3 Interface

             Type

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1406 - Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1 and E1 Interface

             Types

A Proposed Standard protocol.

      1405 - Mapping between X.400(1984/1988) and Mail-11 (DECnet mail)

An Experimental protocol.

  1. - A Model for Common Operational Statistics

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

  1. - BGP OSPF Interaction

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1402 - There's Gold in them thar Networks! or Searching for

Treasure in all the Wrong Places

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

1401 - Correspondence between the IAB and DISA on the use of DNS

             throughout the Internet

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

  1. - Not yet issued.
  1. - Not yet issued.

1398 - Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like

             Interface Types

A Draft Standard protocol.

1397 - Default Route Advertisement In BGP2 And BGP3 Versions Of

The Border Gateway Protocol

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1396 - The Process for Organization of Internet Standards Working

             Group (POISED), Steve Crocker, Chair

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

  1. - BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions

This is a status report.

  1. - Relationship of Telex Answerback Codes to Internet Domains

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

  1. - Traceroute Using an IP Option

An Experimental protocol.

  1. - Internet Users' Glossary

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

1391 - The Tao of IETF - A Guide for New Attendees of the Internet

             Engineering Task Force

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

  1. - Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks

A full Standard protocol.

  1. - RIP Version 2 MIB Extension

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - RIP Version 2 - Carrying Additional Information

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - RIP Version 2 Protocol Analysis

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

  1. - The US Domain

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

1385 - EIP: The Extended Internet Protocol A Framework for

             Maintaining Backward Compatibility

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

  1. - Naming Guidelines for Directory Pilots

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

  1. - An Experiment in DNS Based IP Routing

An Experimental protocol.

  1. - SNMP MIB Extension for the X.25 Packet Layer

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - SNMP MIB Extension for X.25 LAPB

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - IESG Deliberations on Routing and Addressing

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

  1. - Extending TCP for Transactions -- Concepts

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

  1. - The PPP AppleTalk Control Protocol (ATCP)

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - The PPP OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSINLCP)

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - The PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol (DNCP)

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Suggestion for New Classes of IP Addresses

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

      1374 - IP and ARP on HIPPI

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - PORTABLE DUAs

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

  1. - Telnet Remote Flow Control Option

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1371 - Choosing a "Common IGP" for the IP Internet (The IESG's

Recommendation to the IAB)

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

  1. - Applicability Statement for OSPF

A Proposed Standard protocol.

1369 - Implementation Notes and Experience for The Internet

             Ethernet MIB

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

1368 - Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Repeater

             Devices

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - Schedule for IP Address Space Management Guidelines

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

  1. - Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space

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

  1. - An IP Address Extension Proposal

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

  1. - BGP OSPF Interaction

A Proposed Standard protocol.

  1. - A Proposed Flow Specification

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

  1. - Novell IPX Over Various WAN Media (IPXWAN)

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

  1. - PPP Authentication Protocols

A Proposed Standard protocol.

6.1.2. Other Changes:

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

1305 - Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification,

             Implementation and Analysis

Elevated to Draft Standard.

  1. - IEEE 802.4 Token Bus MIB

Moved to Historic.

  1. - Concise MIB Definitions

Elevated to full Standard.

  1. - Path MTU Discovery

Elevated to Draft Standard.

1189 - The Common Management Information Services and Protocols

for the Internet (CMOT and CMIP)

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
NTPV2      Network Time Protocol (Version 2)         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
Concise-MIB Concise MIB Definitions                  Rec      1212  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
TP-TCP     ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP   Ele      1006  35 *

[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).

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".

6.3. Network-Specific Standard Protocols

All Network-Specific Standards have Elective status.

Protocol   Name                                    State    RFC   STD *
========   =====================================   =====   =====  === =
IP-FDDI    Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Net Std    1390    36 *
IP-HIPPI   IP and ARP on HIPPI                      Prop   1374       *
IP-X.25    X.25 and ISDN in the Packet Mode         Prop   1356
IP-FR      Multiprotocol over Frame Relay           Prop   1294
IP-SMDS    IP Datagrams over the SMDS Service       Prop   1209
IP-ARCNET  Transmitting IP Traffic over ARCNET Nets Prop   1201
ARP        Address Resolution Protocol              Std     826    37
RARP       A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol    Std     903    38
IP-ARPA    Internet Protocol on ARPANET             Std BBN1822
IP-WB      Internet Protocol on Wideband Network    Std     907
IP-E       Internet Protocol on Ethernet Networks   Std     894
IP-EE      Internet Protocol on Exp. Ethernet Nets  Std     895
IP-IEEE    Internet Protocol on IEEE 802            Std    1042
IP-DC      Internet Protocol on DC Networks         Std     891
IP-HC      Internet Protocol on Hyperchannel        Std    1044
IP-ARC     Internet Protocol on ARCNET              Std    1051
IP-SLIP    Transmission of IP over Serial Lines     Std    1055
IP-NETBIOS Transmission of IP over NETBIOS          Std    1088
IP-IPX     Transmission of 802.2 over IPX Networks  Std    1132

[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
========   =====================================    ============== =====
ETHER-MIB  Ethernet MIB                             Elective       1398*
NTPV3      Network Time Protocol (Version 3)        Elective       1305*
IP-MTU     Path MTU Discovery                       Elective       1191*
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
IP-FDDI    Internet Protocol on FDDI Networks       Elective       1188
PPP        Point to Point Protocol                  Elective       1171
BOOTP      Bootstrap Protocol                      Recommended 951,1395*
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:

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
========   =====================================    ============== =====
SMTP-SIZE  SMTP Service Ext for Message Size        Elective       1427*
SMTP-8BIT  SMTP Service Ext or 8bit-MIMEtransport   Elective       1426*
SMTP-EXT   SMTP Service Extensions                  Elective       1425*
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 MIB                       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*
RIP2-MIB   RIP Version 2 MIB Extension              Elective       1389*
RIP2       RIP Version 2-Carrying Additional Info.  Elective       1388*
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*
PP-DNCP    PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol     Elective       1376*
802.3-MIB  IEEE 802.3 Repeater MIB                  Elective       1368*
BGP-OSPF   BGP OSPF Interaction                     Elective       1364*
TABLE-MIB  IP Forwarding Table MIB                  Elective       1354
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
-------    Representation of Non-ASCII Text         Elective       1342
MIME       Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions    Elective       1341
PPP-AUTH   PPP Authentication                       Elective       1334*
PPP-LINK   PPP Link Quality Monitoring              Elective       1333
PPP-IPCP   PPP Control Protocol                     Elective       1332
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
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
IS-IS      OSI IS-IS for TCP/IP Dual Environments   Elective       1195
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
-------    Mapping Between X.400(1984)              Elective   1026,987
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.]

Applicability Statements:

OSPF - RFC 1370 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  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     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-RFC   Remote 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  Prop  Ele    1408*
TOPT-AUTH  Telnet Authentication Option       37  Exp   Ele    1416*
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
========   =====================================                   =====
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*
DNS NSAP   DNS NSAP RRs                                            1348
RMCP       Remote Mail Checking Protocol                           1339
MSP2       Message Send Protocol 2                                 1312
DSLCP      Dynamically Switched Link Control                       1307
--------   X.500 and Domains                                       1279
SNMP-OSI   SNMP over OSI                                           1283
IN-ENCAP   Internet Encapsulation Protocol                         1241
CLNS-MIB   CLNS-MIB                                                1238
CFDP       Coherent File Distribution Protocol                     1235
SNMP-DPI   SNMP Distributed Program Interface                      1228
SNMP-MUX   SNMP MUX Protocol and MIB                               1227
IP-AX.25   IP Encapsulation of AX.25 Frames                        1226
ALERTS     Managing Asynchronously Generated Alerts                1224
MPP        Message Posting Protocol                                1204
ST-II      Stream Protocol                                         1190
SNMP-BULK  Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP                      1187
DNS-RR     New DNS RR Definitions                                  1183
NTP-OSI    NTP over OSI Remote Operations                          1165
EHF-MAIL   Encoding Header Field for Mail                          1154
DMF-MAIL   Digest Message Format for Mail                          1153
RDP        Reliable Data Protocol                              908,1151
--------   Mapping between X.400(88) and RFC-822                   1148
TCP-ACO    TCP Alternate Checksum Option                           1146
--------   Mapping full 822 to Restricted 822                      1137
IP-DVMRP   IP Distance Vector Multicast Routing                    1075
TCP-LDP    TCP Extensions for Long Delay Paths                     1072
IMAP2      Interactive Mail Access Protocol                   1176,1064
IMAP3      Interactive Mail Access Protocol                        1203
VMTP       Versatile Message Transaction Protocol                  1045
COOKIE-JAR Authentication Scheme                                   1004
NETBLT     Bulk Data Transfer Protocol                              998
IRTP       Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol                   938
AUTH       Authentication Service                                   931
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
=======    ====================================                    =====
GOPHER     The Internet Gopher Protocol                            1436*
-------    Data Link Switching: Switch-to-Switch Protocol          1434*
LISTSERV   Listserv Distribute Protocol                            1429*
-------    Replication Requirements                                1275
PCMAIL     Pcmail Transport Protocol                               1056
MTP        Multicast Transport Protocol                            1301
SNMP-IPX   SNMP over IPX                                           1298
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
MD4        MD4 Message Digest Algorithm                            1186

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                                                     RFC
=======    =====================================                   =====
802.4-MIP  IEEE 802.4 Token Bus MIB                                1230*
CMOT       Common Management Information Services                  1189*
PPP-INIT   PPP Initial Configuration Options                       1172
MSP        Message Send Protocol                                   1159
--------   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.]

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@ANS.NET

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

         1-703-620-8990
         
         gvaudre@CNRI.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@CNRI.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
         Marina del Rey, CA  90292-6695
         
         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
         USC/Information Sciences Institute
         4676 Admiralty Way
         Marina del Rey, CA  90292-6695
         
         1-310-822-1511
         
         RFC-Editor@ISI.EDU

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
         14200 Park Meadow Drive
         Suite 200
         Chantilly, VA  22021

Help Desk Hours of Operation: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Eastern Time

         1-800-365-3642 (1-800-365-DNIC)
         1-703-802-4535
         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
USC/Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

   Phone: 310-822-1511
   Fax:   310-823-6714

Email:

          Postel@ISI.EDU