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- RFCs -
Request for Comments (RFCs)

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) develops and maintains the
protocols and standards that govern communication on the Internet and
private networks.

The IETF is an open community, divided into multiple working groups.

Each working group is further separated into areas, which are governed by
an area director.

Working groups develop Requests for Comments (RFCs), which contain

all technical information relating to each specific protocol and standard.
Updates to protocols/standards are often released as new RFCs, replacing
obsolete (and eventually retired) documents.

The IETF homepage contains comprehensive information concerning both

the organization itself (http://www.ietf.org/home.html) and the individual
RFCs (http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html).

The following list is by no means comprehensive. In most cases, the

following list includes only the most recent RFC for each standard/protocol.

Common RFCs

• RFC 768 – User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

• RFC 791 – Internet Protocol (IP)
• RFC 792 – Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• RFC 793 – Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• RFC 826 – Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• RFC 854, 855 – Telnet
• RFC 862 – TCP/UDP echo
• RFC 863 - TCP/UDP discard
• RFC 903 – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
• RFC 951 – Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)

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Common RFCs (continued)

• RFC 959 – File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• RFC 977 – Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
• RFC 1034, 1035 – Domain Name Services (DNS)
• RFC 1058 – Routing Information Protocol Version 1 (RIPv1)
• RFC 1059 – Network Time Protocol Version 1 (NTP v1)
• RFC 1119 – Network Time Protocol Version 2 (NTP v2)
• RFC 1157 – Simple Network Management Protocol v1 (SNMP v1)
• RFC 1176 – Interactive Mail Access Protocol v2 (IMAP v2)
• RFC 1305 – Network Time Protocol Version 3 (NTP v3)
• RFC 1350 – Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
• RFC 1441 – Simple Network Management Protocol v2 (SNMP v2)
• RFC 1730 – Interactive Mail Access Protocol v4 (IMAP v4)
• RFC 1777 – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• RFC 1889 – Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
• RFC 1918 – Internet Protocol (IP) Private Addressing
• RFC 1939 – Post Office Protocol v3 (POP3)
• RFC 1945 – Hypertext Transfer Protocol 1.0 (HTTP 1.0)
• RFC 1964 – Kerberos Version 5
• RFC 2080 – RIPng for IPV6
• RFC 2131 – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• RFC 2251-2256 – LDAP
• RFC 2328 – Open Shortest Path First v2 (OSPF v2)
• RFC 2453 – Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2)
• RFC 2460 – Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6)
• RFC 2549 - IP over Avian Carriers with QoS (a joke – hilarious!!!)
• RFC 2570 – Simple Network Management Protocol v3 (SNMP v3)
• RFC 2616 – Hypertext Transfer Protocol 1.1 (HTTP 1.1)
• RFC 2740 – Open Shortest Path First for IPv6 (OSPF IPv6)
• RFC 2810-2813 – Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
• RFC 2821-2822 – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
• RFC 2865 – RADIUS
• RFC 3031 – Multi-protocol Label Switching Architecture – MPLS)
• RFC 3162 – RADIUS for IPv6
• RFC 3261 – Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
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Common RFCs (continued)

• RFC 3315 – DHCP for IPv6

• RFC 3376 – Internet Group Management Protocol v3 (IGMP v3)
• RFC 3501 – Internet Message Access Protocol v4 (IMAP v4)
• RFC 3513 – IPv6 Addressing
• RFC 3514 – The “Evil” bit (another RFC joke ☺)
• RFC 3530 – Network File System v4 (NFS v4)
• RFC 4251 – Secure Shell Protocol (SSH)

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