rfc3000.txt

Internet Official Protocol Standards

Network Working Group                    Internet Engineering Task Force
Request for Comments: 3000                                   J. Reynolds
Obsoletes: 2900                                                R. Braden
STD: 1                                                         S. Ginoza
Category: Standards Track                                      L. Shiota
                                                                 Editors
                                                           November 2001


                  Internet Official Protocol Standards

Status of this Memo

   This memo is an Internet Standard.  Distribution of this memo is
   unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo contains a snapshot of the state of standardization of
   protocols used in the Internet as of October 25, 2001.  It lists
   official protocol standards and Best Current Practice RFCs; it is not
   a complete index to the RFC series.  The latest version of this memo
   is designated STD 1.

Table of Contents

   1.  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.1.  Internet-Related Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.2.  Request for Comments Editor (RFC Editor) Web Pages . . .   2
   2.3   Retrieval using FTP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.4   Search and Retrieval Using Email . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Current Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.1.  Standard Protocols Ordered by STD  . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.2.  Standard Protocols Ordered by RFC  . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   3.3.  Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   3.4.  Proposed Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   3.5.  Best Current Practice by BCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   3.6.  Best Current Practice by RFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
   3.7.  Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
   3.8.  Historic Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
   4.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
   5.  Editors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
   6.  Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43



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1.  Overview

   This memo contains a snapshot of the state of standardization of
   protocols used in the Internet, as determined by the Internet
   Engineering Task Force (IETF).  It is a October 25, 2001 snapshot of
   the current official protocol standards list and the Best Current
   Practice list, which is updated daily and is available from the RFC
   Editor Web site.

   The RFC Editor publishes Request for Comments (RFC) documents that
   are the output of the IETF process or are submitted individually via
   electronic mail.  Further information about the RFC series is
   contained in section 2.1, RFC 2026 and at http://www.rfc-editor.org.

   This memo is published by the RFC Editor for the IESG and IAB in
   accordance with Section 2.1 of "The Internet Standards Process --
   Revision 3", RFC 2026, which specifies the rules and procedures by
   which all Internet standards are set.  Sections 3.1 - 3.6 of this
   memo contain the lists of protocols in each stage of standardization
   - Standard, Draft Standard, Proposed Standard, Experimental,
   Historic, as well as Best Current Practice documents.  Protocols that
   are new to this document or have been moved from one protocol level
   to another, or that differ from the previous edition of this document
   are marked with an asterisk.  Informational RFCs are not included.
   This memo lists the current standards track, Best Current Practice,
   Experimental, and Historic protocols; it is not a complete index to
   RFCs.

2.  Resources

   This section contains important contact information, for reference.

2.1.  Internet-Related Organizations

   Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact: www.iab.org

   Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact: www.ietf.org

   Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact: www.irtf.org

   Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Contact: www.iana.org

2.2.  Request for Comments Editor (RFC Editor) Web Pages

   The RFC Editor maintains the official repository of all RFCs and
   indexes to them.  The RFC Editor web site is:

      http://www.rfc-editor.org.



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   At this URL, a user can:

   (a) Obtain the current "Internet Official Protocol Standards" list.
       See:

         http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcxx00.html

       This hyper-linked listing is updated daily.

   (b) Retrieve the latest version of this STD 1 memo.  See:

         http://www.rfc-editor.org/go.html, and select STD and "1".

   (c) Retrieve text of any RFC.  See:

         http://www.rfc-editor.org/go.html

   (d) Search for RFCs by category.  See:

         http://www.rfc-editor.org/category.html

   (e) Search the RFC index for document number, author, title, and/or
       keywords, and retrieve the text of any matching documents.  See:

         http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html

   RFC information can also be retrieved using FTP or email.

2.3 Retrieval using FTP

   RFC-related files may be copied via FTP from the FTP.RFC-EDITOR.ORG
   computer using the FTP username "anonymous" and password
   "[e-mail]".  An FTP user can:

   (a) Retrieve the latest version of this STD 1 memo.

         File: "in-notes/std/std1.txt"

   (b) Retrieve text of any RFC.

       File: "in-notes/rfcnnnn.txt" will retrieve the ASCII version.
       Some RFCs also have secondary Postscript and/or PDF versions,
       available from File: "in-notes/rfcnnnn.ps" and/or
       "in-notes/rfcnnnn.pdf", respectively.

       Here "nnnn" is a 1-4 digit RFC number, with no leading zeros.





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2.4 Search and Retrieval Using Email

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   In the message body, include your information request.  For example,
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   (a) To retrieve the latest version of this STD 1 memo:

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   (b) To retrieve ASCII text of any RFC:

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       Here "nnnn" must be filled with leading zeros to 4 digits.

   (c) The [e-mail] server provides other capabilities,
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3.  Current Technical Specifications

3.1.  Standard Protocols Ordered by STD

Mnemonic   Title                                               RFC# STD#
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------   Internet Official Protocol Standards                3000   1*
--------   Assigned Numbers                                    1700   2
--------   Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication     1122   3
              Layers
--------   Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application       1123   3
              and Support
--------   [Reserved for Router Requirements.  See RFC 1812.]         4
IP         Internet Protocol                                    791   5
ICMP       Internet Control Message Protocol                    792   5
---------  Broadcasting Internet Datagrams                      919   5
---------  Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the presence      922   5
              of subnets
--------   Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure               950   5
IGMP       Host extensions for IP multicasting                 1112   5
UDP        User Datagram Protocol                               768   6
TCP        Transmission Control Protocol                        793   7
TELNET     Telnet Protocol Specification                        854   8
TELNET     Telnet Option Specifications                         855   8
FTP        File Transfer Protocol                               959   9
SMTP       Simple Mail Transfer Protocol                        821  10
SMTP-SIZE  SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration 1870  10
MAIL       Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text        822  11
              messages
NTP        [Reserved for Network Time Protocol (NTP).  See RFC       12
              305.]
DOMAIN     Domain names - concepts and facilities              1034  13
DOMAIN     Domain names - implementation and specification     1035  13
--------   [Was Mail Routing and the Domain System.  Now             14
              Historic.]
SNMP       Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)           1157  15
SMI        Structure and identification of management          1155  16
              information for TCP/IP-based internets
Concise-MI Concise MIB definitions                             1212  16
MIB-II     Management Information Base for Network Management  1213  17
              of TCP/IP-based internets:MIB-II
EGP        [Was Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC 904).  Now            18
              Historic.]
NETBIOS    Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on          1001  19
              a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods
NETBIOS    Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on          1002  19
              a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications
ECHO       Echo Protocol                                        862  20