RFC 2199
Request for Comments Summary RFC Numbers 2100-2199
Request for Comments Summary, RFC 2199 💖
Okay bestie, this is RFC 2199 🎀 It's called Request for Comments Summary, and it covers RFC Numbers 2100-2199. It's Category: Informational, dated January 1998, and it was written by A. Ramos from ISI for the Network Working Group ✨ The header doesn't list anything it obsoletes or updates, so it's just doing its own thing 💅
Status of This Memo ✨
This RFC is a slightly annotated list of the 100 RFCs from RFC 2100 through RFCs 2199 🌸 It's basically a status report on those RFCs. It provides information for the Internet community, it does not specify an Internet standard of any kind, and distribution of this memo is unlimited 🦋
Copyright Notice 💜
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Note 💅
Many RFCs, but not all, are Proposed Standards, Draft Standards, or Standards 🧚 Since their status can change during standards processing, this list only notes that they're on the standards track. For the current state and status, check the latest edition of "Internet Official Protocol Standards" 🍓 In the list below, standards-track RFCs are marked [STANDARDS-TRACK] ✨
The Summary List 🌈
RFC Author Date Title
--- ------ ---- -----2199 Ramos Jan 98 Request for Comments SummaryYep, it's this memo, lol 🙈
2198 Perkins Sep 97 RTP Payload for Redundant Audio DataThis one describes a payload format for the real-time transport protocol (RTP), version 2, used for encoding redundant audio data 🎧 [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💖
2197 Freed Sep 97 SMTP Service Extension
for Command PipeliningThis memo defines an SMTP service extension that lets a server say how well it can take in multiple commands in a single TCP send operation 🚀 [STANDARDS-TRACK] 🔥
2196 Fraser Sep 97 Site Security HandbookThis handbook is your guide to writing computer security policies and procedures for sites with systems on the Internet 🛡️ It's all about practical help for admins trying to lock down their info and services. The topics include policy content and formation, a broad range of technical system and network security topics, and security incident response 😭 It provides information for the Internet community and doesn't specify an Internet standard of any kind 💅
2195 Klensin Sep 97 IMAP/POP AUTHorize Extension for Simple
Challenge/ResponseThis spec gives you a simple challenge-response authentication protocol that works with IMAP4 🔐 [STANDARDS TRACK] ✨
2194 Aboba Sep 97 Review of Roaming ImplementationsThis doc reviews the design and functionality of existing roaming implementations 🌍 Examples of where roaming capability might be required include ISP "confederations" and ISP-provided corporate network access support 💼 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🫶
2193 Gahrns Sep 97 IMAP4 Mailbox ReferralsMailbox referrals let clients seamlessly access mailboxes spread across several IMAP4 servers 📬 [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💜
2192 Newman Sep 97 IMAP URL SchemeThis one defines a URL scheme for referencing objects on an IMAP server 🔗 [STANDARDS-TRACK] ✨
2191 Armitage Sep 97 VENUS - Very Extensive Non-Unicast ServiceThis doc is laser-focused on the problems that come with extending the MARS model to cover multiple clusters, or clusters spanning more than one subnet 🧩 It describes a hypothetical solution, dubbed "Very Extensive NonUnicast Service" (VENUS), and shows how complex such a service would be 😵💫 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🦋
2190 Zhu Sep 97 RTP Payload Format for H.263 Video StreamsThis document specifies the payload format for putting an H.263 bitstream into the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) 🎥 [STANDARDS TRACK] 🍓
2189 Ballardie Sep 97 Core Based Trees (CBT version 2)
Multicast RoutingThis doc describes the Core Based Tree (CBT version 2) network layer multicast routing protocol 🌳 CBT builds a shared multicast distribution tree per group, and it's suited to inter- and intra-domain multicast routing 🌸 This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community 🧪
2188 Banan Sep 97 AT&T/Neda's Efficient Short Remote
Operations (ESRO) Protocol
Specification Version 1.2This one specifies the service model, the notation, and the protocol for Efficient Short Remote Operations (ESRO) ⚡ It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 💅
2187 Wessels Sep 97 Application of Internet Cache Protocol
(ICP), version 2This doc describes how ICPv2 (Internet Cache Protocol version 2, RFC2186) gets applied to Web caching 🕸️ It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🫶
2186 Wessels Sep 97 Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2This one describes version 2 of the Internet Cache Protocol (ICPv2), as it's currently implemented in two World-Wide Web proxy cache packages 🧁 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🌷
2185 Callon Sep 97 Routing Aspects Of IPv6 TransitionThis gives an overview of the routing aspects of the IPv6 transition 🗺️ It's based on the protocols defined in the document "Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers," so you should be familiar with those transition mechanisms before reading this one 📖 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 💖
2184 Freed Aug 97 MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word
Extensions:Character Sets, Languages,
and ContinuationsThis memo defines extensions to the RFC 2045 media type and RFC 2183 disposition parameter value mechanisms 🌈 [STANDARDS-TRACK] ✨
2183 Troost Aug 97 Communicating Presentation Information
in Internet Messages: The Content-
Disposition Header FieldThis memo gives MIME-conforming messages (per [RFC 2045, RFC 2046, RFC 2047, RFC 2048, RFC 2049]) a way to convey presentational information 🎀 It specifies the "Content-Disposition" header field, which is optional and valid for any MIME entity ("message" or "body part") 🎁 [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💜
2182 Elz Jul 97 Selection and Operation of Secondary
DNS ServersThis document talks about picking secondary servers for DNS zones 🗂️ It also covers how many servers a zone should have, plus some general secondary server maintenance issues 🛠️ It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🦋
2181 Elz Jul 97 Clarifications to the DNS SpecificationThis one looks at some areas that have been flagged as problems in the Domain Name System specification, and proposes fixes for the defects it found 🔧 [STANDARDS TRACK] 🫶
2180 Gahrns Jul 97 IMAP4 Multi-Accessed Mailbox PracticeThis describes behavior that reflects the practice of some existing servers, or behavior the IMAP mailing list consensus has called reasonable 🙌 It's believed to be [RFC-2060] compliant, but this document isn't meant to define IMAP4 compliance, and it isn't an exhaustive list of valid IMAP4 behavior 🤓 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🌸
2179 Gwinn Jul 97 Network Security For Trade ShowsThis doc helps vendors and other trade show participants (like Networld+Interop) design good protection against network and system attacks by unauthorized people 🛡️🔥 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 💅
2178 Moy Jul 97 OSPF Version 2This document considers some areas that have been identified as problems with the specification of the Domain Name System, and proposes remedies for the defects identified. [STANDARDS TRACK] 🤨
2177 Leiba Jun 97 IMAP4 IDLE commandThis one specifies the syntax of an IDLE command, which lets a client tell the server it's ready to accept real-time updates ⏰ [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💖
2176 Murakami Jun 97 IPv4 over MAPOS Version 1This memo documents a way to support Version 4 of the Internet Protocol (IPv4) on Version 1 of the Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH 🦋 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind ✨
2175 Murakami Jun 97 SONET/SDH with 16 Bit AddressingThis memo documents MAPOS 16, a multiple access protocol for sending network-protocol datagrams, encapsulated in HDLC frames with 16 bit addressing, over SONET/SDH 🌈 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 💜
2174 Murakami Jun 97 A MAPOS version 1 Extension -
Switch-Switch ProtocolThis memo documents a MAPOS (Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH) version 1 extension, the Switch Switch Protocol, which provides dynamic routing for unicast, broadcast, and multicast 🔀 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🎀
2173 Murakami Jun 97 A MAPOS version 1 Extension - Node
Switch ProtocolThis doc describes a MAPOS extension, the Node Switch Protocol, for automatic node address assignment 🏷️ It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🫶
2172 Maruyama Jun 97 MAPOS Version 1 Assigned NumbersThis memo documents the parameters used in the Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH Version 1 🔢 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 🌷
2171 Murakami Jun 97 MAPOS - Multiple Access Protocol over
SONET/SDH Version 1This memo documents a multiple access protocol for sending network-protocol datagrams, encapsulated in High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) frames, over SONET/SDH 🧚 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind 💅
2170 Almesberger Jul 97 Application REQuested IP over ATM
(AREQUIPA)This document specifies a method that lets ATM-attached hosts with direct ATM connectivity set up end-to-end IP over ATM connections within the reachable ATM cloud 🌥️ The connections are set up on request from applications and are for the exclusive use of the requesting applications 🙌 It provides information for the Internet community and does not specify an Internet standard of any kind ✨
2169 Daniel Jun 97 A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in
URN ResolutionOkay so this one specifies the "THTTP" resolution protocol, which is a trivial
Heads up, bestie 💅 The text you pasted isn't RFC 2199. It's an RFC index listing (entries 2143 through 2169), and it starts mid-sentence in the abstract of RFC 2169 ("A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in URN Resolution"). It has no section numbers to carry over, and I don't want to invent RFC 2199 content and label it as the real thing 🙈
Could you paste the actual RFC 2199 text, or the part you're on? I'll pick up from part 2 with all the MUSTs, SHOULDs, section numbers, ABNF, and references intact. If you do want the index entries rewritten as they are, just say so and I'll do that.
2142 Crocker May 97 MAILBOX NAMES FOR
COMMON SERVICES, ROLES AND FUNCTIONSokay bestie, RFC 2142 is giving "how do I email the right people" 📬✨ It lists Internet mail addresses (the mailbox name @ host format) you can use to reach the folks at an organization, like the ones for common services, roles, and functions. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💅
2141 Moats May 97 URN SyntaxRFC 2141 is the one where URNs get their canonical syntax 🦋 URNs are meant to be persistent, location-independent resource identifiers, so the name sticks around even when the thing moves house. This document sets forward the canonical syntax for URNs. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 🌸
2140 Touch Apr 97 TCP Control Block InterdependenceRFC 2140 is lowkey so interesting 🧠 It argues for interdependent TCP control blocks, where part of the TCP state gets shared among similar concurrent connections, or across similar connection instances. The state in question includes stuff like connection state, current round-trip time estimates, congestion control information, and process information. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 💜
2139 Rigney Apr 97 RADIUS AccountingRFC 2139 describes a protocol for carrying accounting information between a Network Access Server and a shared Accounting Server 🧾 It's giving paperwork, but make it protocol. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🎀
2138 Rigney Apr 97 Remote Authentication Dial In User
Service (RADIUS)RFC 2138 is the authentication queen 👑 It describes a protocol for carrying authentication, authorization, and configuration information between a Network Access Server that wants to authenticate its links and a shared Authentication Server. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 🔐
2137 Eastlake 3rd Apr 97 Secure Domain Name System Dynamic
UpdateRFC 2137 is so secure it's iconic 🔒 It explains how to use DNSSEC digital signatures covering requests and data, so updates stay secure and only the people allowed to make them can do it. Being allowed is proven by the updater's possession of cryptographic keys. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] ✨
2136 Vixie Apr 97 Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name
System (DNS UPDATE)RFC 2136 introduces the UPDATE opcode, and with it you can add or delete RRs or RRsets from a specified zone 🦋 The prerequisites are kept separate from the update operations. They can depend on whether an RRset existed before or doesn't, or on whether a single RR exists. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💖
2135 ISOC BOT Apr 97 Internet Society By-LawsRFC 2135 is the Internet Society by-laws, as amended as of June 1996 📜 They were published for the IETF community's info at the request of the poisson working group. For the current version, check the ISOC web page at www.isoc.org. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🌈
2134 ISOC BOT Apr 97 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF INTERNET SOCIETYRFC 2134 is the Internet Society's articles of incorporation 🏛️ They're shared with the IETF community at the request of the poisson working group. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🧚
2133 Gilligan Apr 97 Basic Socket Interface Extensions
for IPv6RFC 2133 is a whole glow-up for sockets 💅 It defines extensions to the socket interface so it can handle the bigger address size and new features of IPv6. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🚀
2132 Alexander Mar 97 DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor
ExtensionsRFC 2132 is the menu of DHCP options 🍓 It specifies the current set, and future options will get their own RFCs. The current list of valid options is also available at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] ⭐
2131 Droms Mar 97 Dynamic Host Configuration ProtocolRFC 2131 is the one that started it all for DHCP 🎀 DHCP gives hosts on a TCPIP network their configuration information. It's based on the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), but adds automatic allocation of reusable network addresses and extra configuration options. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💜
2130 Weider Apr 97 The Report of the IAB Character Set
Workshop held 29 February - 1 March,
1996RFC 2130 is the IAB Character Set Workshop report, and it's literally a whole thing 🌸 The workshop was IAB-sponsored, invitational, and held 29 February to 1 March 1996, to talk about character sets on the Internet. The report explains why Internet protocols that send text need character set handling. It gives a conceptual framework for specifying character sets and recommends MIME tagging for transmitted text. It also recommends a default character set without stating that there is no need for other character sets. On top of that, it makes a series of recommendations to the IAB, IANA, and the IESG for integrating the character set framework into text transmission protocols. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🌈
2129 Nagami Apr 97 Toshiba's Flow Attribute Notification
Protocol (FANP) SpecificationRFC 2129 is Toshiba's FANP spec, and it's giving cut-through vibes ✂️ FANP is a protocol between neighbor nodes for managing cut-through packet forwarding functionalities. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🧠
2128 Roeck Mar 97 Dial Control Management Information
Base using SMIv2RFC 2128 is a MIB slice for network management protocols in the Internet community 📊 It's specifically about managed objects for demand access circuits, including ISDN. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💅
2127 Roeck Mar 97 ISDN Management Information Base using
SMIv2RFC 2127 is the minimal ISDN MIB, and honestly it's so efficient 🙈 It defines a minimal set of managed objects for SNMP-based management of ISDN terminal interfaces, for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 🫶
2126 Pouffary Mar 97 ISO Transport Service on top of TCP
(ITOT)RFC 2126 is the ITOT revision, and it's a glow-up of STD35, RFC1006 ✨ It describes how ISO Transport Services can run over TCP over IPv4 or IPv6. It also adds new features that RFC1006 doesn't provide. Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 🦋
2125 Richards Mar 97 The PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol
(BAP), The PPP Bandwidth Allocation
Control Protocol (BACP)RFC 2125 proposes a way to manage dynamic bandwidth allocation for implementations that support the PPP multilink protocol 🎀 It does this by defining the Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP) and its associated control protocol, the Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP). Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 🔥
2124 Amsden Mar 97 Cabletron's Light-weight Flow
Admission Protocol SpecificationRFC 2124 specifies the protocol between the switch Connection Control Entity (CCE) and the external FAS 🍓 This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 💜
2123 Brownlee Mar 97 Traffic Flow Measurement: Experiences
with NeTraMetRFC 2123 is a real-world diary from building with NeTraMet 📝 It covers implementing and using the Traffic Flow Measurement Architecture and Meter MIB. It talks about NeTraMet (a traffic meter) and NeMaC (a combined manager and meter reader), writing meter rule sets, and setting up a traffic flow measurement system using NeTraMet. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🌸
2122 Mavrakis Mar 97 VEMMI URL SpecificationRFC 2122 defines a new URL scheme, "vemmi" 🌈 VEMMI is a new international standard for on-line multimedia services. It's both an ITU-T (International Telecommunications Union, ex. CCITT) International Standard (T.107) and a European Standard (ETSI European Telecommunications Standard Institute) standard (ETS 300 382, obsoleted by ETS 300 709). Status: [STANDARDS-TRACK] 💖
2121 Armitage Mar 97 Issues affecting MARS Cluster SizeRFC 2121 takes a qualitative look at what limits a MARS Cluster's size 🧚 It covers the impact of VC limits in switches and NICs, the geographical distribution of cluster members, and the use of VC Mesh or MCS modes to support multicast groups. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. ⭐
2120 Chadwick Mar 97 Managing the X.500 Root Naming ContextRFC 2120 describes using the 1993 ISO X.500 Standard protocols to manage the root context 🫶 The ASN.1 is compatible with the X.500 Standard, but the actual parameter settings are supplementary to that standard. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. 🔬
2119 Bradner Mar 97 Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement LevelsRFC 2119 is the one about key words, and it's literally the reason we capitalize things in specs 💅 Lots of standards track documents use several words to signify requirements, and those words are often capitalized. This document defines these words as they should be interpreted in IETF documents. It specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and it requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. 🙈
2118 Pall Mar 97 Microsoft Point-To-Point Compression
(MPPC) ProtocolRFC 2118 covers how to use Microsoft Point to Point Compression (MPPC) to compress PPP encapsulated packets 🗜️ This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 🎀
2117 Estrin Jun 97 Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse
Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol SpecificationRFC 2117 describes a protocol for efficiently routing to multicast groups that may span wide-area (and inter-domain) internets 🌍 This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. 🧪
2116 Apple Apr 97 X.500 Implementations Catalog-96RFC 2116 is a revision of [RFC 1632]: A Revised Catalog of Available X.500 Implementations, and it's based on data collected through a WWW home page where implementors could submit new or updated descriptions of X.500 implementations 📚 Those include commercial products and openly available offerings. [RFC 1632] is a revision of [RFC 1292]. This document contains a detailed description of 31 X.500 implementations (DSAs, DUAs, and DUA interfaces). This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. 💜
2115 Brown Sep 97 Management Information Base for Frame
Relay DTEs Using SMIv2RFC 2115 defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets 🦋 In
Okay so picking up right where we left off 💅 the last bit was about managing Frame Relay interfaces on DTEs, and that one is [STANDARDS-TRACK] ✨
Here's the index of the next batch of RFCs, from 2114 back down to 2100, all in their original layout 📚
2114 Chiang Feb 97 Data Link Switching Client Access
Protocol
2113 Katz Feb 97 IP Router Alert Option
2112 Levinson Mar 97 The MIME Multipart/Related
Content-type
2111 Levinson Mar 97 Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform
Resource Locators
2110 Palme Mar 97 MIME E-mail Encapsulation of Aggregate
Documents, such as HTML (MHTML)
2109 Kristol Feb 97 HTTP State Management Mechanism
2108 de Graaf Feb 97 Definitions of Managed Objects
for IEEE 802.3 Repeater Device
using SMIv2
2107 Hamzeh Feb 97 Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol - ATMP
2106 Chiang Feb 97 Data Link Switching Remote Access
Protocol
2105 Rekhter Feb 97 Cisco Systems' Tag Switching
Architecture Overview
2104 Krawcyzk Feb 97 HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message
Authentication
2103 Ramanathan Feb 97 Mobility Support for Nimrod :
Challenges and Solution Approaches
2102 Ramanathan Feb 97 Multicast Support for Nimrod :
Challenges and Solution Approaches
2101 Carpenter Feb 97 IPv4 Address Behaviour Today
2100 Ashworth Apr 97 The Naming of Hosts2114 is all about the Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol 🦋 It's how workstations and routers move SNA/NetBIOS traffic over TCP sessions. It's info for the Internet community, NOT an Internet standard of any kind 🌸
2113 gives us the IP Router Alert Option 🔥 It's a brand new IP Option type that tells transit routers to take a closer look at what's inside an IP packet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
2112 defines the Multipart/Related content-type 💜 It's a shared way to represent objects that are bundles of related MIME body parts, and the doc also has examples of how to use it. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
2111 is all about the cid: and mid: URL schemes 🧚 They let you reference messages and their body parts. Like, inside one multipart message, an HTML body part can embed links to other parts of that same message, which is so clean. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
2110 is the MHTML one 🎀 It lays out guidelines so conforming mail user agents can send, deliver and display aggregate documents like HTML objects, the kind that can contain links represented by URIs. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
2109 is the HTTP State Management Mechanism 🍓 It lets you build a stateful session across HTTP requests and responses, using two new headers, Cookie and Set-Cookie, to carry state between origin servers and user agents. It's different from Netscape's Cookie proposal, but it can still interoperate with HTTP/1.0 user agents that use Netscape's method. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
2108 defines a chunk of the Management Information Base (MIB) for network management protocols in the Internet community 🌈 Specifically, it covers managing IEEE 802.3 10 and 100 Mb/second baseband repeaters, based on IEEE Std 802.3 Section 30, "10 & 100 Mb/s Management," October 26, 1995. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
2107 is the Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol, ATMP ⭐ It's a generic tunnel management protocol that lets remote dial-in users reach their home network as if they were directly attached to it. It's info for the Internet community, not an Internet standard of any kind.
2106 is the Data Link Switching Remote Access Protocol 💖 Same vibe as 2114: it's how workstations and routers carry SNA/NetBIOS traffic over TCP sessions. Info only for the Internet community, not an Internet standard of any kind.
2105 is Cisco Systems' Tag Switching Architecture Overview 🦋 It walks through a novel approach to network layer packet forwarding called tag switching, covering the two main pieces, forwarding and control. Info for the Internet community, NOT a standard.
2104 is HMAC, the keyed-hashing one 🔐 It's a mechanism for message authentication using cryptographic hash functions. HMAC works with any iterative cryptographic hash function, like MD5 or SHA-1, combined with a secret shared key, and its cryptographic strength depends on the properties of the underlying hash function. Info for the Internet community, not an Internet standard of any kind.
2103 is about mobility for Nimrod 💜 Mobility isn't part of the Nimrod architecture, but Nimrod does need any mobility solution to have certain characteristics. This one lays out the requirements Nimrod has for mobility support, classifies and compares existing approaches for supporting mobility within an internetwork, and talks through their pros and cons. Info for the Internet community, not an Internet standard of any kind.
2102 is the multicast sibling 🌸 Nimrod doesn't pick one multicast solution, and it can use any of several emerging multicast techniques. This one identifies the requirements Nimrod has for a multicast support solution. Info for the Internet community, not a standard of any kind.
2101 is all about IPv4 Address Behaviour Today 🌍 The goal is to clarify how the 32-bit IP version 4 address space is interpreted right now, since its significance has changed a lot since it was first defined. Info for the Internet community, not an Internet standard of any kind.
2100 is The Naming of Hosts 😭 It's a commentary on how hard it is to pick a distinctive hostname for your computer, a problem that gets worse in direct proportion to the logarithmically growing size of the Internet. Info for the Internet community, not an Internet standard of any kind.
Security Considerations 🔐
Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
Heads up, bestie: this memo doesn't talk about security at all, so don't go looking for threat models in here 💀
Author's Address 🖊️
Alegre Ramos
University of Southern California
Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Phone: (310) 822-1511
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