RFC 2300

Internet Official Protocol Standards

๐Ÿ“… published May 1998, from ietf
Part 1 of 12 ๐Ÿ’– more parts are coming, bestie!

RFC 2300: Internet Official Protocol Standards ๐ŸŽ€

  • Series & group: Network Working Group
  • Who wrote it: the Internet Architecture Board, with J. Postel as Editor ๐Ÿงš
  • Date: May 1998 ๐Ÿ“…
  • Category: Standards Track โœ…
  • STD: 1
  • Obsoletes: 2200, 2000, 1920, 1880, 1800, 1780, 1720, 1610, 1600, 1540, 1500, 1410, 1360, 1280, 1250, 1200, 1140, 1130, 1100, 1083
  • Updates: nothing is listed in the title block ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

Status of this Memo ๐Ÿ’…

This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used on the Internet, as determined by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). This memo is an Internet Standard, and distribution of it is unlimited ๐ŸŒ.

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved. ยฉ๏ธ

Table of Contents ๐Ÿฆ‹

   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   1.  The Standardization Process  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   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  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   4.1.3.  Proposed Standard Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   4.1.4.  Experimental Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   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  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   4.2.2.  Recommended Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   4.2.3.  Elective Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   4.2.4.  Limited Use Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   4.2.5.  Not Recommended Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   5.  The Standards Track  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.1.  The RFC Processing Decision Table  . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.2.  The Standards Track Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  The Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   6.1.  Recent Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   6.1.1.  New RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   6.1.2.  Other Changes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
   6.2.  Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
   6.3.  Network-Specific Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . .  36
   6.4.  Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
   6.5.  Proposed Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
   6.6.  Telnet Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46
   6.7.  Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
   6.8.  Informational Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
   6.9.  Historic Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
   6.10  Obsolete Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
   7.  Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
   7.1.  IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
   7.1.1.  Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact  . . . . . .  54
   7.1.2.  Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact . . . .  54
   7.1.3.  Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact  . . . . .  55
   7.2.  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Contact . . .  56
   7.3.  Request for Comments Editor Contact  . . . . . . . . . .  57
   7.4.  Network Information Center Contact . . . . . . . . . . .  57
   7.5.  Sources for Requests for Comments  . . . . . . . . . . .  58
   8.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58
   9.  Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58
   10. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59

Introduction ๐ŸŒธ

Okay so the intro is basically a map ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ. First we chat about the standardization process and the RFC document series, then we explain the terms. Sections 6.2 - 6.10 hold the lists of protocols at each stage of standardization. At the very end you get pointers to references and contacts for more info ๐Ÿงš.

This memo is meant to be issued every one hundred RFCs, so double-check that the copy you're reading is current ๐Ÿ‘€. Current copies can be grabbed from the Requests for Comments Editor (RFC-EDITOR) or from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The contact info is at the end of this memo ๐Ÿ“ฎ.

See Section 6.1 for a description of recent changes ๐Ÿ“. In the official lists in sections 6.2 - 6.10, an asterisk (*) next to a protocol means it's new to this document, got moved from one protocol level to another, or differs from the previous edition of this document โœจ.

1. The Standardization Process ๐Ÿ”ฅ

The Internet Architecture Board keeps this list of documents that define standards for the Internet protocol suite ๐Ÿ’…. See RFC-1601 for the IAB's charter, and RFC-1160 for how the IAB and its subsidiary groups are organized, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) ๐Ÿงš. Each of these groups has a steering group, called the IESG and IRSG, respectively. The IETF develops these standards to coordinate the evolution of the Internet protocols, and that coordination matters a LOT now that the protocols are increasingly in general commercial use ๐Ÿ˜ญ. The definitive description of the Internet standards process is RFC-1602 ๐ŸŽ€.

Most Internet protocol development and standardization happens in the working groups of the IETF ๐Ÿซถ.

Protocols that are going to become Internet standards go through a series of states or maturity levels (proposed standard, draft standard, and standard), with more and more scrutiny and testing at each step ๐Ÿ”. When a protocol finishes this process, it gets 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 ๐Ÿ“ฃ.

To give the community time to consider and react to standardization proposals, there's 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 โฐ.

It's general practice that no proposed standard gets promoted to draft standard without at least two independent implementations (and the recommendation of the IESG) ๐Ÿ’–. Going from draft standard to standard generally requires operational experience and demonstrated interoperability of two or more implementations (and the recommendation of the IESG) ๐Ÿ”ฅ.

If it's unclear what the proper decision is for a protocol, a special review committee may be appointed, made up of experts from the IETF, IRTF and the IAB, with the purpose of recommending an explicit action ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ.

Advancing a protocol to proposed standard is an important step, since it marks the protocol as a candidate for eventual standardization (it gets put "on the standards track") ๐Ÿ›ค๏ธ. Advancing to draft standard is a major step that warns the community that, unless major objections are raised or flaws are discovered, the protocol is likely to be advanced to standard ๐Ÿ‘‘.

Some protocols have been superseded by better ones or are otherwise unused. These are still documented in this memo with the designation "historic" ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ.

Because it's useful to document the results of early protocol research and development work, some RFCs describe protocols that are still experimental. Those are designated "experimental" in this memo. They appear here as a convenience to the community and not as evidence of their standardization ๐Ÿงช.

Other protocols, such as those developed by other standards organizations or by particular vendors, may be of interest or may be recommended for use on 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 memo ๐Ÿ“š.

In addition to the IETF working groups, protocol development and experimentation may take place through the work of the research groups of the Internet Research Task Force, or through the work of other individuals interested in Internet protocol development. Documenting this experimental work in the RFC series is encouraged, 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 ๐ŸŒˆ.

A few protocols have achieved widespread implementation without the approval of the IESG. For example, some vendor protocols have become very important to the Internet community even though they have not been recommended by the IESG ๐Ÿ™ˆ. However, the IAB strongly recommends that the standards process be used in the evolution of the protocol suite to maximize interoperability (and to prevent incompatible protocol requirements from arising) ๐Ÿ’œ. The use of the terms "standard", "draft standard", and "proposed standard" is reserved, in any RFC or other publication of Internet protocols, to only those protocols which the IESG has approved ๐Ÿšซ.

On top of 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 ๐ŸŽฏ.

Few protocols are required to be implemented in all systems, because there is such a variety of possible systems, for example gateways, routers, terminal servers, workstations, and multi-user hosts ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ. 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 may be contained in separate requirements documents (see Section 3) ๐Ÿ“.

2. The Request for Comments Documents โœจ

okay so RFCs are basically the working notes of the "Network Working Group," which is the Internet research and development community ๐Ÿงš. A document in this series can be about pretty much anything related to computer communication, from a meeting report all the way up to a full specification of a standard. literally so iconic ๐Ÿ’…

Notice:

All standards are published as RFCs, but not all RFCs specify standards. ๐Ÿซถ

Anyone can submit a document for publication as an RFC ๐Ÿ’–. Submissions have to be sent by electronic mail to the RFC Editor (see the contact information at the end of this memo, and see RFC 2223).

RFCs are not refereed publications, ngl ๐Ÿ™ˆ. They do still get technical review, though, from the task forces, individual technical experts, or the RFC Editor, as appropriate โœจ.

The RFC series is super varied ๐ŸŒˆ. It goes from informational documents of general interest all the way to specifications of standard Internet protocols. When a submission is meant to document a proposed standard, draft standard, or standard protocol, the RFC Editor will only publish it with the approval of the IESG ๐Ÿ‘‘. For documents describing experimental work, the RFC Editor will notify the IESG before publication. That gives the relevant IETF working group or IRTF research group a chance to review it, and the comments get passed back to the author. See Section 5.1 for more detail ๐ŸŽ€.

Once a document gets an RFC number and is published, that RFC is never revised or re-issued with the same number ๐Ÿฆ‹. So there's never a question of which version of a particular RFC is the newest one. BUT, a protocol (like File Transfer Protocol (FTP)) can get improved and re-documented many times across several different RFCs ๐Ÿ”ฅ. So it's important to double-check that you have the most recent RFC on a particular protocol. This "Internet Official Protocol Standards" memo is the reference for working out the correct RFC for the current specification of each protocol ๐Ÿ’œ.

The RFCs are available from the RFC-EDITOR and a bunch of other sites. For more on how to get them, see Sections 7.4 and 7.5 ๐ŸŒธ.

3. Other Reference Documents

there are three other reference documents that are super useful for checking the current status of protocol specifications and standardization ๐Ÿ“. They're the Assigned Numbers, the Gateway Requirements, and the Host Requirements. These get revised and updated at different times, so if they ever disagree, the most recent one prevails โญ.

Also, you should know about the MIL-STD publications on IP, TCP, Telnet, FTP, and SMTP. Those are described in Section 3.4 ๐Ÿ’….

3.1. Assigned Numbers

The "Assigned Numbers" document is basically the list of assigned values for the parameters used in the various protocols ๐Ÿ“‹. Think IP protocol codes, TCP port numbers, Telnet Option Codes, ARP hardware types, and Terminal Type names. It was most recently issued as RFC-1700 ๐Ÿงš.

3.2. Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers

This document goes through the specifications that apply to gateways, and it gives guidance and clarification for any ambiguities ๐Ÿ”ฅ. Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers is RFC-1812 ๐Ÿ’–.

3.3. Host Requirements

This pair of documents reviews and updates the specifications that apply to hosts, and it gives guidance and clarification for any ambiguities โœจ. Host Requirements was issued as RFC-1122 and RFC-1123 ๐Ÿซถ.

3.4. The MIL-STD Documents

The DoD MIL-STD Internet specifications are out of date and have been discontinued ๐Ÿ’€. The DoD's Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) lists the current set of IETF STDs and RFCs that the DoD intends to use in all new and upgraded Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) acquisitions ๐Ÿฆ‹. You can grab a copy of the JTA from http://www-jta.itsi.disa.mil ๐ŸŒˆ.

4. Explanation of Terms

okay this is where it gets juicy ๐Ÿ“. There are two independent categorizations of protocols. The first is the "maturity level," or STATE of standardization, which is one of "standard", "draft standard", "proposed standard", "experimental", "informational", or "historic" โœจ. The second is the "requirement level," or STATUS of the protocol, which is one of "required", "recommended", "elective", "limited use", or "not recommended" ๐Ÿ‘‘.

The status or requirement level is hard to squish into a one word label ๐Ÿ™ˆ. So these status labels should only be treated as an indication, and you should check out the further description, or applicability statement, too ๐Ÿ’….

When a protocol is advanced to proposed standard or draft standard, it gets labeled with a current status ๐Ÿ’–.

At any given time, a protocol sits in one cell of the matrix below ๐Ÿฆ‹. Protocols tend to land in the cells in roughly the proportions shown by the number of Xs ๐ŸŒธ. A brand new protocol is most likely to start in the (proposed standard, elective) cell, or the (experimental, limited use) cell ๐Ÿงš.

                         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"? ๐Ÿค”

Some protocols are specific to hosts, some are specific to gateways, and a few are used in both ๐ŸŒˆ. The definitions below 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 meant โœจ.

4.1. Definitions of Protocol State

Every protocol listed in this document gets assigned to a "maturity level," or STATE of standardization: "standard", "draft standard", "proposed standard", "experimental", or "historic" ๐Ÿ’œ.

4.1.1. Standard Protocol

The IESG has made this an official standard protocol for the Internet ๐Ÿ‘‘. These protocols get STD numbers (see RFC-1311). They fall into two groups: (1) IP protocol and above, which are protocols that apply to the whole Internet; and (2) network-specific protocols, which are generally specs for how to do IP on particular types of networks ๐Ÿ”ฅ.

4.1.2. Draft Standard Protocol

The IESG is actively considering this protocol as a possible Standard Protocol ๐Ÿ‘€. Substantial and widespread testing and comment are desired. Comments and test results should be sent to the IESG. There's a possibility that changes will be made to a Draft Standard Protocol before it becomes a Standard Protocol ๐Ÿฆ‹.

4.1.3. Proposed Standard Protocol

These are protocol proposals that the IESG may consider for standardization in the future ๐ŸŒธ. Implementation and testing by several groups is desirable. Revision of the protocol specification is likely ๐Ÿงš.

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 ๐Ÿ™ˆ.

Typically, experimental protocols are developed as part of an ongoing research project that isn't tied to an operational service offering ๐Ÿ”ฌ. They may later be proposed as a service protocol, and so become proposed standard, draft standard, and then standard protocols. But labeling a protocol as experimental can also suggest that it, although perhaps mature, is not intended for operational use ๐Ÿ’€.

4.1.5. Informational Protocol

Protocols developed by other standards organizations, by vendors, or that are otherwise outside the purview of the IESG may be published as RFCs for the convenience of the Internet community as informational protocols ๐ŸŽ€.

4.1.6. Historic Protocol

These are protocols that are unlikely to ever become standards on the Internet, either because they've been superseded by later developments or because nobody's interested anymore ๐Ÿชฆ.

4.2. Definitions of Protocol Status

This document lists a "requirement level," or STATUS, for each protocol โœจ. The status is one of "required", "recommended", "elective", "limited use", or "not recommended" ๐Ÿ’….

4.2.1. Required Protocol

A system must implement the required protocols ๐Ÿ‘‘.

A system should implement the recommended protocols ๐Ÿ’–.

4.2.3. Elective Protocol

A system may or may not implement an elective protocol. The general idea is that if you're going to do something like this, you must do exactly this ๐Ÿซถ. There may be several elective protocols in a general area. For example, there are several electronic mail protocols, and several routing protocols ๐ŸŒˆ.

4.2.4. Limited Use Protocol

These protocols are for use in limited circumstances ๐Ÿ”’. That might be because of their experimental state, specialized nature, limited functionality, or historic state ๐Ÿฆ‹.

These protocols are not recommended for general use ๐Ÿ™…. That might be because of their limited functionality, specialized nature, or experimental or historic state ๐Ÿ’€.

5. The Standards Track

This section goes into more detail about the procedures the RFC Editor and the IESG use when they decide how to label protocols as standards and whether to publish them ๐Ÿ”ฅโœจ.

5.1. The RFC Processing Decision Table โœจ

Okay bestie, here's the current decision table for how the RFC Editor handles submissions ๐Ÿ“‹ What happens depends on two things: who sent it in, and what status they're hoping it gets ๐Ÿ’…

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

Here's what those numbers mean ๐Ÿค“

  • (1) Publish. Straightforward, we're going live ๐Ÿš€
  • (2) Bogus. Tell the source about the rules ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ Standard or Draft Standard RFCs have to come from the IESG, and only the IESG ๐Ÿ‘‘
  • (3) Refer it to an Area Director so a WG can review it ๐Ÿ” Then the submitter should expect to see the document again only after the IESG approves it ๐Ÿซถ
  • (4) Notify both the IESG and the IRSG ๐Ÿ“ฃ If nobody raises any concerns within two weeks, do Discretion (5). If there are concerns, the RFC Editor resolves them, or does Refer (3) ๐Ÿ˜ญ
  • (5) RFC Editor's discretion โœจ The RFC Editor decides whether a review is needed, and if so, who does it. The RFC Editor also decides whether to publish or not ๐Ÿ’…

Of course, in every case the RFC Editor can request or make small changes for style, format, and presentation ๐ŸŽ€

The IESG has picked the IESG Secretary as its agent ๐Ÿงš That person forwards documents that have IESG approval, and logs any concerns raised in response to notifications (4) for the RFC Editor. Documents from Area Directors or Working Group Chairs can be handled the same way as documents from "other" ๐Ÿ’œ

5.2. The Standards Track Diagram ๐Ÿ›ค๏ธ

There's a part of the STATUS and STATE categorization called the standards track ๐Ÿฆ‹ Honestly, only the changes of state matter for progress along the track, though the status assignments might change too ๐Ÿ‘€

The states drawn in single line boxes are temporary, and the ones drawn in double line boxes are long term ๐Ÿ“ฆ A protocol is normally expected to hang out in a temporary state for several months (at least six months for proposed standard, at least four months for draft standard) โณ Long term states can last for many years ๐ŸŒˆ

A protocol can enter the standards track only on the IESG's recommendation ๐Ÿ‘‘ It can also move from one state to another along the track only on the IESG's recommendation. So the IESG has to act either to start a protocol on the track or to move it along ๐Ÿ’…

When a protocol enters the standards track, a decision gets made about its eventual STATUS and its requirement level or applicability (elective, recommended, or required) โœจ It may be assigned a somewhat less strict current status to start with, and then it's placed in the proposed standard STATE with that status. So the first stop for any protocol is state 1 ๐Ÿšฆ That STATUS decision can be revisited at any time ๐Ÿ”„

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

The move from proposed standard (1) to draft standard (2) can only happen by IESG action, and only after the protocol has been proposed standard (1) for at least six months ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ

The move from draft standard (2) to standard (3) can only happen by IESG action, and only after the protocol has been draft standard (2) for at least four months ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ

Sometimes the decision is that a protocol isn't ready for standardization yet, so it gets assigned to the experimental state (4) ๐Ÿงช That's off the standards track, but the protocol can be resubmitted to enter the track again after more work ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ There are other paths into the experimental and historic states that don't involve IESG action ๐ŸŒธ

And sometimes one protocol gets replaced by another and becomes historic ๐Ÿ“œ Or a protocol on the standards track gets overtaken by another protocol (or other events) and becomes historic (state 5) ๐Ÿ’€


6. The Protocols ๐Ÿ‘‘

Subsection 6.1 has the recent RFCs and other changes ๐Ÿ†• Subsections 6.2 through 6.10 group the standards by protocol state ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ

6.1. Recent Changes ๐Ÿ’–

6.1.1. New RFCs:

  • 2352 - A Convention For Using Legal Names as Domain Names
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2351 - Mapping of Airline Reservation, Ticketing, and Messaging Traffic over IP
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2350 - Not yet issued. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ
  • 2349 - TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options
    • Draft Standard protocol ๐Ÿ”ฅ
  • 2348 - TFTP Blocksize Option
    • Draft Standard protocol ๐Ÿ”ฅ
  • 2347 - TFTP Option Extension
    • Draft Standard protocol ๐Ÿ”ฅ
  • 2346 - Making Postscript and PDF International
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2345 - Domain Names and Company Name Retrieval
    • Experimental protocol ๐Ÿงช
  • 2344 - Reverse Tunneling for Mobile IP
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2343 - RTP Payload Format for Bundled MPEG
    • Experimental protocol ๐Ÿงช
  • 2342 - IMAP4 Namespace
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2341 - Cisco Layer Two Forwarding (Protocol) "L2F"
    • Historic protocol ๐Ÿ“œ
  • 2340 - Not yet issued. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ
  • 2339 - An Agreement Between the Internet Society, the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the matter of NFS V.4 Protocols
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2338 - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2337 - Intra-LIS IP multicast among routers over ATM using Sparse Mode PIM
    • Experimental protocol ๐Ÿงช
  • 2336 - Not yet issued. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ
  • 2335 - A Distributed NHRP Service Using SCSP
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2334 - Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2333 - NHRP Protocol Applicability Statement
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2332 - NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2331 - ATM Signalling Support for IP over ATM - UNI Signalling 4.0 Update
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2330 - Framework for IP Performance Metrics
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2329 - OSPF Standardization Report
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2328 - OSPF Version 2
    • Standard protocol ๐Ÿ‘‘
  • 2327 - SDP: Session Description Protocol
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2326 - Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2325 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š (iykyk โ˜•)
  • 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š (a legend ๐Ÿซ–)
  • 2323 - IETF Identification and Security Guidelines
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2322 - Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2321 - RITA -- The Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2320 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Classical IP and ARP Over ATM Using SMIv2 (IPOA-MIB)
    • Proposed Standard protocol ๐Ÿšฆ
  • 2319 - Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2318 - The text/css Media Type
    • Information doc, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐Ÿ“š
  • 2317 - Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
    • Best Current Practices document, so it doesn't specify any level of standard ๐ŸŒŸ
  • 2316 - Report of the IAB Security Architecture Workshop

Okay so picking up right where we left off, this one is an information document and does not specify any level of standard ๐Ÿซถ

  • 2315 - PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5 ๐Ÿ’Œ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2314 - PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1.5 ๐ŸŽ€
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2313 - PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5 ๐Ÿ”
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2312 - S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling ๐ŸŒธ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2311 - S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification ๐Ÿ’…
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2310 - The Safe Response Header Field โœจ
    • An Experimental protocol.
  • 2309 - Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet ๐Ÿฆ‹
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2308 - Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE) ๐Ÿ’–
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2307 - An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service ๐Ÿงš
    • An Experimental protocol.
  • 2306 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - F Profile for Facsimile ๐Ÿ“
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2305 - A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail ๐Ÿ“ 
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2304 - Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail ๐Ÿ“ง
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2303 - Minimal PSTN address format in Internet Mail โ˜Ž๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2302 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration ๐ŸŒˆ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2301 - File Format for Internet Fax ๐Ÿ“„
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2300 - This memo. ๐Ÿฆ‹
  • 2299 - Not yet issued. ๐Ÿซฅ
  • 2298 - An Extensible Message Format for Message Disposition Notifications ๐Ÿ’œ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2297 - Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 2.0 โญ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2296 - HTTP Remote Variant Selection Algorithm -- RVSA/1.0 ๐Ÿ”ฅ
    • An Experimental protocol.
  • 2295 - Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP ๐Ÿ‘‘
    • An Experimental protocol.
  • 2294 - Representing the O/R Address hierarchy in the X.500 Directory Information Tree ๐ŸŒธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2293 - Representing Tables and Subtrees in the X.500 Directory ๐ŸŽ€
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2292 - Advanced Sockets API for IPv6 ๐Ÿ’…
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2291 - Requirements for a Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol for the World Wide Web ๐Ÿ™ˆ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2290 - Mobile-IPv4 Configuration Option for PPP IPCP ๐Ÿฆ‹
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2289 - A One-Time Password System ๐Ÿ”‘
    • A Draft Standard protocol.
  • 2288 - Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names ๐Ÿ“š
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2287 - Definitions of System-Level Managed Objects for Applications ๐ŸŒท
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2286 - Test Cases for HMAC-RIPEMD160 and HMAC-RIPEMD128 ๐Ÿงช
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2285 - Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices ๐Ÿ“Š
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2284 - PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) ๐Ÿ”
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2283 - Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4 ๐ŸŒ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2282 - IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees ๐Ÿซถ
    • This is a Best Current Practices document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2281 - Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) ๐Ÿ›œ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2280 - Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL) ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2279 - UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646 ๐Ÿ”ค
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2278 - IANA Charset Registration Procedures ๐Ÿ“
    • This is a Best Current Practices document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2277 - IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages ๐ŸŒ
    • This is a Best Current Practices document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2276 - Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name Resolution ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2275 - View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ๐Ÿ”’
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2274 - User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3) ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2273 - SNMPv3 Applications ๐Ÿ“ก
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2272 - Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ๐Ÿ“ฌ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2271 - An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks ๐Ÿ—๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2270 - Using a Dedicated AS for Sites Homed to a Single Provider ๐Ÿ 
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2269 - Using the MARS Model in non-ATM NBMA Networks ๐Ÿงญ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2268 - A Description of the RC2(r) Encryption Algorithm ๐Ÿ”‘
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2267 - Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing ๐Ÿšซ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2266 - Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.12 Repeater Devices ๐Ÿ“ถ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2265 - View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ๐Ÿ”’
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2264 - User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3) ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2263 - SNMPv3 Applications ๐Ÿ“ก
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2262 - Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ๐Ÿ“ฌ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2261 - An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks ๐Ÿ—๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2260 - Scalable Support for Multi-homed Multi-provider Connectivity ๐ŸŒ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2259 - Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol (SNQP) ๐Ÿ”Ž
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2258 - Internet Nomenclator Project ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2257 - Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1 ๐Ÿค–
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2256 - A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAPv3 ๐Ÿ“‡
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2255 - The LDAP URL Format ๐Ÿ”—
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2254 - The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters ๐Ÿ”
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2253 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names ๐ŸŒท
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2252 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions ๐ŸŒท
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2251 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3) ๐Ÿ“–
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2250 - RTP Payload Format for MPEG1/MPEG2 Video ๐ŸŽฌ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2249 - Mail Monitoring MIB ๐Ÿ“ฌ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2248 - Network Services Monitoring MIB ๐Ÿ“ˆ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2247 - Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 Distinguished Names ๐Ÿท๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2246 - Not yet issued. ๐Ÿซฅ
  • 2245 - Anonymous SASL Mechanism ๐Ÿซฅ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2244 - ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol โš™๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2243 - OTP Extended Responses ๐Ÿ”‘
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2242 - NetWare/IP Domain Name and Information ๐ŸŒ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2241 - DHCP Options for Novell Directory Services ๐Ÿงฉ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2240 - A Legal Basis for Domain Name Allocation โš–๏ธ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2239 - Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs) using SMIv2 ๐Ÿงฒ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2238 - Definitions of Managed Objects for HPR using SMIv2 ๐Ÿงฒ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2237 - Japanese Character Encoding for Internet Messages ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2236 - Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2 ๐Ÿ‘ฅ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2235 - Hobbes' Internet Timeline โณ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2234 - Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF ๐Ÿงพ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2233 - The Interfaces Group MIB using SMIv2 ๐Ÿ–ง
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2232 - Definitions of Managed Objects for DLUR using SMIv2 ๐Ÿงฒ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2231 - MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations ๐ŸŒ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2230 - Key Exchange Delegation Record for the DNS ๐Ÿ—๏ธ
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2229 - A Dictionary Server Protocol ๐Ÿ“–
    • This is an information document and does not specify any level of standard.
  • 2228 - FTP Security Extensions ๐Ÿ”
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2227 - Simple Hit-Metering and Usage-Limiting for HTTP ๐Ÿ“Š
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2226 - IP Broadcast over ATM Networks ๐Ÿ“ก
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2225 - Classical IP and ARP over ATM ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ
    • A Proposed Standard protocol.
  • 2224 - NFS URL Scheme ๐Ÿ’œ

Okay bestie, picking up right where we left off ๐ŸŽ€ Here's the rest of the New RFCs crew, every single one of them โœจ

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

      2223 - Instructions to RFC Authors

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

      2222 - Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2221 - IMAP4 Login Referrals

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2220 - The Application/MARC Content-type

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

      2219 - Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services

             This is a Best Current Practices document and does not
             specify any level of standard.

      2218 - A Common Schema for the Internet White Pages Service

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2217 - Telnet Com Port Control Option

             An Experimental protocol.

      2216 - Network Element Service Specification Template

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

      2215 - General Characterization Parameters for Integrated Service
             Network Elements

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2214 - Integrated Services Management Information Base Guaranteed
             Service Extensions using SMIv2

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2213 - Integrated Services Management Information Base using SMIv2

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2212 - Specification of Guaranteed Quality of Service

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2211 - Specification of the Controlled-Load Network Element
             Service

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2210 - The Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated Services

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2209 - Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Message
             Processing Rules

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2208 - Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1
             Applicability Statement Some Guidelines on Deployment

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2207 - RSVP Extensions for IPSEC Data Flows

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2206 - RSVP Management Information Base using SMIv2

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2205 - Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1
             Functional Specification

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2204 - ODETTE File Transfer Protocol

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

      2203 - RPCSEC_GSS Protocol Specification

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2202 - Test Cases for HMAC-MD5 and HMAC-SHA-1

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

      2201 - Core Based Trees (CBT) Multicast Routing Architecture

             An Experimental protocol.

      2200 - Internet Official Protocol Standards

             A Standard protocol.

      2199 - Request for Comments Summary - RFC Numbers 2100-2199

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

      2198 - RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2197 - SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining

             A Draft Standard protocol.

      2196 - Site Security Handbook

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

      2195 - IMAP/POP AUTHorize Extension for Simple Challenge/Response

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2194 - Review of Roaming Implementations

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

      2193 - IMAP4 Mailbox Referrals

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2192 - IMAP URL Scheme

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2191 - VENUS - Very Extensive Non-Unicast Service

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

      2190 - RTP Payload Format for H.263 Video Streams

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2189 - Core Based Trees (CBT version 2) Multicast Routing

             An Experimental protocol.

      2188 - AT&T/Neda's Efficient Short Remote Operations (ESRO)
             Protocol Specification Version 1.

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

      2187 - Application of Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2

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

      2186 - Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2

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

      2185 - Routing Aspects of IPv6 Transition

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

      2184 - MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character
             Sets, Languages, and Continuations

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2183 - Communicating Presentation Information in Internet
             Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2182 - Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers

             This is a Best Current Practices document and does not
             specify any level of standard.

      2181 - Clarifications to the DNS Specification

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2180 - IMAP4 Multi-Accessed Mailbox Practice

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

      2179 - Network Security For Trade Shows

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

      2178 - OSPF Version 2

             A Draft Standard protocol.

      2177 - IMAP4 IDLE command

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2176 - IPv4 over MAPOS Version 1

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

      2175 - MAPOS 16 - Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH with 16
             Bit Addressing

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

      2174 - A MAPOS version 1 Extension - Switch-Switch Protocol

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

      2173 - A MAPOS version 1 Extension - Node Switch Protocol

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

      2172 - MAPOS Version 1 Assigned Numbers

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

      2171 - MAPOS - Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH Version 1

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

      2170 - Application REQuested IP over ATM (AREQUIPA)

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

      2169 - A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in URN Resolution

             An Experimental protocol.

      2168 - Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain
             Name System

             An Experimental protocol.

      2167 - Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5

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

      2166 - APPN Implementer's Workshop Closed Pages Document DLSw v2.0
             Enhancements

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

      2165 - Service Location Protocol

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2164 - Use of an X.500/LDAP directory to support MIXER address
             mapping

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2163 - Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant
             Global Address Mapping (MCGAM)

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2162 - MaXIM-11 - Mapping between X.400 / Internet mail and
             Mail-11 mail

             An Experimental protocol.

      2161 - A MIME Body Part for ODA

             An Experimental protocol.

      2160 - Carrying PostScript in X.400 and MIME

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2159 - A MIME Body Part for FAX

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2158 - X.400 Image Body Parts

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2157 - Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2156 - MIXER (Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay): Mapping between
             X.400 and RFC 822/MIME

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2155 - Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN using SMIv2

             A Proposed Standard protocol.

      2154 - OSPF with Digital Signature

             An Experimental protocol.

      2151 - A Primer On Internet and TCP/IP Tools and Utilities

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

      2150 - Humanities and Arts: Sharing Center Stage on the Internet

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

      2148 - Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service

             This is a Best Current Practices document and does not
             specify any level of standard.

      2115 - Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs Using
             SMIv2

             A Draft Standard protocol.

      2094 - Group Key Management Protocol (GKMP) Architecture

             An Experimental protocol.

      2093 - Group Key Management Protocol (GKMP) Specification

             An Experimental protocol.

6.1.2. Other Changes: ๐Ÿฆ‹

The following are changes to protocols listed in the previous edition. These are the glow-ups ๐Ÿ’…

      2349 - TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options

             Elevated to Draft Standard.

      2348 - TFTP Blocksize Option

             Elevated to Draft Standard.

      2347 - TFTP Option Extension

             Elevated to Draft Standard.

      2328 - OSPF Version 2

             Elevated to Standard.

      2289 - A One-Time Password System

             Elevated to Draft Standard.

      2197 - SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining

             Elevated to Draft Standard.

      2115 - Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs Using
             SMIv2

             Elevated to Draft Standard.

6.2. Standard Protocols โœจ

okay bestie, this is the official standard protocols list ๐ŸŽ€ every row has a Status and an RFC number (and an STD number where one exists) ๐Ÿ’…

Protocol   Name                                      Status    RFC STD *
========   =====================================     ======== ==== === =
--------   Internet Official Protocol Standards      Req      2300   1
--------   Assigned Numbers                          Req      1700   2
--------   Host Requirements - Communications        Req      1122   3
--------   Host Requirements - Applications          Req      1123   3
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
SMTP-SIZE  SMTP Service Ext for Message Size         Rec      1870  10
SMTP-EXT   SMTP Service Extensions                   Rec      1869  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
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
TP-TCP     ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP   Ele      1006  35
ETHER-MIB  Ethernet MIB                              Ele      1643  50
PPP        Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)             Ele      1661  51
PPP-HDLC   PPP in HDLC Framing                       Ele      1662  51
IP-SMDS    IP Datagrams over the SMDS Service        Ele      1209  52
POP3       Post Office Protocol, Version 3           Ele      1939  53
OSPF2      Open Shortest Path First Routing V2       Ele      2328  54 *
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.]

Applicability Statements:

IGMP ๐ŸŒˆ the IAB is hyped for IP multicasting becoming the norm, because it's way more efficient than broadcasting for lots of apps ๐Ÿš€ the host interface is standardized in RFC-1112, but multicast-routing gateways are still experimental and not widely around yet ๐Ÿงช an Internet host should support all of RFC-1112 except the IGMP protocol itself, which is optional (see RFC-1122 for more deets) ๐Ÿ’– even without IGMP, implementing RFC-1112 is a big win because you get IP-layer access to local network multicast addressing โœจ it's expected that IGMP will become recommended for all hosts and gateways at some future date ๐Ÿ‘‘

SMI, MIB-II, SNMP ๐Ÿ” the IAB recommends that all IP and TCP implementations be network manageable, and right now that means implementing the Internet MIB-II (RFC-1213) and at least the recommended management protocol SNMP (RFC-1157) ๐ŸŽ€

RIP ๐ŸŒธ RIP is widely implemented and used across the Internet, but implementors and users should know it has some serious technical limitations as a routing protocol ๐Ÿ™ˆ the IETF is currently developing several candidates for a new "open" routing protocol with better properties, and the IAB really urges everyone to track these developments and implement the new protocol once it's standardized, because it'll mean way better service for lots of users ๐Ÿฆ‹

TP-TCP ๐Ÿงš as OSI protocols get more widely implemented and used, there's going to be a growing need to support interoperation with the TCP/IP protocols, and the IETF is working on strategies for that ๐Ÿ’œ RFC-1006 gives one interoperation mode, where TCP/IP is used to emulate TP0 so OSI applications can run, and hosts that want to run OSI connection-oriented applications in this mode should follow the procedure described in RFC-1006 ๐Ÿซถ the IAB expects that in the future, a major portion of the Internet will support both TCP/IP and OSI (inter-)network protocols in parallel, which means OSI applications will be able to run across the Internet using full OSI protocol "stacks" ๐ŸŒˆ

OSPF ๐Ÿ’… RFC 1370 is the applicability statement for OSPF ๐ŸŽ€


6.3. Network-Specific Standard Protocols

okay so all Network-Specific Standards have Elective status ๐Ÿ“ no drama, no pressure โœจ

Protocol   Name                                    State    RFC   STD *
========   =====================================   =====   =====  === =
IP-ATM     Classical IP and ARP over ATM            Prop   2225       *
IP-FR      Multiprotocol over Frame Relay           Draft  1490
ATM-ENCAP  Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM     Prop   1483
IP-TR-MC   IP Multicast over Token-Ring LANs        Prop   1469
IP-FDDI    Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Net Std    1390    36
IP-X.25    X.25 and ISDN in the Packet Mode         Draft  1356
ARP        Address Resolution Protocol              Std     826    37
RARP       A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol    Std     903    38
IP-ARPA    Internet Protocol on ARPANET             Std BBN1822    39
IP-WB      Internet Protocol on Wideband Network    Std     907    40
IP-E       Internet Protocol on Ethernet Networks   Std     894    41
IP-EE      Internet Protocol on Exp. Ethernet Nets  Std     895    42
IP-IEEE    Internet Protocol on IEEE 802            Std    1042    43
IP-DC      Internet Protocol on DC Networks         Std     891    44
IP-HC      Internet Protocol on Hyperchannel        Std    1044    45
IP-ARC     Transmitting IP Traffic over ARCNET Nets Std    1201    46
IP-SLIP    Transmission of IP over Serial Lines     Std    1055    47
IP-NETBIOS Transmission of IP over NETBIOS          Std    1088    48
IP-IPX     Transmission of 802.2 over IPX Networks  Std    1132    49
IP-HIPPI   IP over HIPPI                            Draft  2067
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.]

Applicability Statements:

๐Ÿงƒ so the idea is that a system will support one or more physical networks, and for each physical network it supports, the matching protocols from the list above must be supported ๐ŸŒท it's elective to support any particular type of physical network, but for the ones you actually do support, they're required to be supported exactly according to the protocols in the list ๐Ÿ’– for more specific info on network-specific ("link layer") protocols, check out the Host and Gateway Requirements RFCs โœจ


6.4. Draft Standard Protocols

the Draft Standard era ๐ŸŒŸ these are the ones that are almost there, and most of them are Elective, with a few Recommended ones mixed in ๐ŸŽ€

Protocol   Name                                     Status          RFC
========   =====================================    ============== =====
TFTP-Opt   TFTP Options                             Elective       2349*
TFTP-Blk   TFTP Blocksize Option                    Elective       2348*
TFTP-Ext   TFTP Option Extension                    Elective       2347*
ONE-PASS   One-Time Password System                 Elective       2289*
SMTP-Pipe  SMTP Serv. Ext. for Command Pipelining   Elective       2197*
BOOTP      DHCP Options and BOOTP Extensions        Recommended    2132
DHCP       Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol      Elective       2131
FRAME-MIB  Management Information Base for Frame    Elective       2115*
-------    Clarifications and Extensions BOOTP      Elective       1542
DHCP-BOOTP Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTP    Elective       1534
BOOTP      Bootstrap Protocol                      Recommended 951,1497
MIME-CONF  MIME Conformance Criteria                Elective       2049
MIME-MSG   MIME Msg Header Ext for Non-ASCII        Elective       2047
MIME-MEDIA MIME Media Types                         Elective       2046
MIME       Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions    Elective       2045
PPP-CHAP   PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication   Elective       1994
PPP-MP     PPP Multilink Protocol                   Elective       1990
PPP-LINK   PPP Link Quality Monitoring              Elective       1989
COEX-MIB   Coexistence between SNMPV1 & SNMPV2      Elective       1908
SNMPv2-MIB MIB for SNMPv2                           Elective       1907
TRANS-MIB  Transport Mappings for SNMPv2            Elective       1906
OPS-MIB    Protocol Operations for SNMPv2           Elective       1905
CONF-MIB   Conformance Statements for SNMPv2        Elective       1904
CONV-MIB   Textual Conventions for SNMPv2           Elective       1903
SMIV2      SMI for SNMPv2                           Elective       1902
CON-MD5    Content-MD5 Header Field                 Elective       1864
OSPF-MIB   OSPF Version 2 MIB                       Elective       1850
STR-REP    String Representation ...                Elective       1779
X.500syn   X.500 String Representation ...          Elective       1778
X.500lite  X.500 Lightweight ...                    Elective       1777
BGP-4-APP  Application of BGP-4                     Elective       1772
BGP-4      Border Gateway Protocol 4                Elective       1771
PPP-DNCP   PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol     Elective       1762
RMON-MIB   Remote Network Monitoring MIB            Elective       1757
802.5-MIB  IEEE 802.5 Token Ring MIB                Elective       1748
RIP2-MIB   RIP Version 2 MIB Extension              Elective       1724
RIP2       RIP Version 2-Carrying Additional Info.  Elective       1723
RIP2-APP   RIP Version 2 Protocol App. Statement    Elective       1722
SIP-MIB    SIP Interface Type MIB                   Elective       1694
-------    Def Man Objs Parallel-printer-like       Elective       1660
-------    Def Man Objs RS-232-like                 Elective       1659
-------    Def Man Objs Character Stream            Elective       1658
BGP-4-MIB  BGP-4 MIB                                Elective       1657
SMTP-8BIT  SMTP Service Ext or 8bit-MIMEtransport   Elective       1652
OSI-NSAP   Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation       Elective       1629
ISO-TS-ECHO Echo for ISO-8473                       Elective       1575
DECNET-MIB DECNET MIB                               Elective       1559
BRIDGE-MIB BRIDGE-MIB                               Elective       1493
NTPV3      Network Time Protocol (Version 3)        Elective       1305
IP-MTU     Path MTU Discovery                       Elective       1191
FINGER     Finger Protocol                          Elective       1288
NICNAME    WhoIs Protocol                           Elective        954
Quick heads up, bestie: an asterisk at the end of a line means that line changed from the previous edition of this document ๐Ÿฆ‹

Applicability Statements:

PPP, aka Point to Point Protocol, is how you send IP over serial lines, which are a type of physical network ๐Ÿ”Œโœจ It's anticipated that PPP will be advanced to the network-specifics standard protocol state in the future ๐Ÿ‘‘๐ŸŒธ

6.5. Proposed Standard Protocols โœจ

okay bestie, the big list is here ๐Ÿ’– Every protocol below is marked Elective, and the * marks show what changed since the previous edition ๐ŸŽ€

Protocol   Name                                     Status          RFC
========   =====================================    ============== =====
MOBILIPREV Reverse Tunneling for Mobile IP          Elective       2344*
IMAP4NAME  IMAP4 Namespace                          Elective       2342*
VRRP       Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol       Elective       2338*
NHRP-SCSP  Distributed NHRP Service Using SCSP      Elective       2335*
SCSP       Server Cache Synchronization Protocol    Elective       2334*
NHRP-APP   NHRP Protocol Applicability Statement    Elective       2333*
NHRP       NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol        Elective       2332*
UNI-SIG    ATM Sig Support (IPOA) UNI Signalling    Elective       2331*
SDP        Session Description Protocol             Elective       2327*
RTSP       Real Time Streaming Protocol             Elective       2326*
IPOA-MIB   Classical IP and ARP Over ATM MIB        Elective       2320*
DNS-NCACHE Negative Caching of DNS Queries          Elective       2308*
SMFAX-IM   Simple Mode of FAX Using Internet Mail   Elective       2305*
MINFAX-IM  Minimal FAX addr format in Internet Mail Elective       2304*
MIN-PSTN   Min. PSTN addr format in Internet Mail   Elective       2303*
TIFF       Tag Image File Format                    Elective       2302*
FFIF       File Format for Internet Fax             Elective       2301*
EMF-MDN    Extensible Message Format for MDN        Elective       2298*
OR-ADD     O/R Address hierarchy in X.500           Elective       2294*
SUBTABLE   Tables and Subtrees in X.500             Elective       2293*
--------   Mobile-IPv4 Config Opt for PPP IPCP      Elective       2290*
SLM-APP    System-Level Managed Objects for Apps    Elective       2287*
PPP-EAP    PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol   Elective       2284*
MEXT-BGP4  Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4       Elective       2283*
RPSL       Routing Policy Specification Language    Elective       2280*
UTF-8      UTF-8 transformation format of ISO 10646 Elective       2279*
VACM-SNMP  View-based Access Control Model for SMMP Elective       2275*
USM-SNMPV3 User-based Security Model for SNMPv3     Elective       2274*
SNMPV3-APP SNMPv3 Applications                      Elective       2273*
MPD-SNMP   Message Processing & Dispatching SNMP    Elective       2272*
ARCH-SNMP  Architecture Describing SNMP Frameworks  Elective       2271*
--------   IEEE 802.12 Repeater MIB                 Elective       2266*
AGENTX     Agent Extensibility Protocol             Elective       2257*
--------   Summary of the X.500(96) with LDAPv3     Elective       2256*
LDAP-URL   LDAP URL Format                          Elective       2255*
STR-LDAP   String Rep of LDAP Search Filters        Elective       2254*
LDAP3-UTF8 LDAPv3: UTF-8 String Rep                 Elective       2253*
LDAP3-ATD  LDAP3-: Attribute Syntax Definitions     Elective       2252*
LDAPV3     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol    Elective       2251*
RTP-MPEG   RTP Payload Format for MPEG1/MPEG2       Elective       2250*
MAIL-MIB   Mail Monitoring MIB                      Elective       2249*
NSM-MIB    Network Services Monitoring MIB          Elective       2248*
--------   Using Domains LDAP/X.500 Dist. Names     Elective       2247*
SASL-ANON  Anonymous SASL Mechanism                 Elective       2245*
ACAP       Application Configuration Access         Elective       2244*
OTP-ER     OTP Extended Responses                   Elective       2243*
NETWAREIP  NetWare/IP Domain Name and Information   Elective       2242*
DHCP-NDS   DHCP Options for Novell Directory Serv.  Elective       2241*
MAUS-MIB   IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units MIB   Elective       2239*
HPR-MIB    Definitions of Managed Objects for HPR   Elective       2238*
IGMP       Internet Group Management Protocol V2    Elective       2236*
ABNF       Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications  Elective       2234*
INTERGRMIB Interfaces Group MIB                     Elective       2233*
DLUR-MIB   Definitions of Managed Objects for DLUR  Elective       2232*
MIME-EXT   MIME Parameter Value & Encoded Word Ext  Elective       2231*
FTPSECEXT  FTP Security Extensions                  Elective       2228*
---------  Simple Hit-Metering, Usage-Limiting HTTP Elective       2227*
---------  IP Broadcast over ATM Networks           Elective       2226*
AAL5-MTU   Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5     Elective       2225*
SASL       Simple Authentication and Security Layer Elective       2222*
IMAP4LOGIN IMAP4 Login Referrals                    Elective       2221*
---------  Schema for Internet White Pages Service  Elective       2218*
---------  Characterization Parameters for ISNE     Elective       2215*
---------  Integrated Services MIB Guar Serv Ext    Elective       2214*
---------  Integrated Services MIB using SMIv2      Elective       2213*
GQOS       Spec. of Guaranteed Quality of Service   Elective       2212*
---------  Spec. of Controlled-Load Net Ele Serv    Elective       2211*
RSVP-IS    Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated Serv    Elective       2210*
RSVP-MPR   RSVP Messaging Processing Rules          Elective       2209*
RSVP-APP   RSVP Applicability Statement             Elective       2208*
RSVP-IPSEC RSVP Extensions for IPSEC Data Flows     Elective       2207*
RSVP-MIB   RSVP Management Information Base         Elective       2206*
RSVP       Resource ReSerVation Protocol V1         Elective       2205*
RPCSEC-GSS RPCSEC_GSS Protocol Specification        Elective       2203*
RTP-RAD    RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data     Elective       2198*
IMAPPOPAU  IMAP/POP AUTHorize Extension             Elective       2195*
IMAP4MAIL  IMAP4 Mailbox Referrals                  Elective       2193*
IMAP-URL   IMAP URL Scheme                          Elective       2192*
---------  RTP Payload Format for H.263 Video ST    Elective       2190*
MIME-EXT   MIME Parameter Value & Encoded Word Ext  Elective       2184*
---------  The Content-Disposition Header Field     Elective       2183*
DNS-CLAR   Clarifications to the DNS Specification  Elective       2181*
IMAP4-IDLE IMAP4 IDLE command                       Elective       2177*
SLP        Service Location Protocol                Elective       2165*
---------  X.500/LDAP Directory/MIXER Address Map.  Elective       2164*
DNS-MCGAM  Using DNS to Distribute MCGAM            Elective       2163*
---------  Carrying PostScript in X.400 and MIME    Elective       2160*
---------  A MIME Body Part for FAX                 Elective       2159*
---------  X.400 Image Body Parts                   Elective       2158*
---------  Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME   Elective       2157*
MIXER      Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay       Elective       2156*
APPN-MIB   Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN  Elective       2155*
IPv6-Jumbo TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms         Elective       2147
MAIL-SERV  Mailbox Names for Common Services        Elective       2142
URN-SYNTAX URN Syntax                               Elective       2141
RADIUS     Remote Authentication Dial In Service    Elective       2138
SDNSDU     Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update Elective       2137
DNS-UPDATE Dynamic Updates in the DNS               Elective       2136
DC-MIB     Dial Control MIB using SMIv2             Elective       2128
ISDN-MIB   ISDN MIB using SMIv2                     Elective       2127
ITOT       ISO Transport Service on top of TCP      Elective       2126
BAP-BACP   PPP-BAP, PPP-BACP                        Elective       2125
VEMMI-URL  VEMMI URL Specification                  Elective       2122
ROUT-ALERT IP Router Alert Option                   Elective       2113
MIME-RELAT MIME Multipart/Related Content-type      Elective       2112
CIDMID-URL Content-ID and Message-ID URLs           Elective       2111
MHTML      MIME E-mail Encapsulation                Elective       2110
HTTP-STATE HTTP State Management Mechanism          Elective       2109
802.3-MIB  802.3 Repeater MIB using SMIv2           Elective       2108
PPP-NBFCP  PPP NetBIOS Frames Control Protocol      Elective       2097
TABLE-MIB  IP Forwarding Table MIB                  Elective       2096
RIP-TRIG   Trigger RIP                              Elective       2091
IMAP4-LIT  IMAP4 non-synchronizing literals         Elective       2088
IMAP4-QUO  IMAP4 QUOTA extension                    Elective       2087
IMAP4-ACL  IMAP4 ACL Extension                      Elective       2086
HMAC-MD5   HMAC-MD5 IP Auth. with Replay Prevention Elective       2085
RIP2-MD5   RIP-2 MD5 Authentication                 Elective       2082
RIPNG-IPV6 RIPng for IPv6                           Elective       2080
URI-ATT    URI Attribute Type and Object Class      Elective       2079
GSSAP      Generic Security Service Application     Elective       2078
MIME-MODEL Model Primary MIME Types                 Elective       2077
RMON-MIB   Remote Network Monitoring MIB            Elective       2074
IPV6-UNI   IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address      Elective       2073
HTML-INT   HTML Internationalization                Elective       2070
DAA        Digest Access Authentication             Elective       2069
HTTP-1.1   Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1  Elective       2068
DNS-SEC    Domain Name System Security Extensions   Elective       2065
IMAPV4     Internet Message Access Protocol v4rev1  Elective       2060
URLZ39.50  Uniform Resource Locators for Z39.50     Elective       2056
SNANAU-APP SNANAU APPC MIB using SMIv2              Elective       2051
PPP-SNACP  PPP SNA Control Protocol                 Elective       2043
ENTITY-MIB Entity MIB using SMIv2                   Elective       2037
RTP-JPEG   RTP Payload Format for JPEG-compressed   Elective       2035
SMTP-ENH   SMTP Enhanced Error Codes                Elective       2034
RTP-H.261  RTP Payload Format for H.261             Elective       2032
RTP-CELLB  RTP Payload Format of Sun's CellB        Elective       2029
SPKM       Simple Public-Key GSS-API Mechanism      Elective       2025
DLSW-MIB   DLSw MIB using SMIv2                     Elective       2024
IPV6-PPP   IP Version 6 over PPP                    Elective       2023
MULTI-UNI  Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 based ATM     Elective       2022
RMON-MIB   RMON MIB using SMIv2                     Elective       2021
802.12-MIB IEEE 802.12 Interface MIB                Elective       2020
IPV6-FDDI  Transmission of IPv6 Packets Over FDDI   Elective       2019
TCP-ACK    TCP Selective Acknowledgement Options    Elective       2018
URL-ACC    URL Access-Type                          Elective       2017
MIME-PGP   MIME Security with PGP                   Elective       2015
MIB-UDP    SNMPv2 MIB for UDP                       Elective       2013
MIB-TCP    SNMPv2 MIB for TCP                       Elective       2012
MIB-IP     SNMPv2 MIB for IP                        Elective       2011
MOBILEIPMIBMobile IP MIB Definition using SMIv2     Elective       2006
MOBILEIPAPPApplicability Statement for IP Mobility  Elective       2005
MINI-IP    Minimal Encapsulation within IP          Elective       2004
IPENCAPIP  IP Encapsulation within IP               Elective       2003
MOBILEIPSUPIP Mobility Support                      Elective       2002
TCPSLOWSRT TCP Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance...  Elective       2001
BGP-COMM   BGP Communities Attribute                Elective       1997
DNS-NOTIFY Mech. for Notification of Zone Changes   Elective       1996
DNS-IZT    Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS         Elective       1995
SMTP-ETRN  SMTP Service Extension ETRN              Elective       1985
SNA        Serial Number Arithmetic                 Elective       1982
MTU-IPV6   Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6      Elective       1981
PPP-FRAME  PPP in Frame Relay                       Elective       1973
IPV6-ETHER Transmission IPv6 Packets Over Ethernet  Elective       1972
IPV6-AUTO  IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguation  Elective       1971
IPV6-ND    Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6      Elective       1970
PPP-ECP    PPP Encryption Control Protocol          Elective       1968
GSSAPI-KER Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism     Elective       1964
PPP-CCP    PPP Compression Control Protocol         Elective       1962
GSSAPI-SOC GSS-API Auth for SOCKS Version 5         Elective       1961
LDAP-STR   String Rep. of LDAP Search Filters       Elective       1960
LDAP-URL   LDAP URL Format                          Elective       1959
TRANS-IPV6 Transition Mechanisms IPv6 Hosts/Routers Elective       1933
AUTH-SOCKS Username Authentication for SOCKS V5     Elective       1929
SOCKSV5    SOCKS Protocol Version 5                 Elective       1928
WHOIS++M   How to Interact with a Whois++ Mesh      Elective       1914
WHOIS++A   Architecture of Whois++ Index Service    Elective       1913
DSN        Delivery Status Notifications            Elective       1894
EMS-CODE   Enhanced Mail System Status Codes        Elective       1893
MIME-RPT   Multipart/Report                         Elective       1892
SMTP-DSN   SMTP Delivery Status Notifications       Elective       1891
RTP-AV     RTP Audio/Video Profile                  Elective       1890
RTP        Transport Protocol for Real-Time Apps    Elective       1889
DNS-IPV6   DNS Extensions to support IPv6           Elective       1886
ICMPv6     ICMPv6 for IPv6                          Elective       1885
IPV6-Addr  IPv6 Addressing Architecture             Elective       1884
IPV6       IPv6 Specification                       Elective       1883
HTML       Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0          Elective       1866
MIME-Sec   MIME Object Security Services            Elective       1848
MIME-Encyp MIME: Signed and Encrypted               Elective       1847
WHOIS++    Architecture of the WHOIS++ service      Elective       1835
--------   Binding Protocols for ONC RPC Version 2  Elective       1833
XDR        External Data Representation Standard    Elective       1832
RPC        Remote Procedure Call Protocol V. 2      Elective       1831
--------   ESP DES-CBC Transform                    Ele/Req        1829
--------   IP Authentication using Keyed MD5        Ele/Req        1828
ESP        IP Encapsulating Security Payload        Ele/Req        1827
IPV6-AH    IP Authentication Header                 Ele/Req        1826
--------   Security Architecture for IP             Ele/Req        1825
RREQ       Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers    Elective       1812
URL        Relative Uniform Resource Locators       Elective       1808
CLDAP      Connection-less LDAP                     Elective       1798
OSPF-DC    Ext. OSPF to Support Demand Circuits     Elective       1793
OSI-Dir    OSI User Friendly Naming ...             Elective       1781
MIME-EDI   MIME Encapsulation of EDI Objects        Elective       1767
Lang-Tag   Tags for Identification of Languages     Elective       1766
XNSCP      PPP XNS IDP Control Protocol             Elective       1764
BVCP       PPP Banyan Vines Control Protocol        Elective       1763
Print-MIB  Printer MIB                              Elective       1759
ATM-SIG    ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM    Elective       1755
IPNG       Recommendation for IP Next Generation    Elective       1752
802.5-SSR  802.5 SSR MIB using SMIv2                Elective       1749
SDLCSMIv2  SNADLC SDLC MIB using SMIv2              Elective       1747
BGP4/IDRP  BGP4/IDRP for IP/OSPF Interaction        Elective       1745
AT-MIB     Appletalk MIB                            Elective       1742
MacMIME    MIME Encapsulation of Macintosh files    Elective       1740
URL        Uniform Resource Locators                Elective       1738
POP3-AUTH  POP3 AUTHentication command              Elective       1734
IMAP4-AUTH IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms          Elective       1731
RDBMS-MIB  RDMS MIB - using SMIv2                   Elective       1697
MODEM-MIB  Modem MIB - using SMIv2                  Elective       1696
ATM-MIB    ATM Management Version 8.0 using SMIv2   Elective       1695
TMUX       Transport Multiplexing Protocol          Elective       1692
SNANAU-MIB SNA NAUs MIB using SMIv2                 Elective       1666
PPP-TRANS  PPP Reliable Transmission                Elective       1663
--------   Ethernet-like Interface Types MIB        Elective       1650
--------   Postmaster Convention X.400 Operations   Elective       1648
TN3270-En  TN3270 Enhancements                      Elective       1647
PPP-BCP    PPP Bridging Control Protocol            Elective       1638
UPS-MIB    UPS Management Information Base          Elective       1628
PPP-SONET  PPP over SONET/SDH                       Elective       1619
PPP-ISDN   PPP over ISDN                            Elective       1618
DNS-R-MIB  DNS Resolver MIB Extensions              Elective       1612
DNS-S-MIB  DNS Server MIB Extensions                Elective       1611
FR-MIB     Frame Relay Service MIB                  Elective       1604
PPP-X25    PPP in X.25                              Elective       1598
OSPF-NSSA  The OSPF NSSA Option                     Elective       1587
OSPF-Multi Multicast Extensions to OSPF             Elective       1584
SONET-MIB  MIB SONET/SDH Interface Type             Elective       1595
RIP-DC     Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Cir. Elective       1582
--------   Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB-II Elective    1573
PPP-LCP    PPP LCP Extensions                       Elective       1570
X500-MIB   X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB           Elective       1567
CIPX       Compressing IPX Headers Over WAM Media   Elective       1553
IPXCP      PPP Internetworking Packet Exchange Control Elective    1552
SRB-MIB    Source Routing Bridge MIB                Elective       1525
CIDR-STRA  CIDR Address Assignment...               Elective       1519
CIDR-ARCH  CIDR Architecture...                     Elective       1518
CIDR-APP   CIDR Applicability Statement             Elective       1517
--------   802.3 MAU MIB                            Elective       1515
HOST-MIB   Host Resources MIB                       Elective       1514
--------   Token Ring Extensions to RMON MIB        Elective       1513
FDDI-MIB   FDDI Management Information Base         Elective       1512
KERBEROS   Kerberos Network Authentication Ser (V5) Elective       1510
GSSAPI     Generic Security Service API: C-bindings Elective       1509
DASS       Distributed Authentication Security...   Elective       1507
--------   X.400 Use of Extended Character Sets     Elective       1502
HARPOON    Rules for Downgrading Messages...        Elective       1496
Equiv      X.400/MIME Body Equivalences             Elective       1494
IDPR       Inter-Domain Policy Routing Protocol     Elective       1479
IDPR-ARCH  Architecture for IDPR                    Elective       1478
PPP/Bridge MIB Bridge PPP MIB                       Elective       1474
PPP/IP MIB  IP Network Control Protocol of PPP MIB  Elective       1473
PPP/SEC MIB Security Protocols of PPP MIB           Elective       1472
PPP/LCP MIB Link Control Protocol of PPP MIB        Elective       1471
X25-MIB    Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 MIB   Elective       1461
SNMPv2     Introduction to SNMPv2                   Elective       1441
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 Protocol                  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
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
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
PPP-IPCP   PPP Control Protocol                     Elective       1332
-------    X.400 1988 to 1984 downgrading           Elective       1328
TCP-EXT    TCP Extensions for High Performance      Elective       1323
NETFAX     File Format for the Exchange of Images   Elective       1314
IARP       Inverse Address Resolution Protocol      Elective       1293
FDDI-MIB   FDDI-MIB                                 Elective       1285
-------    Encoding Network Addresses               Elective       1277
-------    Replication and Distributed Operations   Elective       1276
-------    COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema         Elective       1274
BGP-MIB    Border Gateway Protocol MIB (Version 3)  Elective       1269
ICMP-ROUT  ICMP Router Discovery Messages           Elective       1256
OSI-UDP    OSI TS on UDP                            Elective       1240
STD-MIBs   Reassignment of Exp MIBs to Std MIBs     Elective       1239
IPX-IP     Tunneling IPX Traffic through IP Nets    Elective       1234
IS-IS      OSI IS-IS for TCP/IP Dual Environments   Elective       1195
IP-CMPRS   Compressing TCP/IP Headers               Elective       1144
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.]
[Note: Ele/Req indicates elective for use with IPv4 and required for use with IPv6.]

Applicability Statements:

6.6. Telnet Options

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

Here's the whole lineup, with both their state and status ๐ŸŽ€

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  Hist  Not    1408
TOPT-AUTH  Telnet Authentication Option       37  Exp   Ele    1416
TOPT-ENVIR Telnet Environment Option          39  Prop  Ele    1572
TOPT-TN3270E TN3270 Enhancements              40  Prop  Ele    1647
TOPT-AUTH  Telnet XAUTH                       41  Exp
TOPT-CHARSET Telnet CHARSET                   42  Exp          2066
TOPR-RSP   Telnet Remote Serial Port          43  Exp
TOPT-COMPORT Telnet Com Port Control          44  Exp          2217    *
TOPT-EXTOP Extended-Options-List             255  Std   Rec     861  32

Quick heads up ๐Ÿ‘€ an asterisk at the end of a line means that entry changed since the previous edition of this doc ๐Ÿ’…


6.7. Experimental Protocols

Okay so every single Experimental protocol here has the Limited Use status ๐Ÿงชโœจ

Protocol   Name                                                     RFC
========   =====================================                   =====
-------    Domain Names and Company Name Retrieva                  2345*
RTP-MPEG   RTP Payload Format for Bundled MPEG                     2343*
-------    Intra-LIS IP Multicast/Routers over ATM using PIM       2337*
-------    Safe Response Header Field                              2310*
LDAP-NIS   Approach Using LDAP as a Network Information Service    2307*
HTTP-RVSA  HTTP Remote Variant Selection Algorithm                 2296*
TCN-HTTP   Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP                 2295*
-------    Core Based Trees (CBT) Multicast Routing Architecture   2201*
-------    Core Based Trees (CBT version 2) Multicast Routing      2189*
-------    Trivial Convention using HTTP in URN Resolution         2169*
-------    Resolution of URIs using DNS                            2168*
MAP-MAIL   X.400 Mapping and Mail-11                               2162*
MIME-ODA   A MIME Body Part for ODA                                2161*
OSPF-DIG   OSPF with Digital Signature                             2154*
GKMP-ARCH  Group Key Management Protocol (GKMP) Architecture       2094*
GKMP-SPEC  Group Key Management Protocol (GKMP) Specification      2093*
IP-SCSI    Encapsulating IP with the SCSI                          2143
X.500-NAME Managing the X.500 Root Naming Context                  2120
TFTP-MULTI TFTP Multicast Option                                   2090
IP-Echo    IP Echo Host Service                                    2075
METER-MIB  Traffic Flow Measurement Meter MIB                      2064
TFM-ARCH   Traffic Flow Measurement Architecture                   2063
DNS-SRV    Location of Services in the DNS                         2052
URAS       Uniform Resource Agents                                 2016
GPS-AR     GPS-Based Addressing and Routing                        2009
ETFTP      Enhanced Trivial File Transfer Protocol                 1986
BGP-RR     BGP Route Reflection                                    1966
BGP-ASC    Autonomous System Confederations for BGP                1965
SMKD       Scalable Multicast Key Distribution                     1949
HTML-TBL   HTML Tables                                             1942
MIME-VP    Voice Profile for Internet Mail                         1911
SNMPV2SM   User-based Security Model for SNMPv2                    1910
SNMPV2AI   SNMPv2 Administrative Infrastructure                    1909
SNMPV2CB   Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2                  1901
-------    IPv6 Testing Address Allocation                         1897
DNS-LOC    Location Information in the DNS                         1876
SGML-MT    SGML Media Types                                        1874
CONT-MT    Access Type Content-ID                                  1873
UNARP      ARP Extension - UNARP                                   1868
-------    Form-based File Upload in HTML                          1867
-------    BGP/IDRP Route Server Alternative                       1863
-------    IP Authentication using Keyed SHA                       1852
ESP3DES    ESP Triple DES Transform                                1851
-------    SMTP 521 Reply Code                                     1846
-------    SMTP Serv. Ext. for Checkpoint/Restart                  1845
-------    SMTP Serv. Ext. Large and Binary MIME Msgs.             1830
ST2        Stream Protocol Version 2                               1819
-------    Content-Disposition Header                              1806
-------    Schema Publishing in X.500 Directory                    1804
-------    X.400-MHS use X.500 to support X.400-MHS Routing        1801
-------    Class A Subnet Experiment                               1797
TCP/IPXMIB TCP/IPX Connection Mib Specification                    1792
-------    TCP And UDP Over IPX Networks With Fixed Path MTU       1791
ICMP-DM    ICMP Domain Name Messages                               1788
CLNP-MULT  Host Group Extensions for CLNP Multicasting             1768
OSPF-OVFL  OSPF Database Overflow                                  1765
RWP        Remote Write ProtocolL - Version 1.0                    1756
NARP       NBMA Address Resolution Protocol                        1735
DNS-ENCODE DNS Encoding of Geographical Location                   1712
TCP-POS    An Extension to TCP: Partial Order Service              1693
T/TCP      TCP Extensions for Transactions                         1644
MIME-UNI   Using Unicode with MIME                                 1641
FOOBAR     FTP Operation Over Big Address Records                  1639
X500-CHART Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory                1609
X500-DIR   Representing IP Information in the X.500 Directory      1608
SNMP-DPI   SNMP Distributed Protocol Interface                     1592
CLNP-TUBA  Use of ISO CLNP in TUBA Environments                    1561
REM-PRINT  TPC.INT Subdomain Remote Printing - Technical           1528
EHF-MAIL   Encoding Header Field for Internet Messages             1505
RAP        Internet Route Access Protocol                          1476
TP/IX      TP/IX: The Next Internet                                1475
X400       Routing Coordination for X.400 Services                 1465
DNS        Storing Arbitrary Attributes in DNS                     1464
IRCP       Internet Relay Chat Protocol                            1459
TOS-LS     Link Security TOS                                       1455
SIFT/UFT   Sender-Initiated/Unsolicited File Transfer              1440
DIR-ARP    Directed ARP                                            1433
TEL-SPX    Telnet Authentication: SPX                              1412
TEL-KER    Telnet Authentication: Kerberos V4                      1411
TRACE-IP   Traceroute Using an IP Option                           1393
DNS-IP     Experiment in DNS Based IP Routing                      1383
RMCP       Remote Mail Checking Protocol                           1339
TCP-HIPER  TCP Extensions for High Performance                     1323
MSP2       Message Send Protocol 2                                 1312
DSLCP      Dynamically Switched Link Control                       1307
--------   X.500 and Domains                                       1279
IN-ENCAP   Internet Encapsulation Protocol                         1241
CLNS-MIB   CLNS-MIB                                                1238
CFDP       Coherent File Distribution Protocol                     1235
IP-AX.25   IP Encapsulation of AX.25 Frames                        1226
ALERTS     Managing Asynchronously Generated Alerts                1224
MPP        Message Posting Protocol                                1204
SNMP-BULK  Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP                      1187
DNS-RR     New DNS RR Definitions                                  1183
IMAP2      Interactive Mail Access Protocol                        1176
NTP-OSI    NTP over OSI Remote Operations                          1165
DMF-MAIL   Digest Message Format for Mail                          1153
RDP        Reliable Data Protocol                              908,1151
TCP-ACO    TCP Alternate Checksum Option                           1146
IP-DVMRP   IP Distance Vector Multicast Routing                    1075
VMTP       Versatile Message Transaction Protocol                  1045
COOKIE-JAR Authentication Scheme                                   1004
NETBLT     Bulk Data Transfer Protocol                              998
IRTP       Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol                   938
LDP        Loader Debugger Protocol                                 909
RLP        Resource Location Protocol                               887
NVP-II     Network Voice Protocol                              ISI-memo
PVP        Packet Video Protocol                               ISI-memo

Same deal here ๐Ÿ’œ an asterisk at the end of a line means that entry changed since the previous edition of this document โœจ

6.8. Informational Protocols

Informational protocols have no status, bestie ๐Ÿ’… Here's the full list:

Protocol   Name                                                     RFC
=======    ====================================                    =====
--------   Mapping Airline Reservation, Ticketing, Messaging       2351*
KOI8-U     Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U                          2319*
TEXT-CSS   The text/css Media Type                                 2318*
PKCS-7     PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5       2315*
PKCS-10    PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1.5      2314*
PKCS-1     PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5                     2313*
SMIME-CERT S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling                   2312*
SMIME-MSG  S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification                  2311*
TIFF       Tag Image File Format F Profile for Facsimile           2302*
GSMP       Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol            2297*
HSRP       Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)                2281*
RC2-ENCRP  A Description of the RC2(r) Encryption Algorithm        2268*
SNQP       Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol                       2259*
--------   Japanese Character Encoding for Internet Messages       2237*
KEYX-DNS   Key Exchange Delegation Record for the DNS              2230*
DSP        A Dictionary Server Protocol                            2229*
NFS-URL    NFS URL Scheme                                          2224*
APP-MARC   The Application/MARC Content-type                       2220*
ODETTE-FTP ODETTE File Transfer Protocol                           2204*
ESRO       AT&T/Neda's Efficient Short Remote Operations Protocol  2188*
ICP        Internet Cache Protocol Version 2                       2186*
IPV4-MAPOS IPv4 over MAPOS Version 1                               2176*
MAPOS-SONET Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH Version 1      2171*
RWHOIS     Referral Whois Protocol                                 2167*
PPP-EXT    PPP Vendor Extensions                                   2153
UTF-7      UTF-7                                                   2152
CAST-128   CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm                           2144
DLSCAP     Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol              2114
PNG        Portable Network Graphics Version 1.0                   2083
RC5        RC5, RC5-CBC, RC5-CBC-Pad, and RC5-CTS Algorithms       2040
SNTP       Simple Network Time Protocol v4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI  2030
PGP-MEF    PGP Message Exchange Formats                            1991
PPP-DEFL   PPP Deflate Protocol                                    1979
PPP-PRED   PPP Predictor Compression Protocol                      1978
PPP-BSD    PPP BSD Compression Protocol                            1977
PPP-DCE    PPP for Data Compression in DCE                         1976
PPP-MAG    PPP Magnalink Variable Resource Compression             1975
PPP-STAC   PPP Stac LZS Compression Protocol                       1974
GZIP       GZIP File Format Specification Version 4.3              1952
DEFLATE    DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification V. 1.3     1951
ZLIB       ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification V. 3.3        1950
HTTP-1.0   Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0                 1945
--------   text/enriched MIME Content-type                         1896
--------   Application/CALS-1840 Content-type                      1895
--------   PPP IPCP Extensions for Name Server Addresses           1877
SNPP       Simple Network Paging Protocol - Version 2              1861
--------   ISO Transport Class 2 Non-use Explicit Flow Control     1859
           over TCP RFC1006 extension
--------   IP in IP Tunneling                                      1853
--------   PPP Network Control Protocol for LAN Extension          1841
TESS       The Exponential Security System                         1824
NFSV3      NFS Version 3 Protocol Specification                    1813
--------   A Format for Bibliographic Records                      1807
-------    Data Link Switching: Switch-to-Switch Protocol          1795
BGP-4      Experience with the BGP-4 Protocol                      1773
SDMD       IPv4 Option for Sender Directed MD Delivery             1770
SNOOP      Snoop Version 2 Packet Capture File Format              1761
BINHEX     MIME Content Type for BinHex Encoded Files              1741
DNS-NSAP   DNS NSAP Resource Records                               1706
RADIO-PAGE TPC.INT Subdomain: Radio Paging -- Technical Procedures 1703
GRE-IPv4   Generic Routing Encapsulation over IPv4                 1702
GRE        Generic Routing Encapsulatio                            1701
ADSNA-IP   Advanced SNA/IP: A Simple SNA Transport Protocol        1538
TACACS     Terminal Access Control Protocol                        1492
MD4        MD4 Message Digest Algorithm                            1320
SUN-NFS    Network File System Protocol                            1094
SUN-RPC    Remote Procedure Call Protocol Version 2                1057
GOPHER     The Internet Gopher Protocol                            1436
LISTSERV   Listserv Distribute Protocol                            1429
-------    Replication Requirements                                1275
PCMAIL     Pcmail Transport Protocol                               1056
MTP        Multicast Transport Protocol                            1301
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
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 ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ

All Historic protocols have Not Recommended status. These are the vintage ones, so no cap, they're giving old-school ๐Ÿ“ผ

Protocol   Name                                                RFC  STD
========   =====================================              ===== ===
L2F        Cisco Layer Two Forwarding Protocol                2341     *
IPSO       DoD Security Options for IP              Elective  1108
SNMPv2     Manager-to-Manager MIB                   Elective  1451
SNMPv2     Party MIB for SNMPv2                     Elective  1447
SNMPv2     Security Protocols for SNMPv2            Elective  1446
SNMPv2     Administrative Model for SNMPv2          Elective  1445
RIP        Routing Information Protocol             Ele       1058  34
--------   Mapping full 822 to Restricted 822                 1137
BGP3       Border Gateway Protocol 3 (BGP-3)             1267,1268
--------   Gateway Requirements                      Req      1009   4
EGP        Exterior Gateway Protocol                 Rec       904  18
SNMP-MUX   SNMP MUX Protocol and MIB                          1227
OIM-MIB-II OSI Internet Management: MIB-II                    1214
IMAP3      Interactive Mail Access Protocol Version 3         1203
SUN-RPC    Remote Procedure Call Protocol Version 1           1050
802.4-MIP  IEEE 802.4 Token Bus MIB                           1230
CMOT       Common Management Information Services             1189
--------   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.]

6.10. Obsolete Protocols ๐Ÿซ 

Some of the protocols listed in this memo are described in RFCs that are obsoleted by newer RFCs. "Obsolete" or "obsoleted" is not an official state or status of protocols. This subsection is for information only.

While it may seem to be obviously wrong to have an obsoleted RFC in the list of standards, there may be cases when an older standard is in the process of being replaced. This process may take a year or two.

Many obsoleted protocols are of little interest and are dropped from this memo altogether. Some obsoleted protocols have received enough recognition that it seems appropriate to list them under their current status and with the following reference to their current replacement.

RFC            RFC   Status     Title                               *
====           ====  =========  =================================== =
1305 obsoletes 1119 Stan/Rec    Network Time Protocol version 2

Thanks to Lynn Wheeler for compiling the information in this subsection. ๐Ÿ’–

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

7. Contacts โœจ

7.1. IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts ๐ŸŽ€

7.1.1. Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact

okay so if you have comments on this list of protocols, especially the Draft Standard Protocols, send them to the Internet Architecture Board ๐Ÿ’Œ care of Abel Winerib, IAB Executive Director. ๐Ÿซถ

Contacts:

   Abel Winerib
   Executive Director of the IAB
   Intel, JF2-64
   2111 NE 25th Avenue
   Hillsboro, OR 97124

   1-503-696-8972

   AWinerib@ibeam.jf.intel.com


   Brian E. Carpenter
   Chair of the IAB
   IBM United Kingdon Laboratories
   Hursley Park
   Winchester
   Hampshire SO21 2JN

   +44 1962 816833

   brian@hursley.ibm.com

7.1.2. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact ๐Ÿฆ‹

Contacts:

   Fred Baker
   Chair of the IETF
   cisco Systems, Inc.
   519 Lado Drive
   Santa Barbara, CA 93111

   1-805-681-0115

   fred@cisco.com

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

   1-703-620-8990

   scoya@IETF.ORG

   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@IETF.ORG

7.1.3. Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact ๐Ÿงš

Contact:

   Abel Winerib
   Chair of the IRTF
   Intel, JF2-64
   2111 NE 25th Avenue
   Hillsboro, OR 97124

   1-503-696-8972

   AWinerib@ibeam.jf.intel.com

7.2. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Contact ๐ŸŒธ

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@IANA.ORG

bestie, the protocol standards are managed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, so that's the group to talk to about them. ๐Ÿ’…

For the status of protocol documents, check out "Assigned Numbers" (RFC-1700) โœจ. There are also two documents that sum up what hosts and gateways need to do on the Internet: "Host Requirements" (RFC-1122 and RFC-1123) and "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers" (RFC-1812). ๐Ÿ“

How to grab the most recent edition of this "Internet Official Protocol Standards" memo ๐Ÿ“ฅ:

The file "in-notes/std/std1.txt" may be copied via FTP from the
FTP.ISI.EDU computer using the FTP username "anonymous" and FTP
password "guest".

7.3. Request for Comments Editor Contact ๐Ÿ’œ

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

want to submit a document to the RFC Editor for publication as an RFC? You can send it over email ๐Ÿ“ง. If you're not sure about the format or style rules, ask for the "Instructions for RFC Authors" โœ๏ธ. Generally, you can use the style of any recent RFC as your guide. ๐ŸŒˆ

7.4. The Network Information Center and Requests for Comments Distribution Contact ๐Ÿ’

RFCs can be grabbed via FTP from FTP.ISI.EDU, with the pathname in-notes/rfcnnnn.txt (where "nnnn" is the number of the RFC). Log in with the FTP username "anonymous" and the password "name@host.domain". ๐Ÿ”

You can also get RFCs by email from ISI.EDU using the RFC-INFO service. Send the request to "rfc-info@isi.edu" with a message body like this:

Retrieve: RFC
   Doc-ID: RFCnnnn

(Where "nnnn" is the number of the RFC. Always use 4 digits. The DOC-ID of RFC 822 is "RFC0822".) The RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU server also has other ways to pick RFCs based on keywords and stuff. For more info, email "rfc-info@isi.edu" with the message body "help: help". ๐Ÿง 

contact: RFC-Manager@ISI.EDU

7.5. Sources for Requests for Comments ๐ŸŽ

There are lots of places to get RFCs over FTP or email. To find out more, send an email 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 ๐Ÿšจ

Security issues are not addressed in this memo. ๐Ÿ’€ Literally no security stuff in here, so don't assume this document has your back on that front. ๐Ÿ™ˆ

9. Author's Address ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ

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

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