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INDEX ENTRY FOR RFCS:
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Name: RFCs - Internet Requests for Comment
Version: N/A
Author(s): many and varied
On the CD-ROM in: rfc/
Ftp source: ds.internic.net:/rfc/
Size on the CD: 90.5 MB (in total)
Description:
RFC stands for Request for Comment, and was originally used in that
fashion to discuss technical issues among developers. Today the name
and spirit are still there, but the RFC series has become the definition
of the protocols and standards used on the Internet. The RFC process
is managed by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) and the IESG
(Internet Engineering Steering Group). The site ds.internic.net also
contains draft documents that are the potential RFCs of tomorrow; they
are in the directory internet-drafts, but are so volatile that we did
not include them on the CD. The file rfc-index.txt is a good starting
point; the RFCs themselves are numbered sequentially with the filename
typically rfcXXXX.txt for RFC number XXXX. There are few RFCs which
have supplemental PostScript or tar files.
Advertised architectures: N/A
Prerequisites: Most RFCs are plain text format; a PostScript previewer/printer
is required for a few of them.