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- Subject: n-1-4-900.09
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- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
- by Jon Postel*
-
- The IANA is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique
- parameter values. Requests for parameter assignments should be sent
- to <iana@isi.edu>.
-
- The most recent summary of these assigned parameter values is
- "Assigned Numbers" which is STD-2 and RFC-1340.
-
- RFCs are now available via FTP from at least 20 on-line repositories
- around the world, and at least 6 of these provide automated retrieval
- via email.
-
- A complete listing of these sources and other "help" information about
- accessing RFCs can be obtained via an email request to the RFC-INFO
- service:
-
- To: RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU
- Subject: Accessing RFCs
-
- Help: ways_to_get_rfcs
-
- In the last five months 38 RFCs have been published.
-
- Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
- 8 5 5 10 10
-
- The most recent summary of the status of various standards and their
- correspondinf RFCs is "IAB Official Protocols Standards" which is
- STD-1 and RFC-1360.
-
- *Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California
-