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- Where and how to get new RFCs
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-
- RFCs may be obtained via EMAIL or FTP from many RFC Repositories. The
- Primary Repositories will have the RFC available when it is first
- announced, as will many Secondary Repositories. Some Secondary
- Repositories may take a few days to make available the most recent
- RFCs.
-
- Primary Repositories:
-
-
- RFCs can be obtained via FTP from DS.INTERNIC.NET, NIS.NSF.NET,
- NISC.JVNC.NET, FTP.ISI.EDU, WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU, SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK,
- FTP.NCREN.NET, FTP.SESQUI.NET, or NIS.GARR.IT.
-
-
- 1. DS.INTERNIC.NET - InterNIC Directory and Database Services
-
- RFC's may be obtained from DS.INTERNIC.NET via FTP, WAIS, and
- electronic mail. Through FTP, RFC's are stored as rfc/rfcnnnn.txt or
- rfc/rfcnnnn.ps where 'nnnn' is the RFC number. Login as "anonymous"
- and provide your e-mail address as the password. Through WAIS, you
- may use either your local WAIS client or telnet to DS.INTERNIC.NET and
- login as "wais" (no password required) to access a WAIS client. Help
- information and a tutorial for using WAIS are available online. The
- WAIS database to search is "rfcs".
-
- Directory and Database Services also provides a mail server
- interface. Send a mail message to mailserv@ds.internic.net and
- include any of the following commands in the message body:
-
- document-by-name rfcnnnn where 'nnnn' is the RFC number
- The text version is sent.
-
- file /ftp/rfc/rfcnnnn.yyy where 'nnnn' is the RFC number.
- and 'yyy' is 'txt' or 'ps'.
-
- help to get information on how to use
- the mailserver.
-
- The InterNIC Directory and Database Services Collection of Resource
- Listings, Internet Documents such as RFCs, FYIs, STDs, and Internet
- Drafts, and Publically Accessible Databases are also now available via
- Gopher. All our collections are waisindexed and can be searched from
- the Gopher menu.
-
- To access the InterNIC Gopher Servers, please connect to
- "internic.net" port 70.
-
- contact: admin@ds.internic.net
-
-
- 2. NIS.NSF.NET
-
- To obtain RFCs from NIS.NSF.NET via FTP, login with username
- "anonymous" and password "guest"; then connect to the directory of
- RFCs with cd /internet/documents/rfc. The file name is of the form
- rfcnnnn.txt (where "nnnn" refers to the RFC number).
-
- For sites without FTP capability, electronic mail query is available
- from NIS.NSF.NET. Address the request to NIS-INFO@NIS.NSF.NET and
- leave the subject field of the message blank. The first text line of
- the message must be "send rfcnnnn.txt" with nnnn the RFC number.
-
- contact: rfc-mgr@merit.edu
-
- 3. NISC.JVNC.NET
-
- RFCs can also be obtained via FTP from NISC.JVNC.NET, with the
- pathname rfc/rfcNNNN.txt (where "NNNN" refers to the number of the
- RFC). An index can be obtained with the pathname rfc/rfc-index.txt
-
- JvNCnet also provides a mail service for those sites which cannot use
- FTP. Address the request to "SENDRFC@NISC.JVNC.NET" and in the
- "Subject:" field of the message indicate the RFC number, as in
- "Subject: rfcNNNN" (where NNNN is the RFC number). Please note that
- RFCs whose numbers are less than 1000 need not place a leading "0".
- (For example, RFC932 is fine.) For a complete index to the RFC
- library, enter "rfc-index" in the "Subject:" field, as in "Subject:
- rfc-index". No text in the body of the message is needed.
-
- contact: rfc-admin@nisc.jvnc.net
-
- 4. FTP.ISI.EDU
-
- RFCs can be obtained via FTP from FTP.ISI.EDU, with the pathname
- in-notes/rfcnnnn.txt (where "nnnn" refers to the number of the RFC).
- Login with FTP username "anonymous" and password "guest".
-
- RFCs can also be obtained via electronic mail from ISI.EDU by using
- the RFC-INFO service. Address the request to "rfc-info@isi.edu" with
- a message body of:
-
- Retrieve: RFC
- Doc-ID: RFCnnnn
-
- (Where "nnnn" refers to the number of the RFC (always use 4 digits -
- the DOC-ID of RFC 822 is "RFC0822")). The RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU server
- provides other ways of selecting RFCs based on keywords and such; for
- more information send a message to "rfc-info@isi.edu" with the message
- body "help: help".
-
- contact: RFC-Manager@ISI.EDU
-
-
- 5. WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU
-
- RFCs can also be obtained via FTP from WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU, with the
- pathname info/rfc/rfcnnnn.txt.Z (where "nnnn" refers to the number of the
- RFC and "Z" indicates that the document is in compressed form).
-
- At WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU the RFCs are in an "archive" file system and
- various archives can be mounted as part of an NFS file system.
- Please contact Chris Myers (chris@wugate.wustl.edu) if you want to
- mount this file system in your NFS.
-
- contact: chris@wugate.wustl.edu
-
-
- 6. SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK
-
- RFCs can be obtained via FTP from SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK with the pathname
- rfc/rfcnnnn.txt.Z or rfc/rfcnnnn.ps.Z (where "nnnn" refers to the
- number of the RFC). Login with FTP username "anonymous" and password
- "your-email-address". To obtain the RFC Index, use the pathname
- rfc/rfc-index.txt.Z. (The trailing .Z indicates that the document is
- in compressed form.)
-
- SRC.DOC.IC.AC.UK also provides an automatic mail service for those
- sites in the UK which cannot use FTP. Address the request to
- info-server@doc.ic.ac.uk with a Subject: line of "wanted" and a
- message body of:
-
- request sources
- topic path rfc/rfcnnnn.txt.Z
- request end
-
- (Where "nnnn" refers to the number of the RFC.) Multiple requests may
- be included in the same message by giving multiple "topic path"
- commands on separate lines. To request the RFC Index, the command
- should read: topic path rfc/rfc-index.txt.Z
-
- The archive is also available using NIFTP and the ISO FTAM system.
-
- contact: ukuug-soft@doc.ic.ac.uk
-
-
- 7. FTP.NCREN.NET
-
- To obtain RFCs from FTP.NCREN.NET via FTP, login with username
- "anonymous" and your internet e-mail address as password. The RFCs
- can be found in the directory /rfc, with file names of the form:
- rfcNNNN.txt or rfcNNNN.ps where NNNN refers to the RFC number.
-
- This repository is also accessible via WAIS and the Internet Gopher.
-
- contact: rfc-mgr@ncren.net
-
-
- 8. FTP.SESQUI.NET
-
- RFCs can be obtained via FTP from FTP.SESQUI.NET, with the pathname
- pub/rfc/rfcnnnn.xxx (where "nnnn" refers to the number of the RFC and
- xxx indicates the document form, txt for ASCII and ps for Postscript).
-
- At FTP.SESQUI.NET the RFCs are in an "archive" file system and
- various archives can be mounted as part of an NFS file system.
- Please contact RFC-maintainer (rfc-maint@sesqui.net) if you want to
- mount this file system in your NFS.
-
- contact: rfc-maint@sesqui.net
-
- 9. NIS.GARR.IT
-
- RFCs can be obtained from NIS.GARR.IT FTP archive with the pathname
- mirrors/RFC/rfcnnnn.txt (where "nnnn" refers to the number of the
- RFC). Login with FTP, username "anonymous" and password "guest".
-
- Summary of ways to get RFC from GARR-NIS ftp archive:
-
- Via ftp: ftp.nis.garr.it directory mirrors/RFC
-
- Via gopher: gopher.nis.garr.it folders
- GARR-NIS anonymous FTP
- "ftp.nis.garr.it"
- mirrors
- RFC
-
- Via WWW: ftp://ftp.nis.garr.it/mirrors/RFC
-
- Via e-mail: send a mail to dbserv@nis.garr.it whose body
- contains "get mirrors/RFC/rfc<number>.[txt,ps]".
-
- To get via electronic mail a file in the ftp archive, put the get
- <fullpathname> command either in the subject or as a mail body line of
- a mail message sent to dbserv@nis.garr.it. <fullpathname> must be the
- concatenation of two strings, the directory path and the filename.
- Remember: use uppercase and lowercase exactly! The directory path is
- listed at the beginning of each block of files.
-
- Example: to get RFC1004...the command should be:
- get mirrors/RFC/rfc1004.txt.
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- Secondary Repositories:
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-
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- Sweden
- ------
- Host: sunic.sunet.se
- Directory: rfc
-
- Host: chalmers.se
- Directory: rfc
-
-
- Germany
- -------
- Site: EUnet Germany
- Host: ftp.Germany.EU.net
- Directory: pub/documents/rfc
-
-
- France
- ------
- Site: Institut National de la Recherche en
- Informatique et Automatique (INRIA)
- Address: info-server@inria.fr
- Notes: RFCs are available via email to the above
- address. Info Server manager is Mireille
- Yamajako (yamajako@inria.fr).
-
-
- Netherlands
- -----------
- Site: EUnet
- Host: mcsun.eu.net
- Directory: rfc
- Notes: RFCs in compressed format.
-
-
- France
- ------
- Site: Centre d'Informatique Scientifique et Medicale
- (CISM)
- Contact: ftpmaint@univ-lyon1.fr
- Host: ftp.univ-lyon1.fr
- Directories: pub/rfc/* Classified by hundreds
- pub/mirrors/rfc Mirror of Internic
- Notes: Files compressed with gzip. Online
- decompression done by the FTP server.
-
-
- Finland
- -------
- Site: FUNET
- Host: funet.fi
- Directory: rfc
- Notes: RFCs in compressed format. Also provides
- email access by sending mail to
- archive-server@funet.fi.
-
-
- Norway
- ------
- Host: ugle.unit.no
- Directory: pub/rfc
-
-
- Denmark
- -------
- Site: University of Copenhagen
- Host: ftp.denet.dk
- Directory: rfc
-
-
- Australia and Pacific Rim
- -------------------------
-
- Site: munnari
- Contact: Robert Elz <kre@cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Host: munnari.oz.au
- Directory: rfc
- rfc's in compressed format rfcNNNN.Z
- postscript rfc's rfcNNNN.ps.Z
-
- South Africa
- ------------
-
- Site: The Internet Solution
- Contact: ftp-admin@is.co.za
- Host: ftp.is.co.za
- Directory: internet/in-notes/rfc
-
- United States
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-
- Site: cerfnet
- Contact: help@cerf.net
- Host: nic.cerf.net
- Directory: netinfo/rfc
-
- Site: NASA NAIC
- Contact: rfc-updates@naic.nasa.gov
- Host: naic.nasa.gov
- Directory: files/rfc
-
- Site: NIC.DDN.MIL (DOD users only)
- Contact: NIC@nic.ddn.mil
- Host: NIC.DDN.MIL
- Directory: rfc/rfcnnnn.txt
- Note: DOD users only may obtain RFC's via FTP
- from NIC.DDN.MIL. Internet users should NOT
- use this source due to inadequate connectivity.
-
- Site: uunet
- Contact: James Revell <revell@uunet.uu.net>
- Host: ftp.uu.net
- Directory: inet/rfc
-
-
- UUNET Archive
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-
- UUNET archive, which includes the RFC's, various IETF documents,
- and other information regarding the internet, is available to the
- public via anonymous ftp (to ftp.uu.net) and anonymous uucp, and
- will be available via an anonymous kermit server soon. Get the
- file /archive/inet/ls-lR.Z for a listing of these documents.
-
- Any site in the US running UUCP may call +1 900 GOT SRCS and use
- the login "uucp". There is no password. The phone company will
- bill you at $0.50 per minute for the call. The 900 number only
- works from within the US.
-
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-
- Requests for special distribution of RFCs should be addressed to
- either the author of the RFC in question, to NIC@INTERNIC.NET.
-
- Submissions for Requests for Comments should be sent to
- RFC-EDITOR@ISI.EDU. Please consult "Instructions to RFC Authors",
- RFC 1543, for further information.
-
- Requests to be added to or deleted from the RFC distribution list should
- be sent to RFC-REQUEST@NIC.DDN.MIL.
-
- Changes to this file "rfc-retrieval.txt" should be sent to
- RFC-MANAGER@ISI.EDU.
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