IAB Official Protocol Standards
RFC 1250
Document | Type |
RFC - Historic
(August 1991; No errata)
Obsoletes RFC 1200
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Last updated | 2013-03-02 | ||
Stream | Legacy stream | ||
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Network Working Group Internet Activities Board Request for Comments: 1250 J. Postel, Editor Obsoletes: RFCs 1200, August 1991 1100, 1083, 1130, 1140 IAB OFFICIAL PROTOCOL STANDARDS Status of this Memo This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet as determined by the Internet Activities Board (IAB). Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. The Standardization Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. The Request for Comments Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Other Reference Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.1. Assigned Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.2. Annotated Internet Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.3. Gateway Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.4. Host Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.5. The MIL-STD Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Explanation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.1. Definitions of Protocol State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.1.1. Standard Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.1.2. Draft Standard Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1.3. Proposed Standard Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1.4. Experimental Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1.5. Informational Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1.6. Historic Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.2. Definitions of Protocol Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 4.2.1. Required Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 4.2.2. Recommended Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.2.3. Elective Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.2.4. Limited Use Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.2.5. Not Recommended Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. The Standards Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.1. The RFC Processing Decision Table . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.2. The Standards Track Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. The Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6.1. Recent Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6.1.1. New RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6.1.2. Other Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Internet Activities Board [Page 1] RFC 1250 IAB Standards August 1991 6.2. Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6.3. Network-Specific Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . 19 6.4. Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 6.5. Proposed Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6.6. Telnet Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6.7. Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.8. Informational Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6.9. Historic Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7. Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7.1. IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7.1.1. Internet Activities Board (IAB) Contact . . . . . . . 24 7.1.2. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact . . . . 25 7.1.3. Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact . . . . . 25 7.2. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Contact . . . 26 7.3. Request for Comments Editor Contact . . . . . . . . . . 27 7.4. Network Information Center Contact . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7.5. Other Sources for Requests for Comments . . . . . . . . 28 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 9. Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Introduction Discussion of the standardization process and the RFC document series is presented first, followed by an explanation of the terms. Sections 6.2 - 6.9 contain the lists of protocols in each stage of standardization. Finally come pointers to references and contacts for further information. This memo is intended to be issued quarterly; please be sure the copy you are reading is current. Current copies may be obtained from the Network Information Center or from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (see the contact information at the end of this memo). Do not use this edition after 30-Nov-91. See Section 6.1 for a description of recent changes. In the official lists in sections 6.2 - 6.9, an asterisk (*) next to a protocol denotes that it is new to this document or has been moved from one protocol level to another.Show full document text