Important RFCs: Humorous RFCs

Humorous RFCs

Who says standards documents have to be boring?

RFC 527 - ARPAWOCKY, R. Merryman, 6/22/1973, 1 pp.

RFC 748 - Telnet randomly-lose option, M. Crispin, 4/1/1978, 2 pp.

RFC 968 - `Twas the Night Before Start-up, V. Cerf, 12/1/1985, 2 pp.

RFC 1097 - Telnet subliminal-message option, B. Miller, 4/1/1989, 3 pp.

RFC 1121 - Act One - The Poems, J. Postel, L. Kleinrock, V. Cerf, B. Boehm, D. Waitzman , 9/1/1989, 6 pp.

RFC 1149 - A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers, D. Waitzman, 4/1/1990, 2 pp.

RFC 1216 - Gigabit Network Economics and Paradigm Shifts, P. Kunikos, P. Richard, 3/30/1991, 4 pp.

RFC 1217 - Memo from the Consortium for Slow Commotion Research (CSCR), V. Cerf, 4/1/1991, 5 pp.

RFC 1300 - Remembrances of Things Past, S. Greenfield, 2/1/1992, 4 pp.

RFC 1313 - Today's Programming for KRFC AM 1313, Internet Talk Radio, C. Partridge, 4/1/1992, 3 pp.

RFC 1437 - The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium, N. Borenstein, M. Linimon, 4/1/1993, 6 pp.

RFC 1438 - Internet Engineering Task Force Statements Of Boredom (SOBs), L. Chapin, C. Huitema, 4/1/1993, 2 pp.

RFC 1605 - SONET to Sonnet Translation, W. Shakespeare, 4/1/1994, 3 pp.

RFC 1606 - A Historical Perspective On The Usage Of IP Version 9, J. Onions, 4/1/1994, 4 pp.

RFC 1607 - A View from the 21st Century, V. Cerf, 4/1/1994, 13 pp.

RFC 1776 - The Address is the Message, S. Crocker, 4/1/1995, 2 pp.

RFC 1882 - The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas, B. Hancock, 12/1/1995, 5 pp.

RFC 1924 - A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses, R. Elz, 4/1/1996, 6 pp.

RFC 1925 - The Twelve Networking Truths, R. Callon, 4/1/1996, 3 pp.

RFC 1926 - An Experimental Encapsulation of IP Datagrams on Top of ATM, 4/1/1996, J. Eriksson, 2 pp.

RFC 1927 - Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents, C. Rogers, 4/1/1996, 3 pp.

RFC 2100 - The Naming of Hosts, J. Ashworth, 4/1/1997, 3 pp.

RFC 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0), L. Masinter, 4/1/1998, 10 pp.

RFC 2325 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2, M. Slavitch, 4/1/1998, 8 pp.

RFC 2549 - IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service, D. Waitzman, 4/1/1999, 6 pp., Updates RFC 1149.

RFC 2550 - Y10K and Beyond, S. Glassman, M. Manasse, J. Mogul, 4/1/1999, 14 pp.

RFC 2551 - The Roman Standards Process -- Revision III, S. Bradner, 4/1/1999, 37 pp.

RFC 2795 - The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite, S. Christey, 4/1/2000, 20 pp.