Important RFCs: Official RFCs

While most RFCs are just proposals, miscellaneous protocol descriptions or opinion/information documents, these few protocols are the true "Internet standards" among the RFCs.

This page was derived from section 6.2 of RFC 2600, the Internet Official Protocol Standards document. Note that a new Internet Official Protocol Standards document is supposed to be issued periodically (usually after every 100 RFCs...2400, 2500, 2600, etc.), so be sure to check the RFC index or this page to make sure you have the current information.

RFC 2600 (STD 1) - Internet Official Protocol Standards, J. Postel, J. Reynolds, 3/2000, 31 pp.

RFC 1700 (STD 2) - Assigned Numbers, J. Reynolds, J. Postel, 10/20/1994, 230 pp.

RFC 1122 (STD 3) - Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication layers, R. Braden, 10/1/1989, 116 pp.

RFC 1123 (STD 3) - Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and support, R. Braden, 10/1/1989, 98 pp.

RFC 791 (STD 5) - Internet Protocol, J. Postel, 9/1/1981, 45 pp., Ammended by RFC 950, RFC 919, RFC 922.

RFC 792 (STD 5) - Internet Control Message Protocol, J. Postel, 9/1/1981, 21 pp.

RFC 1112 (STD 5) - Host extensions for IP multicasting, S. Deering, 8/1/1989, 17 pp.

RFC 768 (STD 6) - User Datagram Protocol, J. Postel, 8/28/1980, 3 pp.

RFC 793 (STD 7) - Transmission Control Protocol, J. Postel, 9/1/1981, 85 pp.

RFC 854 (STD 8) - Telnet Protocol specification, J. Postel, J. Reynolds, 5/1/1983, 15 pp.

RFC 855 (STD 8) - Telnet option specifications, J. Postel, J. Reynolds, 5/1/1983, 4 pp.

RFC 959 (STD 9) - File Transfer Protocol, J. Postel, J. Reynolds, 10/1/1985, 69 pp., Updated by RFC 2228, RFC 2640.

RFC 821 (STD 10) - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, J. Postel, 8/1/1982, 58 pp.

RFC 1869 (STD 10) - SMTP Service Extensions, J. Klensin, N. Freed, M. Rose, E. Stefferud, D. Crocker, 11/6/1995, 11 pp.

RFC 1870 (STD 10) - SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration, J. Klensin, N. Freed, K. Moore, 11/6/1995, 9 pp.

RFC 822 (STD 11) - Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages, D. Crocker, 8/13/1982, 47 pp., Updated by RFC 1327.

RFC 1049 (STD 11) - Content-type header field for Internet messages, M. Sirbu, 3/1/1988, 8 pp., Updated by RFC 1505.

RFC 1305 - Network Time Protocol (v3), D. Mills, 4/9/1992, 120 pp., Obsoletes RFC 1119 (STD 12). See also RFC 2030.

RFC 1034 (STD 13) - Domain names - concepts and facilities, P. Mockapetris, 11/1/1987, 55 pp., Updated by RFC 2535, RFC 2308, RFC 2181, RFC 1982, RFC 1876, RFC 1348, RFC 1183, RFC 1101.

RFC 1035 (STD 13) - Domain names - implementation and specification, P. Mockapetris, 11/1/1987, 55 pp., Updated by RFC 2535, RFC 2308, RFC 2181, RFC 2137, RFC 2136, RFC 1996, RFC 1995, RFC 1982, RFC 1876, RFC 1348, RFC 1183, RFC 1101.

RFC 974 (STD 14) - Mail routing and the domain system, C. Partridge, 1/1/1986, 7 pp.

RFC 1157 (STD 15) - A Simple Network Management Protocol, M. Schoffstall, M. Fedor, J. Davin, J. Case, 5/10/1990, 36 pp., Updates RFC 1098.

RFC 1212 (STD 16) - Concise MIB Definitions, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, 3/26/1991, 19 pp.

RFC 1155 (STD 17) - Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, 5/10/1990, 22 pp.

RFC 1212 (STD 17) - Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II, K. McCloghrie, M. Rose, 3/26/1991, 70 pp., Updated by RFC 2011, RFC 2012, RFC 2013.

RFC 1001 (STD 19) - Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, End-to-End Services Task Force, Internet Activities Board, NetBIOS Working Group, 3/1/1987, 68 pp.

RFC 1002 (STD 19) - Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, End-to-End Services Task Force, Internet Activities Board, NetBIOS Working Group, 3/1/1987, 85 pp.

RFC 862 (STD 20) - Echo Protocol, J. Postel, 5/1/1983, 1 pp.

RFC 863 (STD 21) - Discard Protocol, J. Postel, 5/1/1983, 1 pp.

RFC 864 (STD 22) - Character Generator Protocol, J. Postel, 5/1/1983, 3 pp.

RFC 865 (STD 23) - Quote of the Day Protocol, J. Postel, 5/1/1983, 1 pp.

RFC 866 (STD 24) - Active users, J. Postel, 5/1/1983, 1 pp.

RFC 867 (STD 25) - Daytime Protocol, J. Postel, 5/1/1983, 2 pp.

RFC 868 (STD 26) - Time Protocol, K. Harrenstein, J. Postel, 5/1/1983, 2 pp.

RFC 1350 (STD 33) - The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2), K. Sollins, 7/10/1992, 11 pp., Updated by RFC 1782, RFC 1783, RFC 1784, RFC 1785.

RFC 1006 (STD 35) - ISO transport services on top of the TCP: Version: 3, D. Cass, M. Rose, 5/1/1987, 17 pp.

RFC 826 (STD 37) - Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or converting network protocol addresses to 48.bit Ethernet address for transmission on Ethernet hardware, D. Plummer, 11/1/1982, 10 pp.

RFC 903 (STD 38) - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol, R. Finlayson, T. Mann, J. Mogul, M. Theimer, 6/1/1984, 4 pp.

RFC 1643 (STD 50) - Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types, F. Kastenholz, 7/13/1994, 19 pp.

RFC 1661 (STD 51) - The Point-to-Point Protocol, W. Simpson, 7/21/1994, 54 pp.

RFC 1662 (STD 51) - PPP in HDLC-like Framing, W. Simpson, 7/21/1994, 27 pp.

RFC 1209 (STD 52) - The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the SMDS Service, J. Lawrence, D. Piscitello, 3/6/1991, 11 pp.

RFC 1939 (STD 53) - Post Office Protocol - Version 3, J. Myers, M. Rose, 5/14/1996, 23 pp.

Updates

These documents update the above RFCs.

RFC 919 (STD 5) - Broadcasting Internet datagrams, J. Mogul, 10/1/1984, 8 pp., Ammends RFC 791.

RFC 922 (STD 5) - Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the presence of subnets, J. Mogul, 10/1/1984, 12 pp., Ammends RFC 791.

RFC 950 (STD 5) - Internet standard subnetting procedure, J. Mogul, J. Postel, 8/1/1985, 18 pp., Ammends RFC 791.

RFC 1098 - Simple Network Management Protocol, J. Case, C. Davin, M. Fedor, 4/1/1989, 34 pp., Updated by RFC 1157.

RFC 1101 - DNS encoding of network names and other types, P. Mockapetris, 4/1/1989, 14 pp., Updates RFC 1034.

RFC 1183 - New DNS RR Definitions, L. A. Mamakos, R. Ullmann, P. V. Mockapetris, 10/1/1990, 11 pp., Updates RFC 1034, RFC 1035.

RFC 1327 - Mapping between X.400(1988) / ISO 10021 and RFC 822, H. Alvestrand, S. Kille, R. Miles, M. Rose, S. Thompson, 5/18/1992, 113 pp., Updates RFC 822, updated by RFC 1495.

RFC 1348 - DNS NSAP RRs, B. Manning, 7/1992, 4 pp.

RFC 1495 - Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies, H. Alvestrand, S. Kille, R. Miles, M. Rose, S. Thompson, 8/26/1993, 15 pp., Updates RFC 1327.

RFC 1505 - Encoding Header Field for Internet Messages, A. Costanzo, D. Robinson, R. Ullmann, 8/27/1993, 36 pp., Updates RFC 1049.

RFC 1782 - TFTP Option Extension, G. Malkin, A. Harkin, 3/28/1995, 6 pp., Updates RFC 1350.

RFC 1783 - TFTP Blocksize Option, G. Malkin, A. Harkin, 3/28/1995, 5 pp., Updates RFC 1350.

RFC 1784 - TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options, G. Malkin, A. Harkin, 3/28/1995, 5 pp., Updates RFC 1350.

RFC 1785 - TFTP Option Negotiation Analysis, G. Malkin, A. Harkin, 3/28/1995, 2 pp., Updates RFC 1350.

RFC 1876 - A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System, C. Davis, P. Vixie, T. Goodwin, I. Dickinson, 1/15/1996, 18 pp., Updates RFC 1034.

RFC 1982 - Serial Number Arithmetic, R. Elz, R. Bush, 9/3/1996, 7 pp., Updates RFC 1034.

RFC 1995 - Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS, M. Ohta, 8/1996, 8 pp., Updates RFC 1035.

RFC 1996 - A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes, P. Vixie, 8/1996, 7 pp., Updates RFC 1035.

RFC 2011 - SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol using SMIv2, K. McCloghrie, 11/12/1996, 18 pp., Updates RFC 1213.

RFC 2012 - SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol, K. McCloghrie, 11/12/1996, 10 pp., Updates RFC 1213.

RFC 2013 - SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the User Datagram Protocol using SMIv2, K. McCloghrie, 11/12/1996, 6 pp., Updates RFC 1213.

RFC 2136 - Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System, P. Vixie, Ed., S. Thomson, Y. Rekhter, J. Bound, 4/1997, 26 pp., Updates RFC 1035.

RFC 2137 - Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update, D. Eastlake, 4/1997, 11 pp., Updates RFC 1035.

RFC 2181 - Clarifications to the DNS Specification, R. Elz, R. Bush, 7/1997, 15 pp., Updates RFC 1034, RFC 1035, RFC 1123.

RFC 2228 - FTP Security Extensions, M. Horowitz, S. Lunt, 10/1997, 27 pp., Updates RFC 959.

RFC 2308 - Negative Caching of DNS Queries, M. Andrew, 3/1998, 19 pp., Updates RFC 1034, RFC 1035.

RFC 2535 - Domain Name System Security Extensions, D. Eastlake, 3/1999, 47 pp., Updates RFC 1034, RFC 1035, RFC 2181.

RFC 2640 - Internationalization of the File Transfer Protocol, B. Curtin, 7/1999, 27 pp., Updates RFC 959.

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