IAB Official Protocol Standards (RFC1410)
Original Publication Date: 1993-Mar-01
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Abstract
This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet as determined by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).
Network Working Group Internet Architecture Board Request for Comments: 1410 J. Postel, Editor Obsoletes: RFCs 1360, 1280, 1250, March 1993 1100, 1083, 1130, 1140, 1200 STD: 1
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 Architecture 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. Gateway Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.3. Host Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.4. The MIL-STD Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Explanation of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.1. Definitions of Protocol State (Maturity Level) . . . . . . 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 (Requirement Level) . . . 9 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6.2. Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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6.3. Network-Specific Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . 24 6.4. Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6.5. Proposed Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6.6. Telnet Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6.7. Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6.8. Informational Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6.9. Historic Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7. Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 7.1. IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contact...
