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The following Internet references are related to RFC's:
- BCP's. The IETF has endorsed
a set of RFC's called Best Current Practices (BCP's). When a BCP is updated, it
retains the same BCP number, and is published as a new RFC. RFC
1818 provides a good overview of BCP's.
- FYI's. For Your Information (FYI)
documents were created by Joyce Reynolds as
a subset of the RFC's, with FYI numbers as well as RFC numbers. These documents
are generally
less technical in nature, containing general and useful information with broad
applicability to a wider audience. When FYI documents are updated, they retain
the same FYI number, and they are published as a new
RFC. The "FYI on FYI" is published as RFC
1150.
- IEN's. In 1977, ARPA initiated
a research project to design and build an Internet based on the work
done by Robert Kahn and Vinton
Cerf.
The effort was led by an organization called the Internet Working
Group, which created a series of technical notes modeled on the RFC's
called Internet
Experiment Notes (IENs). Jon Postel,
editor of the RFC's, became the editor for the IENs as well. The series
was merged with the RFC's when TCP/IP became
mandated for use on the ARPANET.
- RTR's. The Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (RARE),
or Association of European Research Networks, worked on development of the
European
computer communications network, and published RARE Technical Reports (RTR)
which
were also published as RFC's after 1993. RARE has since merged with EARN to become
the Trans European Research & Education Networking Association (TERENA).
- STD's. Standard (STD) documents are a subset of the RFC's,
and
are used to document full Internet standards. When STD documents are updated,
they retain the same STD number, and are published as a new RFC. An up-to-date
list can be found at Faqs.org.
You can also find more information on RFC's at An
Internet Encyclopedia.
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