OLE@SRI-NIC.ARPA (Ole Jorgen Jacobsen) (10/31/86)
Hi,
Many people have asked for a set of "most useful RFCs", so we have put
together the following RFC sets, organized by topic. Please feel free
to suggest changes to this list.
RFCs which are marked with an asterisk (*) are NOT included in the
1985 DDN Protocol Handbook.
MAJOR RFCs
RFC-791 Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC-792 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
RFC-793 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
RFC-768 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
RFC-854 Telnet Protocol (see also many Telnet Options
in the RFC index)
RFC-959 File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
RFC-821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
RFC-822 Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages
RFC-960 Assigned Numbers
RFC-961 Official ARPA Internet Protocols
MAIL RFCs
RFC-821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
RFC-822 Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages
RFC-886 * Proposed Standard for Message Header Munging
RFC-915 * Network Mail Path Services
RFC-934 * Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation
RFC-937 Post Office Protocol Version 2
RFC-974 * Mail Routing and the Domain System
RFC-976 * UUCP Mail Interchange Format Standard
RFC-987 * Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822
NAMING AND DOMAIN RFCs
RFC-799 Internet Name Domains
RFC-819 * Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications
RFC-882 * Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
RFC-883 Domain Names - Implementation Specification
RFC-920 * Domain Requirements
RFC-921 * Domain Name System Implementation Schedule - Revised
RFC-973 * Domain System Changes and Observations
RFC-974 * Mail Routing and the Domain System
RFC-952 Internet Host Table Specification
RFC-953 Hostnames Server
GATEWAY RFCs
RFC-792 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
RFC-823 The DARPA Internet Gateway (GGP)
RFC-890 * Exterior Gateway Protocol Implementation Schedule
RFC-904 Exterior Gateway Protocol Formal Specification (EGP)
RFC-911 * EGP Gateway under Berkeley UNIX 4.2
RFC-975 * Autonomous Confederations
RFC-985 * Requirements for Internet Gateways -- Draft
LOCAL AREA and SUBNET RFCs
RFC-894 A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams
over Ethernet Networks
RFC-895 Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over
Experimental Ethernet Networks
RFC-948 Two Methods for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over
IEEE 802.3 Networks
RFC-826 An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol
RFC-903 A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RFC-925 * Multi-LAN Address Resolution Protocol
RFC-917 * Internet Subnets
RFC-940 * Toward an Internet Standard Scheme for Subnetting
RFC-950 * Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
RFC-919 * Broadcasting Internet Datagrams
RFC-922 * Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets
RFC-947 * Multi-network Broadcasting within the Internet
RFC-966 * Host Groups: A Multicast Extension to the Internet Protocol
RFC-988 * Host Extensions for IP Multicasting
BACKGROUND RFCs
IEN-48 The Catenet Model for Internetworking
RFC-896 * Congestion Control in IP/TCP
RFC-970 * On Packet Switches with Infinite Storage
RFC-813 Window and Acknowledgement Strategy in TCP
RFC-814 Name, Addresses, Ports, and Routes
RFC-815 IP Datagram Reassembly Algorithms
RFC-816 Fault Isolation and Recovery
RFC-817 Modularity and Efficiency in Protocol Implementation
RFC-871 * A Perspective on the ARPANET Reference Model
RFC-872 * TCP-ON-A-LAN
RFC-873 * The Illusion of Vendor Support
RFC-874 * A Critique of X.25
RFC-980 * Protocol Documentation Order Information
TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
RFC-905 * ISO Transport Protocol Specification
RFC-942 * Transport Protocols for Department of Defense Data Networks
RFC-939 * Executive Summary of the NRC Report on Transport
Protocols for Department of Defense Data Networks
RFC-945 * DoD Statement on the NRC Report
RFC-983 * ISO Transport Services on Top of the TCP
RFC-941 * Addendum to the Network Service Definition Covering Network
Layer Addressing
RFC-987 * Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822
RFC-926 * Protocol for Providing the Connectionless-Mode
Network Services
All RFCs are of course available via anonymous FTP from SRI-NIC.ARPA in
the RFC: directory or you may contact us at:
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SRI International, Room EJ291
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Cheers,
Ole
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