francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (04/05/91)
Is there an FTP site with RFCs? I'm kinda interested in seeing the protocol specs for the stuff I'm using, but I'm just a student (not even a CS student at that :-), so I don't have any clue about who handles this stuff. -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Earth: Love it or leave it. | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | | \============================================================================/
yeh@ubvax.UB.Com (David Yeh) (04/07/91)
In article <FRANCIS.91Apr5021203@daisy.zaphod.uchicago.edu> francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu writes: > >Is there an FTP site with RFCs? I'm kinda interested in seeing the >protocol specs for the stuff I'm using, but I'm just a student (not >even a CS student at that :-), so I don't have any clue about who >handles this stuff. > > >-- >/============================================================================\ >| Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| >| Department of Mathematics |=============================================| >| University of Chicago | Earth: Love it or leave it. | >| francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | | >\============================================================================/ For the ftp site on RFC: 1. ftp nic.ddn.mil 2. login with name "anonymous" and password "guest". once logged in, make a connection to the correct directory: 3. cd rfc: and send password "ascii" after you are asked. 4. It's s good idea to get an introduction and index first: get rfc-index.txt Or, you can e-mail to SERVICE@NIC.DDN.MIL and indicate the RFC you need in subject.(e.g. SUBJECT: RFC XXX). David,
rrj@hpctdjl.HP.COM (Roger Jones) (04/16/91)
> Is there an FTP site with RFCs? I'm kinda interested in seeing the > protocol specs for the stuff I'm using, but I'm just a student (not > even a CS student at that :-), so I don't have any clue about who > handles this stuff. Try to ftp to nic.ddn.mil, which is 192.67.67.20. This is the main source for rfc's. Use the user anonymous and your ident as a password. cd to RFC: <--- the colon is important. The file rfc-index.txt is the key to all of the files. If you "get" the files using lower case representation it will create a file locally with lower case, my personal preference. Here is part of the 00readme file from there. Welcome to the DDN Network Information Center! The following public directories are located on the NIC.DDN.MIL computer system: DDN-NEWS: DDN Management Bulletins and DDN Newsletters IEN: Internet Experimental Notes INTERNET-DRAFTS: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Idea Papers NETINFO: Contains Admin. notes, Documents, Host/TAC info, Domain/Internet info, PC/Kermit info, NSC/HA lists, Network program info, DDN Vendors Guide and DDN New Users Guide NETPROG: Network programs for WHOIS, HOSTNAME, getting the NIC host table and host table compiler PROTOCOLS: Network Protocols Information RFC: Requests For Comments To get a listing of filenames within one of these directories while using FTP, use the "dir" (directory) command, as in "dir RFC:". Each directory contains an index or indexes to the files within that directory: DDN-NEWS:DDN-NEWS-INDEX.TXT