RFC Abstracts
RFC2796 - BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP
This document describes the use and design of a method known as "Route Reflection" to alleviate the the need for "full mesh" IBGP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2795 - The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS)
This memo describes a protocol suite which supports an infinite number of monkeys that sit at an infinite number of typewriters in order to determine when they have either produced the entire works of William Shakespeare or a good television show. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2794 - Mobile IP Network Access Identifier Extension for IPv4
Our proposal defines a way for the mobile node to identify itself, by including the NAI along with the Mobile IP Registration Request. This memo also updates RFC 2290 which specifies the Mobile-IPv4 Configuration option for IPCP, by allowing the Mobile Node's Home Address field of this option to be zero. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2793 - RTP Payload for Text Conversation
This memo describes how to carry text conversation session contents in RTP packets. Text conversation session contents are specified in ITU-T Recommendation T.140. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2792 - DSA and RSA Key and Signature Encoding for the KeyNote Trust Management System
This memo describes RSA and DSA key and signature encoding, and binary key encoding for version 2 of the KeyNote trust-management system. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2791 - Scalable Routing Design Principles
This document identifies major factors affecting routing scalability as well as basic principles of designing scalable routing for large networks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2790 - Host Resources MIB
This memo obsoletes RFC 1514, the "Host Resources MIB". This memo extends that specification by clarifying changes based on implementation and deployment experience and documenting the Host Resources MIB in SMIv2 format while remaining semantically identical to the existing SMIv1-based MIB. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2789 - Mail Monitoring MIB
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. Specifically, this memo extends the basic Network Services Monitoring MIB defined in RFC 2788 [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2788 - Network Services Monitoring MIB
This document defines a MIB which contains the elements common to the monitoring of any network service application. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2787 - Definitions of Managed Objects for the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
This specification defines an extension to the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with SNMP-based network management. In particular, it defines objects for configuring, monitoring, and controlling routers that employ the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2786 - Diffie-Helman USM Key Management Information Base and Textual Convention
This memo defines an experimental portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols the Internet community. In particular, it defines a textual convention for doing Diffie-Helman key agreement key exchanges an set of objects which extend the usmUserTable to permit the use of DH key exchange in addition to the key change method. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2785 - Methods for Avoiding the "Small-Subgroup" Attacks on the Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method for S/MIME
This document will describe the situations relevant to implementations of S/MIME version 3 in which protection is necessary and the methods that can be used to prevent these attacks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2784 - Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
This document specifies a protocol for encapsulation of an arbitrary network layer protocol over another arbitrary network layer protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2783 - Pulse-Per-Second API for UNIX-like Operating Systems, Version 1.0
RFC 1589 did not define an API for managing the PPS facility, leaving implementors without a portable means for using PPS sources. This document specifies such an API. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2782 - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
This document describes a DNS RR which specifies the location of the server(s) for a specific protocol and domain. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2781 - UTF-16, an encoding of ISO 10646
This document describes the UTF-16 encoding of Unicode/ISO-10646, addresses the issues of serializing UTF-16 as an octet stream for transmission over the Internet, discusses MIME charset naming as described in [CHARSET-REG], and contains the registration for three MIME charset parameter values: UTF-16BE (big-endian), UTF-16LE (little- endian), and UTF-16. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2780 - IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
This memo provides guidance for the IANA to use in assigning parameters for fields in the IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, UDP and TCP protocol headers. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2779 - Instant Messaging / Presence Protocol Requirements
This document defines a minimal set of requirements that IMPP must meet. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2778 - A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging
This document defines an abstract model for a presence and instant messaging system. It defines the various entities involved, defines terminology, and outlines the services provided by the system. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2777 - Publicly Verifiable Nomcom Random Selection
This document describes a method for making random selections in such a way that the unbiased nature of the choice is publicly verifiable. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2776 - Multicast-Scope Zone Announcement Protocol (MZAP)
This document defines a protocol, the Multicast-Scope Zone Announcement Protocol (MZAP), for discovering the multicast administrative scope zones that are relevant at a particular location. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2775 - Internet Transparency
This document describes the current state of the Internet from the architectural viewpoint, concentrating on issues of end-to-end connectivity and transparency.
RFC2774 - An HTTP Extension Framework
A wide range of applications have proposed various extensions of the HTTP protocol. Current efforts span an enormous range, including distributed authoring, collaboration, printing, and remote procedure call mechanisms. These HTTP extensions are not coordinated, since there has been no standard framework for defining extensions and thus, separation of concerns. This document describes a generic extension mechanism for HTTP, which is designed to address the tension between private agreement and public specification and to accommodate extension of applications using HTTP clients, servers, and proxies. The proposal associates each extension with a globally unique identifier, and uses HTTP header fields to carry the extension identifier and related information between the parties involved in the extended communication.
RFC2773 - Encryption using KEA and SKIPJACK
This document defines a method to encrypt a file transfer using the FTP specification STD 9, RFC 959, "File Transfer Protocol (FTP)", (October
RFC2772 - 6Bone Backbone Routing Guidelines
This document provides a set of guidelines for all 6bone routing equipment operators to use as a reference for efficient and stable deployment of 6bone routing systems. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2771 - An Abstract API for Multicast Address Allocation
This document describes the "abstract service interface" for the dynamic multicast address allocation service, as seen by applications. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2770 - GLOP Addressing in 233/8
This describes an experimental policy for use of the class D address space using 233/8 as the experimental statically assigned subset of the class D address space. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2769 - Routing Policy System Replication
This document addresses the need to distribute data over multiple repositories and delegate authority for data subsets to other repositories without compromising the authorization model established in Routing Policy System Security RFC. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2768 - Network Policy and Services: A Report of a Workshop on Middleware
An ad hoc middleware workshop was held at the International Center for Advanced Internet Research in December 1998. The need for a more organized framework for middleware R&D was recognized, and a list of specific topics needing further work was identified. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2767 - Dual Stack Hosts using the "Bump-In-the-Stack" Technique (BIS)
This memo proposes a mechanism of dual stack hosts using the technique called "Bump-in-the-Stack" in the IP security area. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2766 - Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation (NAT-PT)
This document specifies an IPv4-to-IPv6 transition mechanism, in addition to those already specified. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2765 - Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)
This document specifies a transition mechanism algorithm in addition to the mechanisms already specified. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2764 - A Framework for IP Based Virtual Private Networks
This document describes a framework for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) running across IP backbones. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2763 - Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for IS-IS
This document defines a new TLV which allows the IS-IS routers to flood their name to system ID mapping information across the IS-IS network. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2762 - Sampling of the Group Membership in RTP
This document discusses mechanisms for sampling of this group membership table in order to reduce the memory requirements. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2761 - Terminology for ATM Benchmarking
This memo discusses and defines terms associated with performance benchmarking tests and the results of these tests in the context of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) based switching devices. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2760 - Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites
This document outlines possible TCP enhancements that may allow TCP to better utilize the available bandwidth provided by networks containing satellite links. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2759 - Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions, Version 2
This document describes version two of Microsoft's PPP CHAP dialect (MS-CHAP-V2). MS-CHAP-V2 is similar to, but incompatible with, MS-CHAP version one (MS-CHAP-V1). This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2758 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Service Level Agreements Performance Monitoring
This memo defines a Management Information Base (MIB) for performance monitoring of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) defined via policy definitions. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2757 - Long Thin Networks
Our goal is to identify a TCP that works for all users, including users of long thin networks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2756 - Hyper Text Caching Protocol (HTCP/0.0)
This document describes HTCP, a protocol for discovering HTTP caches and cached data, managing sets of HTTP caches, and monitoring cache activity. This is an experimental protocol, one among several proposals to perform these functions. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2755 - Security Negotiation for WebNFS
This document describes a protocol for a WebNFS client (RFC2054) to negotiate the desired security mechanism with a WebNFS server (RFC2055) before the WebNFS client falls back to the MOUNT v3 protocol (RFC1813). This document is provided so that people can write compatible implementations. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2754 - RPS IANA Issues
RPS Security requires certain RPSL objects in the IRR to be hierarchically delegated. The set of objects that are at the root of this hierarchy needs to be created and digitally signed by IANA. This paper presents these seed objects and lists operations required from IANA. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2753 - A Framework for Policy-based Admission Control
This document is concerned with specifying a framework for providing policy-based control over admission control decisions. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2752 - Identity Representation for RSVP
This document describes the representation of identity information in POLICY_DATA object for supporting policy based admission control in RSVP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2751 - Signaled Preemption Priority Policy Element
This document describes a preemption priority policy element for use by signaled policy based admission protocols (such as RSVP and COPS). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2750 - RSVP Extensions for Policy Control
This memo presents a set of extensions for supporting generic policy based admission control in RSVP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2749 - COPS usage for RSVP
This document describes usage directives for supporting COPS policy services in RSVP environments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2748 - The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol
This document describes a simple client/server model for supporting policy control over QoS signaling protocols. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2747 - RSVP Cryptographic Authentication
This document describes the format and use of RSVP's INTEGRITY object to provide hop-by-hop integrity and authentication of RSVP messages. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
This document describes the use and design of a method known as "Route Reflection" to alleviate the the need for "full mesh" IBGP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2795 - The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS)
This memo describes a protocol suite which supports an infinite number of monkeys that sit at an infinite number of typewriters in order to determine when they have either produced the entire works of William Shakespeare or a good television show. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2794 - Mobile IP Network Access Identifier Extension for IPv4
Our proposal defines a way for the mobile node to identify itself, by including the NAI along with the Mobile IP Registration Request. This memo also updates RFC 2290 which specifies the Mobile-IPv4 Configuration option for IPCP, by allowing the Mobile Node's Home Address field of this option to be zero. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2793 - RTP Payload for Text Conversation
This memo describes how to carry text conversation session contents in RTP packets. Text conversation session contents are specified in ITU-T Recommendation T.140. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2792 - DSA and RSA Key and Signature Encoding for the KeyNote Trust Management System
This memo describes RSA and DSA key and signature encoding, and binary key encoding for version 2 of the KeyNote trust-management system. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2791 - Scalable Routing Design Principles
This document identifies major factors affecting routing scalability as well as basic principles of designing scalable routing for large networks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2790 - Host Resources MIB
This memo obsoletes RFC 1514, the "Host Resources MIB". This memo extends that specification by clarifying changes based on implementation and deployment experience and documenting the Host Resources MIB in SMIv2 format while remaining semantically identical to the existing SMIv1-based MIB. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2789 - Mail Monitoring MIB
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. Specifically, this memo extends the basic Network Services Monitoring MIB defined in RFC 2788 [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2788 - Network Services Monitoring MIB
This document defines a MIB which contains the elements common to the monitoring of any network service application. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2787 - Definitions of Managed Objects for the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
This specification defines an extension to the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with SNMP-based network management. In particular, it defines objects for configuring, monitoring, and controlling routers that employ the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2786 - Diffie-Helman USM Key Management Information Base and Textual Convention
This memo defines an experimental portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols the Internet community. In particular, it defines a textual convention for doing Diffie-Helman key agreement key exchanges an set of objects which extend the usmUserTable to permit the use of DH key exchange in addition to the key change method. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2785 - Methods for Avoiding the "Small-Subgroup" Attacks on the Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method for S/MIME
This document will describe the situations relevant to implementations of S/MIME version 3 in which protection is necessary and the methods that can be used to prevent these attacks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2784 - Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
This document specifies a protocol for encapsulation of an arbitrary network layer protocol over another arbitrary network layer protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2783 - Pulse-Per-Second API for UNIX-like Operating Systems, Version 1.0
RFC 1589 did not define an API for managing the PPS facility, leaving implementors without a portable means for using PPS sources. This document specifies such an API. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2782 - A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
This document describes a DNS RR which specifies the location of the server(s) for a specific protocol and domain. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2781 - UTF-16, an encoding of ISO 10646
This document describes the UTF-16 encoding of Unicode/ISO-10646, addresses the issues of serializing UTF-16 as an octet stream for transmission over the Internet, discusses MIME charset naming as described in [CHARSET-REG], and contains the registration for three MIME charset parameter values: UTF-16BE (big-endian), UTF-16LE (little- endian), and UTF-16. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2780 - IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
This memo provides guidance for the IANA to use in assigning parameters for fields in the IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, UDP and TCP protocol headers. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2779 - Instant Messaging / Presence Protocol Requirements
This document defines a minimal set of requirements that IMPP must meet. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2778 - A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging
This document defines an abstract model for a presence and instant messaging system. It defines the various entities involved, defines terminology, and outlines the services provided by the system. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2777 - Publicly Verifiable Nomcom Random Selection
This document describes a method for making random selections in such a way that the unbiased nature of the choice is publicly verifiable. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2776 - Multicast-Scope Zone Announcement Protocol (MZAP)
This document defines a protocol, the Multicast-Scope Zone Announcement Protocol (MZAP), for discovering the multicast administrative scope zones that are relevant at a particular location. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2775 - Internet Transparency
This document describes the current state of the Internet from the architectural viewpoint, concentrating on issues of end-to-end connectivity and transparency.
RFC2774 - An HTTP Extension Framework
A wide range of applications have proposed various extensions of the HTTP protocol. Current efforts span an enormous range, including distributed authoring, collaboration, printing, and remote procedure call mechanisms. These HTTP extensions are not coordinated, since there has been no standard framework for defining extensions and thus, separation of concerns. This document describes a generic extension mechanism for HTTP, which is designed to address the tension between private agreement and public specification and to accommodate extension of applications using HTTP clients, servers, and proxies. The proposal associates each extension with a globally unique identifier, and uses HTTP header fields to carry the extension identifier and related information between the parties involved in the extended communication.
RFC2773 - Encryption using KEA and SKIPJACK
This document defines a method to encrypt a file transfer using the FTP specification STD 9, RFC 959, "File Transfer Protocol (FTP)", (October
RFC2772 - 6Bone Backbone Routing Guidelines
This document provides a set of guidelines for all 6bone routing equipment operators to use as a reference for efficient and stable deployment of 6bone routing systems. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2771 - An Abstract API for Multicast Address Allocation
This document describes the "abstract service interface" for the dynamic multicast address allocation service, as seen by applications. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2770 - GLOP Addressing in 233/8
This describes an experimental policy for use of the class D address space using 233/8 as the experimental statically assigned subset of the class D address space. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2769 - Routing Policy System Replication
This document addresses the need to distribute data over multiple repositories and delegate authority for data subsets to other repositories without compromising the authorization model established in Routing Policy System Security RFC. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2768 - Network Policy and Services: A Report of a Workshop on Middleware
An ad hoc middleware workshop was held at the International Center for Advanced Internet Research in December 1998. The need for a more organized framework for middleware R&D was recognized, and a list of specific topics needing further work was identified. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2767 - Dual Stack Hosts using the "Bump-In-the-Stack" Technique (BIS)
This memo proposes a mechanism of dual stack hosts using the technique called "Bump-in-the-Stack" in the IP security area. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2766 - Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation (NAT-PT)
This document specifies an IPv4-to-IPv6 transition mechanism, in addition to those already specified. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2765 - Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)
This document specifies a transition mechanism algorithm in addition to the mechanisms already specified. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2764 - A Framework for IP Based Virtual Private Networks
This document describes a framework for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) running across IP backbones. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2763 - Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for IS-IS
This document defines a new TLV which allows the IS-IS routers to flood their name to system ID mapping information across the IS-IS network. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2762 - Sampling of the Group Membership in RTP
This document discusses mechanisms for sampling of this group membership table in order to reduce the memory requirements. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2761 - Terminology for ATM Benchmarking
This memo discusses and defines terms associated with performance benchmarking tests and the results of these tests in the context of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) based switching devices. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2760 - Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites
This document outlines possible TCP enhancements that may allow TCP to better utilize the available bandwidth provided by networks containing satellite links. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2759 - Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions, Version 2
This document describes version two of Microsoft's PPP CHAP dialect (MS-CHAP-V2). MS-CHAP-V2 is similar to, but incompatible with, MS-CHAP version one (MS-CHAP-V1). This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2758 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Service Level Agreements Performance Monitoring
This memo defines a Management Information Base (MIB) for performance monitoring of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) defined via policy definitions. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2757 - Long Thin Networks
Our goal is to identify a TCP that works for all users, including users of long thin networks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2756 - Hyper Text Caching Protocol (HTCP/0.0)
This document describes HTCP, a protocol for discovering HTTP caches and cached data, managing sets of HTTP caches, and monitoring cache activity. This is an experimental protocol, one among several proposals to perform these functions. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2755 - Security Negotiation for WebNFS
This document describes a protocol for a WebNFS client (RFC2054) to negotiate the desired security mechanism with a WebNFS server (RFC2055) before the WebNFS client falls back to the MOUNT v3 protocol (RFC1813). This document is provided so that people can write compatible implementations. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2754 - RPS IANA Issues
RPS Security requires certain RPSL objects in the IRR to be hierarchically delegated. The set of objects that are at the root of this hierarchy needs to be created and digitally signed by IANA. This paper presents these seed objects and lists operations required from IANA. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2753 - A Framework for Policy-based Admission Control
This document is concerned with specifying a framework for providing policy-based control over admission control decisions. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2752 - Identity Representation for RSVP
This document describes the representation of identity information in POLICY_DATA object for supporting policy based admission control in RSVP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2751 - Signaled Preemption Priority Policy Element
This document describes a preemption priority policy element for use by signaled policy based admission protocols (such as RSVP and COPS). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2750 - RSVP Extensions for Policy Control
This memo presents a set of extensions for supporting generic policy based admission control in RSVP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2749 - COPS usage for RSVP
This document describes usage directives for supporting COPS policy services in RSVP environments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2748 - The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol
This document describes a simple client/server model for supporting policy control over QoS signaling protocols. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2747 - RSVP Cryptographic Authentication
This document describes the format and use of RSVP's INTEGRITY object to provide hop-by-hop integrity and authentication of RSVP messages. [STANDARDS-TRACK]