RFC Abstracts
RFC2341 - Cisco Layer Two Forwarding (Protocol) "L2F"
This document describes the Layer Two Forwarding protocol (L2F) which permits the tunneling of the link layer (i.e., HDLC, async HDLC, or SLIP frames) of higher level protocols. This memo describes a historic protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2340 - Nortel's Virtual Network Switching (VNS) Overview
This document provides an overview of Virtual Network Switching (VNS). This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2339 - An Agreement Between the Internet Society, the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the matter of NFS V.4 Protocols
This Request for Comments records an agreement between Sun Microsystems, Inc. and the Internet Society to permit the flow of Sun's Network File System specifications into the Internet Standards process conducted by the Internet Engineering Task Force. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2338 - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
This memo defines the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). VRRP specifies an election protocol that dynamically assigns responsibility for a virtual router to one of the VRRP routers on a LAN. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2337 - Intra-LIS IP multicast among routers over ATM using Sparse Mode PIM
This document describes how intra-LIS IP multicast can be efficiently supported among routers over ATM without using the Multicast Address Resolution Server (MARS). This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
RFC2336 - Classical IP and ARP over ATM to NHRP Transition
This document describes methods and procedures for the graceful transition from an ATMARP LIS to an NHRP LIS network model over ATM. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2335 - A Distributed NHRP Service Using SCSP
This document describes a method for distributing an NHRP service within a LIS. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2334 - Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)
This document describes the Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP) and is written in terms of SCSP's use within Non Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks; although, a somewhat straight forward usage is applicable to BMA networks. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2333 - NHRP Protocol Applicability Statement
As required by the Routing Protocol Criteria [RFC 1264], this memo discusses the applicability of the Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) in routing of IP datagrams over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks, such as ATM, SMDS and X.25. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2332 - NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
This document describes the NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP). NHRP can be used by a source station (host or router) connected to a Non-Broadcast, Multi-Access (NBMA) subnetwork to determine the internetworking layer address and NBMA subnetwork addresses of the "NBMA next hop" towards a destination station. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2331 - ATM Signalling Support for IP over ATM - UNI Signalling 4.0 Update
This memo describes how to efficiently use the ATM call control signalling procedures defined in UNI Signalling 4.0 to support IP over ATM environments as described in RFC 2225 and in RFC 2332. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2330 - Framework for IP Performance Metrics
The purpose of this memo is to define a general framework for particular metrics to be developed by the IETF's IP Performance Metrics effort. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2329 - OSPF Standardization Report
This memo documents how the requirements for advancing a routing protocol to Full Standard have been met for OSPFv2. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2328 - OSPF Version 2
This memo documents version 2 of the OSPF protocol. OSPF is a link- state routing protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2327 - SDP: Session Description Protocol
This document defines the Session Description Protocol, SDP. SDP is intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2326 - Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
The Real Time Streaming Protocol, or RTSP, is an application-level protocol for control over the delivery of data with real-time properties. RTSP provides an extensible framework to enable controlled, on-demand delivery of real-time data, such as audio and video. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2325 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2
This memo defines an extension to the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it defines objects for the management of coffee-brewing and maintenance devices. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
This document describes HTCPCP, a protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2323 - IETF Identification and Security Guidelines
This RFC is meant to represent a guideline by which the IETF conferences may run more effeciently with regards to identification and security protocols, with specific attention paid to a particular sub-group within the IETF: "facial hairius extremis". This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2322 - Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp
This RFC describes a protocol to dynamically hand out ip-numbers on field networks and small events that don't necessarily have a clear organisational body. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2321 - RITA -- The Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent
A Description of the usage of Nondeterministic Troubleshooting and Diagnostic Methodologies as applied to today's complex nondeterministic networks and environments. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2320 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Classical IP and ARP Over ATM Using SMIv2 (IPOA-MIB)
The purpose of this memo is to define the Management Information Base (MIB) for supporting Classical IP and ARP over ATM as specified in Classical IP and ARP over ATM. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2319 - Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U
This document provides information about character encoding KOI8-U (KOI8 Ukrainian) wich is a de-facto standard in Ukrainian Internet community. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2318 - The text/css Media Type
This memo provides information about the text/css Media Type. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2317 - Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
This document describes a way to do IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation on non-octet boundaries for address spaces covering fewer than 256 addresses. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2316 - Report of the IAB Security Architecture Workshop
On 3-5 March 1997, the IAB held a security architecture workshop at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ. We identified the core security components of the architecture, and specified several documents that need to be written. Most importantly, we agreed that security was not optional, and that it needed to be designed in from the beginning. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2315 - PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5
This document describes a general syntax for data that may have cryptography applied to it, such as digital signatures and digital envelopes. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2314 - PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1.5
This document describes a syntax for certification requests. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2313 - PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5
This document describes a method for encrypting data using the RSA public-key cryptosystem. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2312 - S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling
This memo describes the mechanisms S/MIME uses to create and validate keys using certificates. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2311 - S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification
This document describes a protocol for adding cryptographic signature and encryption services to MIME data. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2310 - The Safe Response Header Field
This document defines a HTTP response header field called Safe, which can be used to indicate that repeating a HTTP request is safe. Such an indication will allow user agents to handle retries of some safe requests, in particular safe POST requests, in a more user-friendly way.
RFC2309 - Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet
This memo presents two recommendations to the Internet community concerning measures to improve and preserve Internet performance. It presents a strong recommendation for testing, standardization, and widespread deployment of active queue management in routers, to improve the performance of today's Internet. It also urges a concerted effort of research, measurement, and ultimate deployment of router mechanisms to protect the Internet from flows that are not sufficiently responsive to congestion notification. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2308 - Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
RFC1034 provided a description of how to cache negative responses. It however had a fundamental flaw in that it did not allow a name server to hand out those cached responses to other resolvers, thereby greatly reducing the effect of the caching. This document addresses issues raise in the light of experience and replaces RFC1034 Section 4.3.4. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2307 - An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service
This document describes an experimental mechanism for mapping entities related to TCP/IP and the UNIX system into X.500 entries so that they may be resolved with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [RFC2251]. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
RFC2306 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - F Profile for Facsimile
This document describes in detail the definition of TIFF-F that is used to store facsimile images. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2305 - A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail
This specification provides for "simple mode" carriage of facsimile data over the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2304 - Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail
This memo describes the MINIMAL addressing method and standard extensions to encode FAX addresses in e-mail addresses. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2303 - Minimal PSTN address format in Internet Mail
This memo describes the MINIMAL addressing method to encode PSTN addresses into e-mail addresses and the standard extension mechanism to allow definition of further standard elements. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2302 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration
This document describes the registration of the MIME sub-type image/tiff. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2301 - File Format for Internet Fax
This document describes the TIFF (Tag Image File Format) representation of image data specified by the ITU-T Recommendations for black-and-white and color facsimile. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2300 - Internet Official Protocol Standards
A discussion of the standardization process and the RFC document series is presented first, followed by an explanation of the terms. Sections 6.2 - 6.10 contain the lists of protocols in each stage of standardization. Finally are pointers to references and contacts for further information. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2298 - An Extensible Message Format for Message Disposition Notifications
This memo defines a MIME content-type that may be used by a mail user agent (UA) or electronic mail gateway to report the disposition of a message after it has been sucessfully delivered to a recipient. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2297 - Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 2.0
This memo specifies enhancements to the General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP) [RFC1987]. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2296 - HTTP Remote Variant Selection Algorithm -- RVSA/1.0
HTTP allows web site authors to put multiple versions of the same information under a single URL. Transparent content negotiation is a mechanism for automatically selecting the best version when the URL is accessed. A remote variant selection algorithm can be used to speed up the transparent negotiation process. This document defines the remote variant selection algorithm with the version number 1.0.
RFC2295 - Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP
HTTP allows web site authors to put multiple versions of the same information under a single URL. Transparent content negotiation is an extensible negotiation mechanism, layered on top of HTTP, for automatically selecting the best version when the URL is accessed. This enables the smooth deployment of new web data formats and markup tags. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
RFC2294 - Representing the O/R Address hierarchy in the X.500 Directory Information Tree
This document defines a representation of the O/R Address hierarchy in the Directory Information Tree. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2293 - Representing Tables and Subtrees in the X.500 Directory
This document defines techniques for representing two types of information mapping in the OSI Directory: Mapping from a key to a value (or set of values), as might be done in a table lookup, and mapping from a distinguished name to an associated value (or values), where the values are not defined by the owner of the entry. This is achieved by use of a directory subtree. [STANDARDS-TRCK]
RFC2292 - Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
The current document defines some the "advanced" features of the sockets API that are required for applications to take advantage of additional features of IPv6. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2291 - Requirements for a Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol for the World Wide Web
This document presents a list of features in the form of requirements for a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol which, if implemented, would improve the efficiency of common remote editing operations, provide a locking mechanism to prevent overwrite conflicts, improve link management support between non-HTML data types, provide a simple attribute-value metadata facility, provide for the creation and reading of container data types, and integrate versioning into the WWW. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
This document describes the Layer Two Forwarding protocol (L2F) which permits the tunneling of the link layer (i.e., HDLC, async HDLC, or SLIP frames) of higher level protocols. This memo describes a historic protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2340 - Nortel's Virtual Network Switching (VNS) Overview
This document provides an overview of Virtual Network Switching (VNS). This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2339 - An Agreement Between the Internet Society, the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the matter of NFS V.4 Protocols
This Request for Comments records an agreement between Sun Microsystems, Inc. and the Internet Society to permit the flow of Sun's Network File System specifications into the Internet Standards process conducted by the Internet Engineering Task Force. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2338 - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
This memo defines the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). VRRP specifies an election protocol that dynamically assigns responsibility for a virtual router to one of the VRRP routers on a LAN. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2337 - Intra-LIS IP multicast among routers over ATM using Sparse Mode PIM
This document describes how intra-LIS IP multicast can be efficiently supported among routers over ATM without using the Multicast Address Resolution Server (MARS). This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
RFC2336 - Classical IP and ARP over ATM to NHRP Transition
This document describes methods and procedures for the graceful transition from an ATMARP LIS to an NHRP LIS network model over ATM. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2335 - A Distributed NHRP Service Using SCSP
This document describes a method for distributing an NHRP service within a LIS. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2334 - Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)
This document describes the Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP) and is written in terms of SCSP's use within Non Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks; although, a somewhat straight forward usage is applicable to BMA networks. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2333 - NHRP Protocol Applicability Statement
As required by the Routing Protocol Criteria [RFC 1264], this memo discusses the applicability of the Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) in routing of IP datagrams over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks, such as ATM, SMDS and X.25. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2332 - NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
This document describes the NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP). NHRP can be used by a source station (host or router) connected to a Non-Broadcast, Multi-Access (NBMA) subnetwork to determine the internetworking layer address and NBMA subnetwork addresses of the "NBMA next hop" towards a destination station. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2331 - ATM Signalling Support for IP over ATM - UNI Signalling 4.0 Update
This memo describes how to efficiently use the ATM call control signalling procedures defined in UNI Signalling 4.0 to support IP over ATM environments as described in RFC 2225 and in RFC 2332. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2330 - Framework for IP Performance Metrics
The purpose of this memo is to define a general framework for particular metrics to be developed by the IETF's IP Performance Metrics effort. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2329 - OSPF Standardization Report
This memo documents how the requirements for advancing a routing protocol to Full Standard have been met for OSPFv2. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2328 - OSPF Version 2
This memo documents version 2 of the OSPF protocol. OSPF is a link- state routing protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2327 - SDP: Session Description Protocol
This document defines the Session Description Protocol, SDP. SDP is intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2326 - Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
The Real Time Streaming Protocol, or RTSP, is an application-level protocol for control over the delivery of data with real-time properties. RTSP provides an extensible framework to enable controlled, on-demand delivery of real-time data, such as audio and video. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2325 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2
This memo defines an extension to the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it defines objects for the management of coffee-brewing and maintenance devices. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
This document describes HTCPCP, a protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2323 - IETF Identification and Security Guidelines
This RFC is meant to represent a guideline by which the IETF conferences may run more effeciently with regards to identification and security protocols, with specific attention paid to a particular sub-group within the IETF: "facial hairius extremis". This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2322 - Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp
This RFC describes a protocol to dynamically hand out ip-numbers on field networks and small events that don't necessarily have a clear organisational body. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2321 - RITA -- The Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent
A Description of the usage of Nondeterministic Troubleshooting and Diagnostic Methodologies as applied to today's complex nondeterministic networks and environments. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2320 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Classical IP and ARP Over ATM Using SMIv2 (IPOA-MIB)
The purpose of this memo is to define the Management Information Base (MIB) for supporting Classical IP and ARP over ATM as specified in Classical IP and ARP over ATM. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2319 - Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U
This document provides information about character encoding KOI8-U (KOI8 Ukrainian) wich is a de-facto standard in Ukrainian Internet community. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2318 - The text/css Media Type
This memo provides information about the text/css Media Type. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2317 - Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
This document describes a way to do IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation on non-octet boundaries for address spaces covering fewer than 256 addresses. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2316 - Report of the IAB Security Architecture Workshop
On 3-5 March 1997, the IAB held a security architecture workshop at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ. We identified the core security components of the architecture, and specified several documents that need to be written. Most importantly, we agreed that security was not optional, and that it needed to be designed in from the beginning. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2315 - PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5
This document describes a general syntax for data that may have cryptography applied to it, such as digital signatures and digital envelopes. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2314 - PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1.5
This document describes a syntax for certification requests. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2313 - PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5
This document describes a method for encrypting data using the RSA public-key cryptosystem. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2312 - S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling
This memo describes the mechanisms S/MIME uses to create and validate keys using certificates. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2311 - S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification
This document describes a protocol for adding cryptographic signature and encryption services to MIME data. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2310 - The Safe Response Header Field
This document defines a HTTP response header field called Safe, which can be used to indicate that repeating a HTTP request is safe. Such an indication will allow user agents to handle retries of some safe requests, in particular safe POST requests, in a more user-friendly way.
RFC2309 - Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet
This memo presents two recommendations to the Internet community concerning measures to improve and preserve Internet performance. It presents a strong recommendation for testing, standardization, and widespread deployment of active queue management in routers, to improve the performance of today's Internet. It also urges a concerted effort of research, measurement, and ultimate deployment of router mechanisms to protect the Internet from flows that are not sufficiently responsive to congestion notification. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2308 - Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
RFC1034 provided a description of how to cache negative responses. It however had a fundamental flaw in that it did not allow a name server to hand out those cached responses to other resolvers, thereby greatly reducing the effect of the caching. This document addresses issues raise in the light of experience and replaces RFC1034 Section 4.3.4. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2307 - An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service
This document describes an experimental mechanism for mapping entities related to TCP/IP and the UNIX system into X.500 entries so that they may be resolved with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [RFC2251]. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
RFC2306 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - F Profile for Facsimile
This document describes in detail the definition of TIFF-F that is used to store facsimile images. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2305 - A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail
This specification provides for "simple mode" carriage of facsimile data over the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2304 - Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail
This memo describes the MINIMAL addressing method and standard extensions to encode FAX addresses in e-mail addresses. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2303 - Minimal PSTN address format in Internet Mail
This memo describes the MINIMAL addressing method to encode PSTN addresses into e-mail addresses and the standard extension mechanism to allow definition of further standard elements. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2302 - Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration
This document describes the registration of the MIME sub-type image/tiff. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2301 - File Format for Internet Fax
This document describes the TIFF (Tag Image File Format) representation of image data specified by the ITU-T Recommendations for black-and-white and color facsimile. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2300 - Internet Official Protocol Standards
A discussion of the standardization process and the RFC document series is presented first, followed by an explanation of the terms. Sections 6.2 - 6.10 contain the lists of protocols in each stage of standardization. Finally are pointers to references and contacts for further information. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2298 - An Extensible Message Format for Message Disposition Notifications
This memo defines a MIME content-type that may be used by a mail user agent (UA) or electronic mail gateway to report the disposition of a message after it has been sucessfully delivered to a recipient. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2297 - Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 2.0
This memo specifies enhancements to the General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP) [RFC1987]. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2296 - HTTP Remote Variant Selection Algorithm -- RVSA/1.0
HTTP allows web site authors to put multiple versions of the same information under a single URL. Transparent content negotiation is a mechanism for automatically selecting the best version when the URL is accessed. A remote variant selection algorithm can be used to speed up the transparent negotiation process. This document defines the remote variant selection algorithm with the version number 1.0.
RFC2295 - Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP
HTTP allows web site authors to put multiple versions of the same information under a single URL. Transparent content negotiation is an extensible negotiation mechanism, layered on top of HTTP, for automatically selecting the best version when the URL is accessed. This enables the smooth deployment of new web data formats and markup tags. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
RFC2294 - Representing the O/R Address hierarchy in the X.500 Directory Information Tree
This document defines a representation of the O/R Address hierarchy in the Directory Information Tree. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2293 - Representing Tables and Subtrees in the X.500 Directory
This document defines techniques for representing two types of information mapping in the OSI Directory: Mapping from a key to a value (or set of values), as might be done in a table lookup, and mapping from a distinguished name to an associated value (or values), where the values are not defined by the owner of the entry. This is achieved by use of a directory subtree. [STANDARDS-TRCK]
RFC2292 - Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
The current document defines some the "advanced" features of the sockets API that are required for applications to take advantage of additional features of IPv6. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC2291 - Requirements for a Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol for the World Wide Web
This document presents a list of features in the form of requirements for a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol which, if implemented, would improve the efficiency of common remote editing operations, provide a locking mechanism to prevent overwrite conflicts, improve link management support between non-HTML data types, provide a simple attribute-value metadata facility, provide for the creation and reading of container data types, and integrate versioning into the WWW. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.