RFC Abstracts

RFC1960 - A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [1] defines a network representation of a search filter transmitted to an LDAP server. Some applications may find it useful to have a common way of representing these search filters in a human-readable form. This document defines a human-readable string format for representing LDAP search filters. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1959 - An LDAP URL Format
This document describes a format for an LDAP Uniform Resource Locator which will allow Internet clients to have direct access to the LDAP protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1958 - Architectural Principles of the Internet
The Internet and its architecture have grown in evolutionary fashion from modest beginnings, rather than from a Grand Plan. While this process of evolution is one of the main reasons for the technology's success, it nevertheless seems useful to record a snapshot of the current principles of the Internet architecture. This is intended for general guidance and general interest, and is in no way intended to be a formal or invariant reference model. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1957 - Some Observations on Implementations of the Post Office Protocol (POP3)
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1956 - Registration in the MIL Domain
This RFC describes the policy for the registration of second level domains under the ".MIL" domain. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1955 - New Scheme for Internet Routing and Addressing (ENCAPS) for IPNG
This paper proposes a new scheme which I believe is a good medium term solution to the routing and address problems of the internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1954 - Transmission of Flow Labelled IPv4 on ATM Data Links Ipsilon Version 1.0
This document specifies the manner for transmitting IPv4 datagrams over an ATM data link, both in a default manner and in the presence of flow labelling via Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol [IFMP]. This document provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1953 - Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol Specification for IPv4 Version 1.0
The Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol (IFMP), is a protocol for allowing a node to instruct an adjacent node to attach a layer 2 label to a specified IP flow. This document provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1952 - GZIP file format specification version 4.3
This specification defines a lossless compressed data format that is compatible with the widely used GZIP utility. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1951 - DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3
This specification defines a lossless compressed data format that compresses data using a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding, with efficiency comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1950 - ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification version 3.3
This specification defines a lossless compressed data format. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1949 - Scalable Multicast Key Distribution
This memo provides a scalable solution to the multicast key distribution problem. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC1948 - Defending Against Sequence Number Attacks
IP spoofing attacks based on sequence number spoofing have become a serious threat on the Internet (CERT Advisory CA-95:01). While ubiquitous crypgraphic authentication is the right answer, we propose a simple modification to TCP implementations that should be a very substantial block to the current wave of attacks. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1947 - Greek Character Encoding for Electronic Mail Messages
This document describes a standard encoding for electronic mail [RFC822] containing Greek text and provides implementation guide-lines. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1946 - Native ATM Support for ST2+
This memo describes a working implementation which enables applications to directly invoke ATM services in the following environments: ATM to internet, internet to ATM, and internet to internet across ATM. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1945 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1944 - Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
This document discusses and defines a number of tests that may be used to describe the performance characteristics of a network interconnecting device. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1943 - Building an X.500 Directory Service in the US
This document provides definition and recommends considerations that must be undertaken to operate a X.500 Directory Service in the United States. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1942 - HTML Tables
This specification extends HTML to support a wide variety of tables. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC1941 - Frequently Asked Questions for Schools
The goal of this FYI document, produced by the Internet School Networking (ISN) group in the User Services Area of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), is to act as an introduction to the Internet for faculty, administration, and other school personnel in primary and secondary schools. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1940 - Source Demand Routing: Packet Format and Forwarding Specification (Version 1)
The purpose of SDRP is to support source-initiated selection of routes to complement the route selection provided by existing routing protocols for both inter-domain and intra-domain routes. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1939 - Post Office Protocol - Version 3
The Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (POP3) is intended to permit a workstation to dynamically access a maildrop on a server host in a useful fashion. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1938 - A One-Time Password System
This document describes a one-time password authentication system (OTP). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1937 - "Local/Remote" Forwarding Decision in Switched Data Link Subnetworks
This document describes extensions to the IP architecture that relaxes these constraints, thus enabling the full utilization of the services provided by SVC-based Data Link subnetworks. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1936 - Implementing the Internet Checksum in Hardware
This memo presents a techniques for efficiently implementing the Internet Checksum in hardware. It includes PLD code for programming a single, low cost part to perform checksumming at 1.26 Gbps. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1935 - What is the Internet, Anyway?
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1934 - Ascend's Multilink Protocol Plus (MP+)
This document proposes an extension to the PPP Multilink Protocol (MP) [1]. Multilink Protocol Plus (MP+) is a new control protocol for managing multiple data links that are bundled by MP. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1933 - Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
This document specifies IPv4 compatibility mechanisms that can be implemented by IPv6 hosts and routers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1932 - IP over ATM: A Framework Document
It is hoped that this document, in classifying ATM approaches and issues will help to focus the IP over ATM working group's direction.This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1931 - Dynamic RARP Extensions for Automatic Network Address Acquisition
This memo describes extensions to the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP [2]) and called Dynamic RARP (DRARP, pronounced D-RARP). This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not define an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1930 - Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)
This memo discusses when it is appropriate to register and utilize an Autonomous System (AS), and lists criteria for such. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC1929 - Username/Password Authentication for SOCKS V5
The protocol specification for SOCKS Version 5 specifies a generalized framework for the use of arbitrary authentication protocols in the initial socks connection setup. This document describes one of those protocols, as it fits into the SOCKS Version 5 authentication "subnegotiation". [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1928 - SOCKS Protocol Version 5
This memo describes a protocol that is an evolution of the previous version of the protocol, version 4 [1]. This new protocol stems from active discussions and prototype implementations. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1927 - Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents
Seven new types of MIME types are suggested in this document. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1926 - An Experimental Encapsulation of IP Datagrams on Top of ATM
This RFC describes a method of encapsulating IP datagrams on top of Acoustical Transmission Media (ATM). This is a non-recommended standard. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1925 - The Twelve Networking Truths
This memo documents the fundamental truths of networking for the Internet community. This memo does not specify a standard, except in the sense that all standards must implicitly follow the fundamental truths. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1924 - A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses
This document specifies a more compact representation of IPv6 addresses, which permits encoding in a mere 20 bytes. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1923 - RIPv1 Applicability Statement for Historic Status
RIP Version 1 [RFC-1058] has been declared an historic document. This Applicability statement provides the supporting motivation for that declaration. The primary reason, as described below, is the Classful nature of RIPv1. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1922 - Chinese Character Encoding for Internet Messages
This memo describes methods of transporting Chinese characters in Internet services which transport text, such as electronic mail [RFC-822], network news [RFC-1036], telnet [RFC-854] and the World Wide Web [RFC-1866]. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.
RFC1921 - TNVIP Protocol
The goal of this document specifies a Telnet profile to support VIP terminal emulation allowing the access to the BULL hosts applications through a TCP/IP network. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1920 - Internet Official Protocol Standards
This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet as determined by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1919 - Classical versus Transparent IP Proxies
This document explains "classical" and "transparent" proxy techniques and attempts to provide rules to help determine when each proxy system may be used without causing problems. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1918 - Address Allocation for Private Internets
This document describes address allocation for private internets. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC1917 - An Appeal to the Internet Community to Return Unused IP Networks (Prefixes) to the IANA
This document is an appeal to the Internet community to return unused address space, i.e. any block of consecutive IP prefixes, to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) or any of the delegated registries, for reapportionment. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC1916 - Enterprise Renumbering: Experience and Information Solicitation
Because of the urgent need for, and substantial difficulty in, renumbering IP networks, the PIER working group is compiling a series of documents to assist sites in their renumbering efforts. The intent of these documents is to provide both educational and practical information to the Internet community. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1915 - Variance for The PPP Compression Control Protocol and The PPP Encryption Control Protocol
The PPP Working group has developed two protocols, one to control compression on PPP links; the Compression Control Protocol (CCP), documented in draft-ietf-pppext-compression-04.txt. The second is the Encryption Control Protocol (ECP), used to control encryption on serial links, documented in draft-ietf-pppext-encryption-03.txt. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC1914 - How to Interact with a Whois++ Mesh
In the Whois++ architecture [Deutsch94],[Weider94], mesh traversal is done by the client, since each server 'refers' the client to the next appropriate server(s). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1913 - Architecture of the Whois++ Index Service
The authors describe an architecture for indexing in distributed databases, and apply this to the WHOIS++ protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC1912 - Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors
This memo describes errors often found in both the operation of Domain Name System (DNS) servers, and in the data that these DNS servers contain. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
RFC1911 - Voice Profile for Internet Mail
The following document is a profile of the Internet standard MIME and ESMTP protocols for use as a digital voice networking protocol. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.