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Network Working Group                                          J. Postel
Request for Comments: 2223                                   J. Reynolds
Obsoletes: 1543, 1111, 825                                           ISI
Category: Informational                                     October 1997


                      Instructions to RFC Authors

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  This memo
   does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of
   this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1997).  All Rights Reserved.

Table of Contents

   1.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
   2.   Editorial Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.   Format Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   3a.   ASCII Format Rules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   3b.   PostScript Format Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   4.   Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   4a.   First Page Heading  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   4b.   Running Header  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   4c.   Running Footer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   5.   Status Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   6.   Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   7.   Introduction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   8.   References Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   9.   Security Considerations Section  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   10.  Author's Address Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   11.  Copyright Section  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   12.  Relation to other RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   13.  Protocol Standards Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   14.  Contact  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   15.  Distribution Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   16.  RFC Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   17.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   18.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   19.  Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   20.  Appendix - RFC "nroff macros"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   21.  Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20





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