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Applicability Statement for Reclassification of RFC 1643 to Historic Status
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RFC 3638 RFC 1643 to Historic Status September 2003
RFC 1643 is an obsolete specification, overtaken by events. Its
SMIv2 equivalent, RFC 1650, was officially retired in 1998. New
implementations -- even those that support only half-duplex 10 Mb/s
interfaces -- should comply with in the latest version of the
specification, currently RFC 3635 [RFC 3635] and RFC 2666 [RFC 2666],
instead of RFC 1643. It is therefore recommended that RFC 1643 be
reclassified as an Historic document.
2. Effect on Other Standards Track Documents
Reclassification of RFC 1643 will have no impact on the status of any
standards track RFC because no standards track RFC cites it as a
normative reference. An RFC content search made with the tools
available at http://www.rfc-editor.org reveals the following
standards track documents that cite RFC 1643:
Document Title
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RFC 2020 IEEE 802.12 Interface MIB
RFC 2358 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
Ethernet-like Interface Types
RFC 2665 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
Ethernet-like Interface Types
RFC 2720 Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB
RFC 3635 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
Ethernet-like Interface Types
RFC 2020 [RFC 2020] contains DOT12-IF-MIB, which is the MIB module for
managing IEEE 802.12 100VG-AnyLAN interfaces. It refers to RFC 1643
in the context of an admonition not to implement the EtherLike-MIB
for any interface where the DOT12-IF-MIB is implemented.
RFC 2358 [RFC 2358], RFC 2665 [RFC 2665], and RFC 3635 [RFC 3635] all
contain updated versions of the EtherLike-MIB. They refer to RFC
1643 in the context of explaining the history of the EtherLike-MIB,
and the citation in RFC 3635 is explicitly listed as a non-normative
reference.
RFC 2720 [RFC 2720] contains the FLOW-METER-MIB. It refers to RFC
1643 only in an ASN.1 comment in the MIB module. Omission of that
comment would not preclude correct implementation of the MIB module.
Clearly, none of these citations are normative.
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