RFC 3700 (rfc3700) - Page 1 of 54
Internet Official Protocol Standards
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group Internet Engineering Task Force
Request for Comments: 3700 J. Reynolds, Ed.
Obsoletes: 3600 S. Ginoza, Ed.
STD: 1 July 2004
Category: Standards Track
Internet Official Protocol Standards
Status of this Memo
This memo is an Internet Standard. Distribution of this memo is
unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).
Abstract
This memo contains a snapshot of the state of standardization of
protocols used in the Internet as of July 22, 2004. It lists
official protocol standards and Best Current Practice RFCs; it is not
a complete index to the RFC series. The latest version of this memo
is designated STD 1.
Table of Contents
1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1. Internet-Related Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2. Request for Comments Editor (RFC Editor) Web Pages . . . 2
2.3 Retrieval using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4 Search and Retrieval Using Email . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Current Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Standard Protocols Ordered by STD . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Standard Protocols Ordered by RFC . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3. Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4. Proposed Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.5. Best Current Practice by BCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.6. Best Current Practice by RFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.7. Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5. Editors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reynolds & Ginoza Standards Track