RFC 1812 (rfc1812) - Page 1 of 175
Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group F. Baker, Editor
Request for Comments: 1812 Cisco Systems
Obsoletes: 1716, 1009 June 1995
Category: Standards Track
Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
PREFACE
This document is an updated version of RFC 1716, the historical
Router Requirements document. That RFC preserved the significant
work that went into the working group, but failed to adequately
describe current technology for the IESG to consider it a current
standard.
The current editor had been asked to bring the document up to date,
so that it is useful as a procurement specification and a guide to
implementors. In this, he stands squarely on the shoulders of those
who have gone before him, and depends largely on expert contributors
for text. Any credit is theirs; the errors are his.
The content and form of this document are due, in large part, to the
working group's chair, and document's original editor and author:
Philip Almquist. It is also largely due to the efforts of its
previous editor, Frank Kastenholz. Without their efforts, this
document would not exist.
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 6
1.1 Reading this Document .............................. 8
1.1.1 Organization ..................................... 8
1.1.2 Requirements ..................................... 9
1.1.3 Compliance ....................................... 10
1.2 Relationships to Other Standards ................... 11
1.3 General Considerations ............................. 12
1.3.1 Continuing Internet Evolution .................... 12
1.3.2 Robustness Principle ............................. 13
1.3.3 Error Logging .................................... 14
Baker Standards Track