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Internet Official Protocol Standards

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Network Working Group                    Internet Engineering Task Force
Request for Comments: 2500                                   J. Reynolds
Obsoletes: 2400, 2300, 2200, 2000, 1920, 1880,                 R. Braden
1800, 1780, 1720, 1610, 1600, 1540, 1500, 1410,                  Editors
1360, 1280, 1250, 1200, 1140, 1130, 1100, 1083                 June 1999
STD: 1
Category: Standards Track


                  Internet Official Protocol Standards


Status of this Memo

   This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used in
   the Internet as determined by the Internet Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  This memo is an Internet Standard.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Current Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.1.  Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   2.2.  Network-Specific Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . .   6
   2.3.  Draft Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   2.4.  Proposed Standard Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   2.5.  Experimental Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   3.  Current Applicability Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   4.  Non-Standard Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   4.1.  Informational Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   4.2.  Historic Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   5.  Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   5.1.  IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   5.2.  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Contact . . .  25
   5.3.  Request for Comments Editor Contact  . . . . . . . . . .  26
   5.4.  Requests for Comments Distribution Contact . . . . . . .  26
   5.5.  Sources for Requests for Comments  . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   6.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   7.  Editors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28






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