RFC 880 (rfc880) - Page 2 of 26
Official protocols
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Official Protocols RFC 880
In particular, the status may be:
required
- all hosts must implement the required protocol,
recommended
- all hosts are encouraged to implement the recommended
protocol,
elective
- hosts may implement or not the elective protocol,
experimental
- hosts should not implement the experimental protocol unless
they are participating in the experiment and have coordinated
their use of this protocol with the contact person, and
none
- this is not a protocol.
Overview
Catenet Model ------------------------------------------------------
STATUS: None
SPECIFICATION: IEN 48 (in IPTW)
COMMENTS:
Gives an overview of the organization and principles of the
Internet.
Could be revised and expanded.
OTHER REFERENCES:
RFC 871 - A Perspective on the ARPANET Reference Model
DEPENDENCIES:
CONTACT: Postel@USC-ISIF
Reynolds & Postel