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FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to commonly asked "experienced Internet user" questions
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Network Working Group G. Malkin
Request for Comments: 1207 FTP Software, Inc.
FYI: 7 A. Marine
SRI
J. Reynolds
ISI
February 1991
FYI on Questions and Answers
Answers to Commonly asked "Experienced Internet User" Questions
Status of this Memo
This FYI RFC is one of two FYI's called, "Questions and Answers"
(Q/A), produced by the User Services Working Group of the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF). The goal is to document the most
commonly asked questions and answers in the Internet.
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify any standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.................................................. 1
2. Acknowledgements.............................................. 3
3. Questions about the Internet.................................. 3
4. Questions About Other Networks and Internets.................. 3
5. Questions About Internet Documentation........................ 4
6. Questions About the Domain Name System (DNS).................. 4
7. Questions About Network Management............................ 7
8. Questions about Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) and
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Implementations................. 9
9. Questions About Routing....................................... 11
10. Other Protocol and Standards Implementation Questions........ 11
11. Suggested Reading............................................ 12
12. References................................................... 13
13. Security Considerations...................................... 14
14. Authors' Addresses........................................... 15
1. Introduction
During the last few months, several people have monitored various
major mailing lists and have extracted questions that are important
or commonly asked. This FYI RFC is one of two in a series of FYI's
which present the questions and their answers. The first FYI, FYI 4,
presented questions new Internet users commonly ask and their
answers.
User Services Working Group