RFC 2223 (rfc2223) - Page 1 of 20
Instructions to RFC Authors
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group J. Postel
Request for Comments: 2223 J. Reynolds
Obsoletes: 1543, 1111, 825 ISI
Category: Informational October 1997
Instructions to RFC Authors
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1997). All Rights Reserved.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Editorial Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Format Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3a. ASCII Format Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3b. PostScript Format Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4a. First Page Heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4b. Running Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4c. Running Footer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Status Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7. Introduction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8. References Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. Security Considerations Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10. Author's Address Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
11. Copyright Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12. Relation to other RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
13. Protocol Standards Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
14. Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
15. Distribution Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
16. RFC Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
17. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
18. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
19. Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
20. Appendix - RFC "nroff macros" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
21. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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