Network Working Group J. Postel
Request for Comments: 899 A. Westine
ISI
May 1984
Requests For Comments Summary
Notes: 800-899
Status of this Memo
This RFCis a slightly annotated list of the 100 RFCs from RFC800
through RFC899. This is a status report on these RFCs.
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899 Postel Apr 84 Requests For Comments Summary
This memo.
898 Hinden Apr 84 Gateway Special Interest Group Meeting
Notes
This memo is a report on the Gateway Special Interest Group Meeting
that was held at ISI on 28 and 29 February 1984. Robert Hinden of
BBNCC chaired, and Jon Postel of ISI hosted the meeting.
Approximately 35 gateway designers and implementors attended. These
notes are based on the recollections of Jon Postel and Mike Muuss.
Under each topic area are Jon Postel's brief notes, and additional
details from Mike Muuss. This memo is a report on a meeting. No
conclusions, decisions, or policy statements are documented in this
note.
897 Postel Feb 84 Domain Name System Implementation
Schedule
This memo is a policy statement on the implementation of the Domain
Style Naming System in the Internet. This memo is a partial update
of RFC881. The intent of this memo is to detail the schedule for
the implementation for the Domain Style Naming System. The names of
hosts will be changed to domain style names. Hosts will begin to use
domain style names on 14-Mar-84, and the use of old style names will
be completely phased out before 2-May-84. This applies to both the
ARPA research hosts and the DDN operational hosts. This is an
official policy statement of the ICCB and the DARPA.
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896 Nagle Jan 84 Congestion Control in IP/TCP
Internetworks
This memo discusses some ASPects of congestion control in IP/TCP
Internetworks. It is intended to stimulate thought and further
discussion of this topic. While some specific suggestions are made
for improved congestion control implementation, this memo does not
specify any standards.
895 Postel Apr 84 A Standard for the Transmission of
IP Datagrams over EXPerimental Ethernet
Networks
This RFCspecifies a standard method of encapsulating Internet
Protocol (IP) datagrams on an Experimental Ethernet. This RFC
specifies a standard protocol for the ARPA Internet community.
894 Hornig Apr 84 A Standard for the Transmission of
IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks
This RFCspecifies a standard method of encapsulating Internet
Protocol (IP) datagrams on an Ethernet. This RFCspecifies a
standard protocol for the ARPA-Internet community.
893 Leffler Apr 84 Trailer Encapsulations
This RFCdiscusses the motivation for use of "trailer encapsulations"
on local-area networks and describes the implementation of sUCh an
encapsulation on various media. This document is for information
only. This is NOT an official protocol for the ARPA Internet
community.
892 ISO Dec 83 ISO Transport Protocol Specification
This is a draft version of the transport protocol being standardized
by the ISO. This version also appeared in the ACM SIGCOMM Computer
Communication Review (V.12, N.3-4) July-October 1982. This version
is now out of date.
891 Mills Dec 83 DCN Local-Network Protocols
This RFCprovides a description of the DCN protocols for maintaining
connectivity, routing, and clock information in a local network.
These procedures may be of interest to the designers and implementers
of other local networks.
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890 Postel Feb 84 Exterior Gateway Protocol
Implementation Schedule
This memo is a policy statement on the implementation of the Exterior
Gateway Protocol in the Internet. This is an official policy
statement of ICCB and DARPA. After 1-Aug-84 there shall be no dumb
gateways in the Internet. Every gateway must be a member of some
autonomous system. Some gateway of each autonomous system must
exchange routing information with some gateway of the core autonomous
system using the Exterior Gateway Protocol.
889 Mills Dec 83 Internet Delay Experiments
This memo reports on some measurements of round-trip times in the
Internet and suggests some possible improvements to the TCP
retransmission timeout calculation. This memo is both a status
report on the Internet and advice to TCP implementers.
888 Seamonson Jan 84 "Stub" Exterior Gateway Protocol
This RFCdescribes the Exterior Gateway Protocol used to connect Stub
Gateways to an Autonomous System of core Gateways. This document
specifies the working protocol, and defines an ARPA official
protocol. All implementers of Gateways should carefully review this
document.
887 Accetta Dec 83 Resource Location Protocol
This RFCspecifies a draft standard for the ARPA Internet community.
It describes a resource location protocol for use in the ARPA
Internet. It is most useful on networks employing technologies which
support some method of broadcast addressing, however it may also be
used on other types of networks. For maximum benefit, all hosts
which provide significant resources or services to other hosts on the
Internet should implement this protocol. Hosts failing to implement
the Resource Location Protocol risk being ignored by other hosts
which are attempting to locate resources on the Internet.
886 Rose Dec 83 Proposed Standard for Message Header
Munging
This RFCspecifies a draft standard for the ARPA Internet community.
It describes the rules to be used when transforming mail from the
conventions of one message system to those of another message system.
In particular, the treatment of header fields, and recipient
addresses is specified.
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885 Postel Dec 83 Telnet End of Record Option
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. It
specifies a method for marking the end of records in data transmitted
on Telnet connections.
884 Solomon Dec 83 Telnet Terminal Type Option
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. It
specifies a method for exchanging terminal type information in the
Telnet protocol.
883 Mockapetris Nov 83 Domain Names - Implementation and
Specification
This RFCdiscusses the implementation of domain name servers and
resolvers, specifies the format of transactions, and discusses the
use of domain names in the context of existing mail systems and other
network software.
882 Mockapetris Nov 83 Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
This RFCintroduces domain style names, their use for ARPA Internet
mail and host address support, and the protocol and servers used to
implement domain name facilities.
881 Postel Nov 83 The Domain Names Plan and Schedule
This RFCoutlines a plan and schedule for the implementation of
domain style names throughout the DDN/ARPA Internet community. The
introduction of domain style names will impact all hosts on the
DDN/ARPA Internet.
880 Reynolds Oct 83 Official Protocols
This RFCidentifies the documents specifying the official protocols
used in the ARPA Internet. Annotations identify any revisions or
changes planned. Obsoletes RFC840.
879 Postel Nov 83 The TCP Maximum Segment Size and
Related Topics
This RFCdiscusses the TCP Maximum Segment Size Option and related
topics. The purposes is to clarify some aspects of TCP and its
interaction with IP. This memo is a clarification to the TCP
specification, and contains information that may be considered as
"advice to implementers".
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878 Malis Dec 83 The ARPANET 1822L Host Access Protocol
This RFCspecifies the ARPANET 1822L Host Access Protocol, which is a
successor to the existing 1822 Host Access Protocol. The 1822L
procedure allows ARPANET hosts to use logical identifiers as well as
1822 physical interface identifiers to address each other.
877 Korb Sep 83 A Standard for the Transmission of IP
Datagrams Over Public Data Networks
This RFCspecifies a standard adopted by CSNET, the VAN gateway, and
other organizations for the transmission of IP datagrams over the
X.25-based public data networks.
876 Smallberg Sep 83 Survey of SMTP Implementations
This RFCis a survey of implementation status. It does not specify
an official protocol, but rather notes the status of implementation
of aspects of a protocol. It is expected that the status of the
hosts reported on will change. This information must be treated as a
snapshot of the state of these implemetations.
875 Padlipsky Sep 82 Gateways, Architectures, and Heffalumps
This RFCis a discussion about the role of gateways in an
internetwork, especially the problems of translating or mapping
protocols between different protocol suites. The discussion notes
possible functionality mis-matches, undesirable routing "singularity
points", flow control issues, and high cost of translating gateways.
Originally published as M82-51 by the MITRE Corporation, Bedford,
Massachusetts.
874 Padlipsky Sep 82 A Critique of X.25
This RFCis an analysis of X.25 pointing out some problems in the
conceptual model, particularly the conflict between the interface
aspects and the end-to-end aspects. The memo also touches on
security, and implementation issues. Originally published as M82-50
by the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts.
873 Padlipsky Sep 82 The Illusion of Vendor Support
This memo takes issue with the claim that international standards in
computer protocols presently provide a basis for low cost vendor
supported protocol implementations. Originally published as M82-49
by the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts.
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872 Padlipsky Sep 82 TCP-ON-A-LAN
This memo attacks the notion that TCP cannot be appropriate for use
on a Local Area Network. Originally published as M82-48 by the MITRE
Corporation, Bedford Massachusetts.
871 Padlipsky Sep 82 A Perspective on the Arpanet Reference
Model
This RFCis primarily intended as a perspective on the ARM and points
out some of the differences between the ARM and the ISORM which were
expressed by members in NWG general meetings, NWG protocol design
committee meetings, the ARPA Internet Working Group, and private
conversations over the intervening years. Originally published as
M82-47 by the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts.
870 Reynolds Oct 83 Assigned Numbers
This RFCdocuments the list of numbers assigned for networks,
protocols, etc. Obsoletes RFCs 820, 790, 776, 770, 762, 758, 755,
750, 739, 604.
869 Hinden Dec 83 A Host Monitoring Protocol
This RFCspecifies the Host Monitoring Protocol used to collect
information from various types of hosts in the Internet. Designers
of Internet communications software are encouraged to consider this
protocol as a means of monitoring the behavior of their creations.
868 Postel May 83 Time Protocol
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Time Protocol are
expected to adopt and implement this standard. This protocol
provides a site-independent, machine readable date and time. The
Time service sends back to the originating source the time in seconds
since midnight on January first 1900.
867 Postel May 83 Daytime Protocol
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Daytime Protocol are
expected to adopt and implement this standard. The Daytime service
simply sends the current date and time as a character string without
regard to the input.
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866 Postel May 83 Active Users
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement an Active Users
Protocol are expected to adopt and implement this standard. The
Active Users service simply sends a list of the currently active
users on the host without regard to the input.
865 Postel May 83 Quote of the Day Protocol
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Quote of the Day
Protocol are expected to adopt and implement this standard. The
Quote of the Day service simply sends a short message without regard
to the input.
864 Postel May 83 Character Generator Protocol
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Character Generator
Protocol are expected to adopt and implement this standard. The
Character Generator service simply sends data without regard to the
input.
863 Postel May 83 Discard Protocol
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Discard Protocol are
expected to adopt and implement this standard. The Discard service
simply throws away any data it receives.
862 Postel May 83 Echo Protocol
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Echo Protocol are
expected to adopt and implement this standard. The Echo service
simply sends back to the originating source any data it receives.
861 Postel May 83 Telnet Extended Options - List Option
This Telnet Option provides a mechanism for extending the set of
possible options. This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA
Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt
and implement this standard. Obsoletes NIC 16239.
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860 Postel May 83 Telnet Timing Mark Option
This Telnet Option provides a way to check the roundtrip path between
two Telnet modules. This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA
Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt
and implement this standard. Obsoletes NIC 16238.
859 Postel May 83 Telnet Status Option
This Telnet Option provides a way to determine the other Telnet
module's view of the status of options. This RFCspecifies a
standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet
are expected to adopt and implement this standard. Obsoletes RFC651
(NIC 31154).
858 Postel May 83 Telnet Suppress Go Ahead Option
This Telnet Option disables the exchange of go-ahead signals between
the Telnet modules. This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA
Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt
and implement this standard. Obsoletes NIC 15392.
857 Postel May 83 Telnet Echo Option
This Telnet Option enables remote echoing by the other Telnet module.
This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts
on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt and implement this
standard. Obsoletes NIC 15390.
856 Postel May 83 Telnet Binary Transmission
This Telnet Option enables a binary data mode between the Telnet
modules. This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet
community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt and
implement this standard. Obsoletes NIC 15389.
855 Postel May 83 Telnet Option Specifications
This memo specifies the general form for Telnet options and the
directions for their specification. This RFCspecifies a standard
for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet are
expected to adopt and implement this standard. Obsoletes RFC651,
NIC 18640.
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854 Postel May 83 Telnet Protocol Specifications
This is the specification of the Telnet protocol used for remote
terminal access in the ARPA Internet. The purpose of the TELNET
Protocol is to provide a fairly general, bi-directional, eight-bit
byte oriented communications facility. Its primary goal is to allow
a standard method of interfacing terminal devices and
terminal-oriented processes to each other. It is envisioned that the
protocol may also be used for terminal-terminal communication
("linking") and process-process communication (distributed
computation). This RFCspecifies a standard for the ARPA Internet
community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt and
implement this standard. Obsoletes NIC 18639.
853 Not issued yet.
852 Malis Apr 83 The ARPANET Short Blocking Feature
This RFCspecifies the ARPANET Short Blocking Feature, which will
allow ARPANET hosts to optionally shorten the IMP's host blocking
timer. This Feature is a replacement of the ARPANET non-blocking
host interface, which was never implemented, and will be available to
hosts using either the 1822 or 1822L Host Access Protocol. This RFC
is also being presented as a solicitation of comments on the Short
Blocking Feature, especially from host network software implementers
and maintainers.
851 Malis Apr 83 The ARPANET 1822L Host Access Protocol
This RFCspecifies the ARPANET 1822L Host Access Protocol, which is a
successor to the existing 1822 Host Access Protocol. 1822L allows
ARPANET hosts to use logical names as well as 1822's physical port
locations to address each other. This RFCis also being presented as
a solicitation of comments on 1822L, especially from host network
software implementers and maintainers. Obsoletes RFC802.
850 Horton Jun 83 Standard for Interchange of USENET
Messages
This memo is distributed as an RFConly to make this information
easily accessible to researchers in the ARPA community. It does not
specify an Internet standard. This RFCdefines the standard format
for interchange of Network News articles among USENET sites. It
describes the format for articles themselves, and gives partial
standards for transmission of news. The news transmission is not
entirely standardized in order to give a good deal of flexibility to
the individual hosts to choose transmission hardware and software,
whether to batch news and so on.
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849 Crispin May 83 Suggestions for Improved Host Table
Distribution
This RFCactually is a request for comments. The issue dealt with is
that of a naming registry update procedure, both as exists currently
and what could exist in the future. None of the proposed solutions
are intended as standards at this time; rather it is hoped that a
general consensus will emerge as the appropriate solution, leaving
eventually to the adoption of standards.
848 Smallberg Mar 83 Who provides the "Little" TCP Services?
This RFClists those hosts which provide any of these "little" TCP
services: The list of hosts were taken from the NIC hostname table
of 24-Feb-83. The tests were run on February 23 and 24, and March 3
and 5 from ISI-VAXA.ARPA.
847 Westine Feb 83 Summary of Smallberg Surveys
This is a summary of the surveys of Telnet, FTP and Mail (SMTP)
servers conducted by David Smallberg in December 1982, January and
February 1983 as reported in RFC832-843, 845-846. This memo
extracts the number of hosts that accepted the connection to their
server for each of Telnet, FTP, and SMTP, and compares it to the
total host in the Internet (not counting TACs or ECHOS).
846 Smallberg Feb 83 Who Talks TCP? -- Survey of 22 February
1983
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 18-Feb-83. The tests were run on 22-Feb-83
from ISI-VAXA.ARPA.
845 Smallberg Feb 83 Who Talks TCP? -- Survey of 15 February
1983
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 3-Feb-83. The tests were run on 15-Feb-83
from ISI-VAXA.ARPA.
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844 Clements Feb 83 Who Talks ICMP, too? Survey of 18
February 1983
This survey determines how many hosts are able to respond to TELENET
connections from a user at a class C site. This requires, in
addition to IP and TCP, participation in gateway routing via ICMP and
handling of Class C addresses. The list of hosts was taken from RFC
843, extracting only those hosts which are listed there as accepting
TELNET connection. The tests were run on 18-Feb-83.
843 Smallberg Feb 83 Who Talks TCP? -- Survey of 8 February
1983
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 3-Feb-83. The tests were run on 8-Feb-83
and on 9-Feb-83 from ISI-VAXA.ARPA.
842 Smallberg Feb 83 Who Talks TCP? -- Survey of 1 February
1983
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 28-Jan-83. The tests were run on 1-Feb-83
and on 2-Feb-83 ISI-VAXA.ARPA.
841 FIPS PUB 98 Jan 83 Specification for Message Format for
Computer Based Message Systems
This RFCis FIPS 98. The purpose of distributing this document as an
RFCis to make it easily accessible to the ARPA research community.
This RFCdoes not specify a standard for the ARPA Internet.
Obsoletes RFC806.
840 Postel Apr 83 Official Protocols
This RFChas been revised, see RFC880.
839 Smallberg Jan 83 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 31-Dec-82. The tests were run on
25-Jan-83.
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838 Smallberg Jan 83 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 31-Dec-82. The tests were run on
18-Jan-83.
837 Smallberg Jan 83 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 31-Dec-82. The tests were run on
11-Jan-83.
836 Smallberg Jan 83 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 20-Dec-82. The tests were run on 4-Jan-83
through 5-Jan-83.
835 Smallberg Dec 82 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 2-Dec-82. The tests were run on 28-Dec-82
through 5-Jan-83.
834 Smallberg Dec 82 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 2-Dec-82. The tests were run on 22-Dec-82.
833 Smallberg Dec 82 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 2-Dec-82. The tests were run on 14-Dec-82.
832 Smallberg Dec 82 Who Talks TCP?
This RFCis a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status
of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from
the NIC hostname table of 2-Dec-82. The tests were run on 7-Dec-82.
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831 Braden Dec 82 Backup Access to the European Side of
SATNET
The purpose of this RFCis to focus discussion on a particular
Internet problem: a backup path for software maintenance of the
European sector of the Internet, for use when SATNET is partitioned.
We propose a mechanism, based upon the Source Routing option of IP,
to reach European Internet sites via the VAN Gateway and UCL. This
proposal is not intended as a standard at this time.
830 Zaw-Sing Su Oct 82 A Distributed System for Internet Name
Service
This RFCproposes a distributed name service for DARPA Internet. Its
purpose is to focus discussion on the subject. It is hoped that a
general consensus will emerge leading eventually to the adoption of
standards.
829 Cerf Oct 82 Packet Satellite Technology Reference
Sources
This RFCdescribes briefly the packet satellite technology developed
by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and several other
participating organizations in the U.K. and Norway and provides a
bibliography of relevant papers for researchers interested in
experimental and operational experience with this dynamic
satellite-sharing technique.
828 Owen Aug 82 Data Communications: IFIP's
International "Network" of Experts
This RFCis distributed to inform the ARPA Internet community of the
activities of the IFIP technical committee on Data Communications,
and to encourage participation in those activities.
827 Rosen Oct 82 Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
This RFCis proposed to establish a standard for Gateway to Gateway
procedures that allow the Gateways to be mutually suspicious. This
document is a DRAFT for that standard. Your comments are strongly
encouraged.
826 Plummer Nov 82 An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol
The purpose of this RFCis to present a method of Converting Protocol
Addresses (e.g., IP addresses) to Local Network Addresses (e.g.,
Ethernet addresses). This is an issue of general concern in the ARPA
Internet Community at this time. The method proposed here is
presented for your consideration and comment. This is not the
specification of an Internet Standard.
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825 Postel Nov 82 Request for Comments on Requests for
Comments
This RFCis intended to clarify the status of RFCs and to provide
some guidance for the authors of RFCs in the future. It is in a
sense a specification for RFCs.
824 MacGregor Aug 82 The Cronus Virtual Local Network
The purpose of this note is to describe the CRONUS Virtual Local
Network, especially the addressing related features. These features
include a method for mapping between Internet Addresses and Local
Network addresses. This is a topic of current concern in the ARPA
Internet community. This note is intended to stimulate discussion.
This is not a specification of an Internet Standard.
823 Hinden Sep 82 The DARPA Internet Gateway
This RFCis a status report on the Internet Gateway developed by BBN.
It describes the Internet Gateway as of September 1982. This memo
presents detailed descriptions of message formats and gateway
procedures, however, this is not an implementation specification, and
such details are subject to change.
822 Crocker Aug 82 Standard for the Format of ARPA
Internet Text Messages
This document revises the specifications in RFC733, in order to
serve the needs of the larger and more complex ARPA Internet. Some
of RFC733's features failed to gain adequate acceptance. In order
to simplify the standard and the software that follows it, these
features have been removed. A different addressing scheme is used,
to handle the case of internetwork mail; and the concept of
re-transmission has been introduced. Obsoletes RFC733, NIC 41952.
821 Postel Aug 82 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
The objective of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is to transfer
mail reliably and efficiently. SMTP is independent of the particular
transmission subsystem and requires only a reliable ordered data
stream channel. Obsoletes RFC788, 780, and 772.
820 Postel Jan 82 Assigned Numbers
This RFCis an old version, see RFC870.
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819 Zaw-Sing Su Aug 82 The Domain Naming Convention for
Internet User Applications
This RFCis an attempt to clarify the generalization of the Domain
Naming Convention, the Internet Naming Convention, and to explore the
implications of its adoption for Internet name service and user
applications.
818 Postel Nov 82 The Remote User Telnet Service
This RFCis the specification of an application protocol. Any host
that implements this application level service must follow this
protocol.
817 Clark Jul 82 Modularity and Efficiency in Protocol
Implementation
This RFCwill discuss some of the commonly encountered reasons why
protocol implementations seem to run slowly.
816 Clark Jul 82 Fault Isolation and Recovery
This RFCdescribes the portion of fault isolation and recovery which
is the responsibility of the host.
815 Clark Jul 82 IP Datagram Reassembly Algorithms
This RFCdescribes an alternate approach of dealing with reassembly
which reduces the bookkeeping problem to a minimum, and requires only
one buffer for storage equal in size to the final datagram being
reassembled, which can reassemble a datagram from any number of
fragments arriving in any order with any possible pattern of overlap
and duplication, and which is appropriate for almost any sort of
operating system.
814 Clark Jul 82 Name, Addresses, Ports, and Routes
This RFCgives suggestions and guidance for the design of the tables
and algorithms necessary to keep track of these various sorts of
identifiers inside a host implementation of TCP/IP.
813 Clark Jul 82 Window and Acknowledgement Strategy in
TCP
This RFCdescribes implementation strategies to deal with two
mechanisms in TCP, the window and the acknowledgement. It also
presents a particular set of algorithms which have received testing
in the field, and which appear to work properly with each other.
With more experience, these algorithms may become part of the formal
specification, until such time their use is recommended.
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812 Harrenstien Mar 82 NICNAME/WHOIS
This RFCgives a description of what the NICNAME/WHOIS Server is and
how to access it. This server together with the corresponding
Identification Data Base provides online Directory look-up equivalent
to the ARPANET Directory.
811 Harrenstien Mar 82 Hostnames Server
This RFCgives a description of what the Hostnames Server is and how
to access it. The function of this particular server is to deliver
machine-readable name/address information describing networks,
gateways, hosts, and eventually domains, within the internet
environment.
810 Feinler Mar 82 DoD Internet Host Table Specification
This RFCspecifies a new host table format applicable to both ARPANET
and Internet needs. In addition to host name to host address
translation and selected protocol information, we have also included
network and gateway name to address correspondence, and host
operating system information. This RFCobsoletes the host table
described in RFC608.
809 Chang Feb 82 UCL Facsimile System
This RFCdescribes the features of the computerised facsimile system
developed in the Department of Computer Science at UCL. First its
functions are considered and the related experimental work are
reported. Then the disciplines for system design are discussed.
Finally, the implementation of the system are described, while
detailed description are given as appendices.
808 Postel Mar 82 Summary of Computer Mail Services
Meeting Held at BBN on 10 January 1979
This RFCis a very belated attempt to document a meeting that was
held three years earlier to discuss the state of computer mail in the
ARPA community and to reach some conclusions to guide the further
development of computer mail systems such that a coherent total mail
service would continue to be provided.
807 Postel Feb 82 Multimedia Mail Meeting Notes
This RFCconsists of notes from a meeting held at USC Information
Sciences Institute on the 12th of January to discuss common interests
in multimedia computer mail issues and to agree on some specific
initial experiments.
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806 NBS Sep 81 Specification for Message Format for
Computer Based Message Systems
This RFCdeals with Computer Based Message systems which provides a
basis for interaction between different CBMS by defining the format
of messages passed between them. This RFCis replaced by RFC841.
805 Postel Feb 82 Computer Mail Meeting Notes
This RFCconsists of notes from a meeting that was held at USC
Information Sciences Institute on 11 January 1982, to discuss
addressing issues in computer mail. The major conclusion reached at
the meeting is to extend the "username@hostname" mailbox format to
"username@host.domain", where the domain itself can be further
strutured.
804 CCITT Jan 82 CCITT Draft Recommendation T.4
This is the CCITT standard for group 3 facsimile encoding. This is
useful for data compression of bit map data.
803 Agarwal Nov 81 Dacom 450/500 Facsimile Data
Transcoding
The first part of this RFCdescribes in detail the Dacom 450 data
compression algorithms and is an update and correction to an earlier
memorandum. The second part of this RFCdescribes briefly the Dacom
500 data compression algorithm as used by the INTELPOST
electronic-mail network under development by the US Postal Service
and several foreign administrators.
802 Malis Nov 81 The ARPANET 1822L Host Access Protocol
This document proposed two major changes to the current ARPANET host
access protocol. The first change will allow hosts to use logical
addressing (i.e., host addresses that are independent of their
physical location on the ARPANET) to communicate with each other, and
the second will allow a host to shorten the amount of time that it
may be blocked by its IMP after it presents a message to the network
(currently, the IMP can block further input from a host for up to 15
seconds). See RFCs 852 and 851.
801 Postel Nov 81 NCP/TCP Transition Plan
This RFCdiscusses the conversion of hosts from NCP to TCP. And
making available the principle services: Telnet, File Transfer, and
Mail. These protocols allow all hosts in the ARPA community to share
a common interprocess communication environment.
Postel & Westine [page 17]
RFC899 May 1984
800 Postel Nov 82 Requests for Comments Summary
This RFCis a slightly annotated list of the 100 RFCs from RFC700
through RFC799. This is a status report on these RFCs.
Postel & Westine
