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272:, published in June 2022. Generally, the new model is intended to clarify responsibilities and processes for defining and implementing policies related to the RFC series and the RFC Editor function. Changes in the new model included establishing the position of the RFC Consulting Editor, the RFC Series Working Group (RSWG), and the RFC Series Approval Board (RSAB). It also established a new Editorial Stream for the RFC Series and concluded the RSOC. The role of the RSE was changed to the RFC Series Consulting Editor (RSCE). In September 2022, Alexis Rossi was appointed to that position. 415:. Only the IETF creates BCPs and RFCs on the standards track. The IAB publishes informational documents relating to policy or architecture. The IRTF publishes the results of research, either as informational documents or as experiments. Independent submissions are published at the discretion of the Independent Submissions Editor. Non-IETF documents are reviewed by the 260:(IRTF), and an independent stream from other outside sources. A new model was proposed in 2008, refined, and published in August 2009, splitting the task into several roles, including the RFC Series Advisory Group (RSAG). The model was updated in 2012. The streams were also refined in December 2009, with standards defined for their style. 175:, which first defined the RFC series, Crocker started attributing the RFC series to the Network Working Group. Rather than being a formal committee, it was a loose association of researchers interested in the ARPANET project. In effect, it included anyone who wanted to join the meetings and discussions about the project. 758:
is used for some very old RFCs, where it is unclear which status the document would get if it were published today. Some of these RFCs would not be published at all today; an early RFC was often just that: a simple Request for Comments, not intended to specify a protocol, administrative procedure, or
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In January 2010, the RFC Editor function was moved to a contractor, Association Management Solutions, with Glenn Kowack serving as interim series editor. In late 2011, Heather Flanagan was hired as the permanent RFC Series Editor (RSE). Also at that time, an RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC) was
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An experimental RFC can be an IETF document or an individual submission to the RFC Editor. A draft is designated experimental if it is unclear the proposal will work as intended or unclear if the proposal will be widely adopted. An experimental RFC may be promoted to standards track if it becomes
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researchers. Unlike the modern RFCs, many of the early RFCs were actual Requests for Comments and were titled as such to avoid sounding too declarative and to encourage discussion. The RFC leaves questions open and is written in a less formal style. This less formal style is now typical of
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For easy access to the metadata of an RFC, including abstract, keywords, author(s), publication date, errata, status, and especially later updates, the RFC Editor site offers a search form with many features. A redirection sets some efficient parameters, example: rfc:5000.
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The RFC tradition of pragmatic, experience-driven, after-the-fact standards authorship accomplished by individuals or small working groups can have important advantages over the more formal, committee-driven process typical of ISO and national standards bodies.
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If an RFC becomes an Internet Standard (STD), it is assigned an STD number but retains its RFC number. The definitive list of Internet Standards is the Official Internet Protocol Standards. Previously STD 1 used to maintain a snapshot of the list.
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RFCs: BCP, FYI, and STD. Best Current Practice (BCP) is a sub-series of mandatory IETF RFCs not on standards track. For Your Information (FYI) is a sub-series of informational RFCs promoted by the IETF as specified in
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Once submitted, accepted, and published, an RFC cannot be changed. Errata may be submitted, which are published separately. More significant changes require a new submission which will receive a new serial number.
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In 2020, the IAB convened the RFC Editor Future Development program to discuss potential changes to the RFC Editor model. The results of the program were included the RFC Editor Model (Version 3) as defined in
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Following the expiration of the original ARPANET contract with the U.S. federal government, the Internet Society, acting on behalf of the IETF, contracted with the Networking Division of the
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the superseding RFC. Together, the serialized RFCs compose a continuous historical record of the evolution of Internet standards and practices. The RFC process is documented in RFC 
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The general rule is that original authors (or their employers, if their employment conditions so stipulate) retain copyright unless they make an explicit transfer of their rights.
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of RFCs were defined, so that the editing duties could be divided. IETF documents came from IETF working groups or submissions sponsored by an IETF area director from the
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An independent body, the IETF Trust, holds the copyright for some RFCs and for all others it is granted a license by the authors that allows it to reproduce RFCs. The
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Not all RFCs are standards. Each RFC is assigned a designation with regard to status within the Internet standardization process. This status is one of the following:
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RFC is one that the technology defined by the RFC is no longer recommended for use, which differs from "Obsoletes" header in a replacement RFC. For example, RFC 
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body of a MIME entity, by giving media type and subtype identifiers, and by providing auxiliary information that may be required for certain media types. After the
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obsoleted FYI 1 and concluded this sub-series. Standard (STD) used to be the third and highest maturity level of the IETF standards track specified in RFC 
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without support from an external institution. Standards-track RFCs are published with approval from the IETF, and are usually produced by experts participating in
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The BCP series also covers technical recommendations for how to practice Internet standards; for instance, the recommendation to use source filtering to make
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describing methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems. It is submitted either for
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Many of the early RFC documents have status "unknown" because they come from the long-gone era when an RFC really was just a request for comments.
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When an Internet Standard is updated, its STD number stays the same, now referring to a new RFC or set of RFCs. A given Internet Standard, STD
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text format. In August 2019, the format was changed so that new documents can be viewed optimally in devices with varying display sizes.
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RFCs generally contain relevant information or experiments for the Internet at large not in conflict with IETF work. compare RFC 
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The Request for Comments (RFC) Series is the archival series dedicated to documenting Internet technical specifications, ...
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is referenced on many RFCs prior to RFC4714 as the copyright owner, but it transferred its rights to the IETF Trust.
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subseries collects administrative documents and other texts which are considered as official rules and not only
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Many of the subsequent RFCs of the 1970s also came from UCLA, because UCLA is one of the first of what were
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Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing
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In December 1969, researchers began distributing new RFCs via the newly operational ARPANET. RFC 
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Most RFCs use a common set of terms such as "MUST" and "NOT RECOMMENDED" (as defined by RFC 
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refers to a certain RFC or set of RFCs, but which RFC or RFCs may change over time).
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and the source of early RFCs. The ARC became the first network information center (
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of the form https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5000, shown for RFC 
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was an Internet Standard—STD 1—and in May 2008 it was replaced with RFC 
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or to convey new concepts, information, or, occasionally, engineering humor.
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Retirement of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" Summary Document
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is the RFC Datatracker. Almost any published RFC can be retrieved via a
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The inception of the RFC format occurred in 1969 as part of the seminal
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IESG Procedures for Handling of Independent and IRTF Stream Submissions
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became an Internet Standard, and as of May 2008 STD 1 is RFC 
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text and is published in that form, but may also be available in other
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at a given time, but later the same standard may be updated to be RFC
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A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers
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documents, the precursor step before being approved as an RFC.
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project. Today, it is the official publication channel for the
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Housley, Russell; Crocker, Dave; Burger, Eric (October 2011).
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in 1969 to help record unofficial notes on the development of
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to distribute the RFCs along with other network information.
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Publication of the development and standards for the Internet
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continued to be part of the team until October 13, 2006.
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anything else for which the RFC series is used today.
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Requests for Comments were originally produced in non-
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Reducing the Standards Track to Two Maturity Levels
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