Appendix B: List of Major RFCs

• RFC-768 : User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• RFC-791 : Internet Protocol (IP)
• RFC-792 : Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• RFC-793 : Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• RFC-821 : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
• RFC-822 : Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages
• RFC-854 : Telnet Protocol
• RFC-917 * : Internet Subnets
• RFC-919 * : Broadcasting Internet Datagrams
• RFC-922 * : Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets
• RFC-940 * : Toward an Internet Standard Scheme for Subnetting
• RFC-947 * : Multi-network Broadcasting within the Internet
• RFC-950 * : Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
• RFC-959 : File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• RFC-966 * : Host Groups: A Multicast Extension to the Internet Protocol
• RFC-988 * : Host Extensions for IP Multicasting
• RFC-997 * : Internet Numbers
• RFC-1010 * : Assigned Numbers
• RFC-1011 * : Official ARPA-Internet Protocols

RFC's marked with the asterisk (*) are not included in the 1985 DDN Protocol Handbook.

Note: This list is a portion of a list of RFC's by topic retrieved from the NIC under NETINFO:RFC-SETS.TXT (anonymous FTP of course).

The following list is not necessary for connection to the Internet, but is useful in understanding the domain system, mail system, and gateways:

• RFC-882 : Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
• RFC-883 : Domain Names - Implementation
• RFC-973 : Domain System Changes and Observations
• RFC-974 : Mail Routing and the Domain System
• RFC-1009 : Requirements for Internet Gateways