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
