TCP/IP Explained
An easy to understand, comprehensive, and high-level introduction to TCP/IP.
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Appendix B: Official Internet Protocol Standards (RFC 1800)
Overview
From time to time, RFCs are published that list the status of the various protocols and the RFCs that define them. Here, we list the status (Standard, Draft Standard etc.) of the individual protocols and the documents through which they are defined, based upon the information contained in RFC 1800.
B.1 Standard Protocols
Table B-1: Standard Protocols
| STD | Protocol | Name | Status | RFC(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internet Official Protocol Standards | Required | 1800 | |
| 2 | Assigned Numbers | Required | 1700 | |
| 3 | Host Requirements Communications | Required | 1122 | |
| 3 | Host Requirements Applications | Required | 1123 | |
| 5 | IP | Internet Protocol | Required | 791 |
| 5 | (amendment) | IP Subnet Extension | Required | 950 |
| 5 | (amendment) | IP Broadcast Datagrams | Required | 919 |
| 5 | (amendment) | IP Broadcast Datagrams with Subnets | Required | 922 |
| 5 | ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol | Required | 792 |
| 5 | IGMP | Internet Group Multi-cast Protocol | Recommended | 1112 |
| 6 | UDP | User Datagram Protocol | Recommended | 768 |
| 7 | TCP | Transmission Control Protocol | Recommended | 793 |
| 8 | TELNET | Telnet Protocol | Recommended | 854,855 |
| 9 | FTP | File Transfer Protocol | Recommended | 959 |
| 10 | SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol | Recommended | 821 |
| 11 | | Format of Electronic Mail Messages | Recommended | 822 |
| 11 | CONTENT | Content Type Header Field | Recommended | 1049 |
| 12 | NTPV2 | Network Time Protocol (Version 2) | Recommended | 1119 |
| 13 | DOMAIN | Domain Name System | Recommended | 1034,1035 |
| 14 | DNS-MX | Mail Routing and the Domain Name System | Recommended | 974 |
| 15 | SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol | Recommended | 1157 |
| 16 | SMI | Structure of Management Information | Recommended | 1155 |
| 16 | Concise-MIB | Concise MIB Definitions | Recommended | 1212 |
| 17 | MIB-II | Management Information Base-II | Recommended | 1213 |
| 19 | NETBIOS | NetBIOS... |
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