RFC 5000
Internet Official Protocol Standards
Network Working Group RFC Editor Request for Comments: 5000 USC/ISI STD: 1 May 2008 Obsoletes: 3700 Category: Informational Internet Official Protocol Standards Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. IESG Note This document obsoletes RFC 3700. It also reclassifies RFCs that were previously published as STD 1 as Historic. More specifically, this RFC moves RFCs 3000, 3300, 3600, and 3700 to Historic status.Abstract
This document is published by the RFC Editor to provide a summary of the current standards protocols (as of 18 February 2008). It lists those official protocol standards, Best Current Practice, and Experimental RFCs that have not been obsoleted; it is not a complete index to the RFC series. Newly published RFCs and RFCs whose status has changed are starred. For an up-to-date list, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcxx00.html, which is updated daily.Table of Contents
1. Overview ........................................................2 2. RFC Resources and Retrieval .....................................2 3. Current Technical Specifications ................................3 3.1. Standard Protocols Ordered by STD ..........................3 3.2. Standard Protocols Ordered by RFC ..........................6 3.3. Draft Standard Protocols ...................................8 3.4. Proposed Standard Protocols ...............................11 3.5. Best Current Practice Ordered by BCP ......................57 3.6. Best Current Practice Ordered by RFC ......................62 3.7. Experimental Protocols ....................................67 4. Security Considerations ........................................74
1. Overview
This memo contains a snapshot of the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet, as determined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It is a 18 February 2008 snapshot of the current official protocol standards list and the Best Current Practice list, which is updated daily and is available from the RFC Editor Web site. The RFC Editor publishes Request for Comments (RFC) documents that are the output of 4 streams: IAB, IETF, IRTF, and Independent Submission via the RFC Editor. This memo is published by the RFC Editor for the IESG and IAB, in which the categorizations are in accordance with Section 2.1 of "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", RFC 2026, which specifies the rules and procedures by which all Internet standards are set. Sections 3.1 - 3.7 of this memo contain the lists of protocols in each stage of standardization - Standard, Draft Standard, Proposed Standard, Experimental, as well as Best Current Practice documents. Protocols that are new to this document or have been moved from one protocol level to another, or that differ from the previous edition of this document are marked with an asterisk. Informational and Historic RFCs are not included. This list is not a complete index to RFCs.2. RFC Resources and Retrieval
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3. Current Technical Specifications
3.1. Standard Protocols Ordered by STD
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.] Mnemonic Title RFC# STD# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Internet Official Protocol Standards 5000* 1 -------- [Reserved for Assigned Numbers. See RFC 1700 and xxx 2 RFC 3232.] -------- Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication 1122 3 Layers -------- Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and 1123 3 Support -------- [Reserved for Router Requirements. See RFC 1812.] xxx 4 IP Internet Protocol 791 5 ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol 792 5 -------- Broadcasting Internet Datagrams 919 5 -------- Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the presence of 922 5 subnets -------- Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure 950 5 IGMP Host extensions for IP multicasting 1112 5 UDP User Datagram Protocol 768 6 TCP Transmission Control Protocol 793 7 TELNET Telnet Protocol Specification 854 8 FTP File Transfer Protocol 959 9 -------- ["Mail routing and the domain system". Was RFC 974 xxx 10 (STANDARD), Now HISTORIC.] SMTP ["Simple Mail Transfer Protocol". Was RFC 821 xxx 10 (STANDARD), Obsoleted by RFC 2821 (PROPOSED STANDARD)] -------- ["SMTP Service Extensions". Was RFC 1869 xxx 10 (STANDARD), Obsoleted by RFC 2821 (PROPOSED STANDARD)] SMTP-SIZE SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration 1870 10 MAIL ["STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT xxx 11 MESSAGES". Was RFC 822 (STANDARD), Obsoleted by RFC 2822 (PROPOSED STANDARD)] -------- [Reserved for Network Time Protocol (NTP). See RFC xxx 12 1305.] DOMAIN Domain names - concepts and facilities 1034 13 DOMAIN Domain names - implementation and specification 1035 13 -------- [Was Mail Routing and the Domain System. Now xxx 14 Historic.] -------- [Was Simple Network Management Protocol. Now xxx 15 Historic.]
SMI Structure and identification of management 1155 16
information for TCP/IP-based internets
Concise-MI Concise MIB definitions 1212 16
MIB-II Management Information Base for Network Management 1213 17
of TCP/IP-based internets:MIB-II
-------- [Was Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC 904). Now xxx 18
Historic.]
NETBIOS Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a 1001 19
TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods
NETBIOS Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a 1002 19
TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications
ECHO Echo Protocol 862 20
DISCARD Discard Protocol 863 21
CHARGEN Character Generator Protocol 864 22
QUOTE Quote of the Day Protocol 865 23
USERS Active users 866 24
DAYTIME Daytime Protocol 867 25
TIME Time Protocol 868 26
TOPT-BIN Telnet Binary Transmission 0 27
TOPT-ECHO Telnet Echo Option 0 28
TOPT-SUPP Telnet Suppress Go Ahead Option 0 29
-------- Telnet Status Option 859 30
TOPT-TIM Telnet Timing Mark Option 0 31
TOPT-EXTOP Telnet Extended Options: List Option 0 32
TFTP The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2) 1350 33
-------- [Was Routing Information Protocol (RIP). Replaced xxx 34
by STD 56.]
TP-TCP ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP Version: 3 1006 35
IP-FDDI Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks 1390 36
ARP Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or 826 37
Converting Network Protocol Addresses to 48.bit
Ethernet Address for Transmission on Ethernet
Hardware
RARP A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol 903 38
IP-ARPA [Was BBN Report 1822 (IMP/Host Interface). Now xxx 39
Historic.]
IP-WB Host Access Protocol specification 907 40
IP-E A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams 894 41
over Ethernet Networks
IP-EE Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over 895 42
experimental Ethernet networks
IP-IEEE Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over 1042 43
IEEE 802 networks
IP-DC DCN Local-Network Protocols 891 44
IP-HC Internet Protocol on Network System's 1044 45
HYPERchannel: Protocol Specification
IP-ARC Transmitting IP traffic over ARCNET networks 1201 46
IP-SLIP Nonstandard for transmission of IP datagrams over 1055 47
serial lines: SLIP
IP-NETBIOS Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over 1088 48
NetBIOS networks
IP-IPX Standard for the transmission of 802.2 packets 1132 49
over IPX networks
-------- [Reserved for Definitions of Managed Objects for xxx 50
the Ethernet-like Interface Types. See RFC 3638.]
PPP The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) 1661 51
PPP-HDLC PPP in HDLC-like Framing 1662 51
IP-SMDS The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the SMDS 1209 52
Service
POP3 Post Office Protocol - Version 3 1939 53
OSPF2 OSPF Version 2 2328 54
IP-FR Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay 2427 55
RIP2 RIP Version 2 2453 56
RIP2-APP RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement 1722 57
SMIv2 Structure of Management Information Version 2 2578 58
(SMIv2)
CONV-MIB Textual Conventions for SMIv2 2579 58
CONF-MIB Conformance Statements for SMIv2 2580 58
RMON-MIB Remote Network Monitoring Management Information 2819 59
Base
SMTP-Pipe SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining 2920 60
ONE-PASS A One-Time Password System 2289 61
ARCH-SNMP An Architecture for Describing Simple Network 3411 62
Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
MPD-SNMP Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple 3412 62
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
SNMP-APP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 3413 62
Applications
USM-SNMPV3 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of 3414 62
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
VACM-SNMP View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the 3415 62
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
OPS-MIB Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the 3416 62
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
TRANS-MIB Transport Mappings for the Simple Network 3417 62
Management Protocol (SNMP)
SNMPv2-MIB Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple 3418 62
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
UTF-8 UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646 3629 63
RTP RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time 3550 64
Applications
RTP-AV RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with 3551 65
Minimal Control
-------- Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax 3986* 66
XDR XDR: External Data Representation Standard 4506* 67 ABNF Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF 5234* 683.2. Standard Protocols Ordered by RFC
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the previous edition of this document.] Mnemonic Title STD# RFC# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABNF Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF 68 5234* -------- Internet Official Protocol Standards 1 5000* XDR XDR: External Data Representation Standard 67 4506* -------- Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax 66 3986* UTF-8 UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646 63 3629 RTP-AV RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with 65 3551 Minimal Control RTP RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time 64 3550 Applications SNMPv2-MIB Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple 62 3418 Network Management Protocol (SNMP) TRANS-MIB Transport Mappings for the Simple Network 62 3417 Management Protocol (SNMP) OPS-MIB Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the 62 3416 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) VACM-SNMP View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the 62 3415 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) USM-SNMPV3 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of 62 3414 the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3) SNMP-APP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 62 3413 Applications MPD-SNMP Message Processing and Dispatching for the 62 3412 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ARCH-SNMP An Architecture for Describing Simple Network 62 3411 Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks SMTP-Pipe SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining 60 2920 RMON-MIB Remote Network Monitoring Management Information 59 2819 Base CONF-MIB Conformance Statements for SMIv2 58 2580 CONV-MIB Textual Conventions for SMIv2 58 2579 SMIv2 Structure of Management Information Version 2 58 2578 (SMIv2) RIP2 RIP Version 2 56 2453 IP-FR Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay 55 2427 OSPF2 OSPF Version 2 54 2328 ONE-PASS A One-Time Password System 61 2289 POP3 Post Office Protocol - Version 3 53 1939
SMTP-SIZE SMTP Service Extension for Message Size 10 1870
Declaration
RIP2-APP RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement 57 1722
PPP-HDLC PPP in HDLC-like Framing 51 1662
PPP The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) 51 1661
IP-FDDI Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks 36 1390
TFTP The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2) 33 1350
MIB-II Management Information Base for Network 17 1213
Management of TCP/IP-based internets:MIB-II
Concise-MI Concise MIB definitions 16 1212
IP-SMDS The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the SMDS 52 1209
Service
IP-ARC Transmitting IP traffic over ARCNET networks 46 1201
SMI Structure and identification of management 16 1155
information for TCP/IP-based internets
IP-IPX Standard for the transmission of 802.2 packets 49 1132
over IPX networks
-------- Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application 3 1123
and Support
-------- Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication 3 1122
Layers
IGMP Host extensions for IP multicasting 5 1112
IP-NETBIOS Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams 48 1088
over NetBIOS networks
IP-SLIP Nonstandard for transmission of IP datagrams 47 1055
over serial lines: SLIP
IP-HC Internet Protocol on Network System's 45 1044
HYPERchannel: Protocol Specification
IP-IEEE Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams 43 1042
over IEEE 802 networks
DOMAIN Domain names - implementation and specification 13 1035
DOMAIN Domain names - concepts and facilities 13 1034
TP-TCP ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP Version: 35 1006
3
NETBIOS Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a 19 1002
TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications
NETBIOS Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a 19 1001
TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods
FTP File Transfer Protocol 9 959
-------- Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure 5 950
-------- Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the presence 5 922
of subnets
-------- Broadcasting Internet Datagrams 5 919
IP-WB Host Access Protocol specification 40 907
RARP A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol 38 903
IP-EE Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams 42 895
over experimental Ethernet networks
IP-E A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams 41 894
over Ethernet Networks
IP-DC DCN Local-Network Protocols 44 891
TIME Time Protocol 26 868
DAYTIME Daytime Protocol 25 867
USERS Active users 24 866
QUOTE Quote of the Day Protocol 23 865
CHARGEN Character Generator Protocol 22 864
DISCARD Discard Protocol 21 863
ECHO Echo Protocol 20 862
-------- Telnet Status Option 30 859
TELNET Telnet Protocol Specification 8 854
ARP Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or 37 826
Converting Network Protocol Addresses to 48.bit
Ethernet Address for Transmission on Ethernet
Hardware
TCP Transmission Control Protocol 7 793
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol 5 792
IP Internet Protocol 5 791
UDP User Datagram Protocol 6 768
3.3. Draft Standard Protocols
[Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
previous edition of this document.]
Mnemonic Title RFC#
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPv6-PPP IP Version 6 over PPP 5072*
-------- Autonomous System Confederations for BGP 5065*
-------- LDP Specification 5036*
-------- Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address 4941*
Autoconfiguration in IPv6
-------- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Transport 4934*
Over TCP
-------- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Contact 4933*
Mapping
-------- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Host Mapping 4932*
-------- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Domain Name 4931*
Mapping
-------- Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) 4930*
IPV6-AUTO IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration 4862*
IPV6-ND Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6) 4861*
MEXT-BGP4 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4 4760*
RMON-MIB Remote Network Monitoring Management Information 4502*
Base Version 2
BGP-RR BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh 4456*
Internal BGP (IBGP)
-------- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the 4443*
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
-------- Message Submission for Mail 4409*
-------- IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture 4291*
BGP-4 A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4) 4271*
SMFAX-IM A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail 3965*
FFIF Tag Image File Format Fax eXtended (TIFF-FX) - 3950*
image/tiff-fx MIME Sub-type Registration
FFIF File Format for Internet Fax 3949*
NICNAME WHOIS Protocol Specification 3912*
CONT-DUR Content Duration MIME Header Definition 3803
MIME-ADPCM Toll Quality Voice - 32 kbit/s Adaptive Differential 3802
Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) MIME Sub-type
Registration
MIME-VP2 Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2 (VPIMv2) 3801
EMF-MDN Message Disposition Notification 3798
VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) 3768
-------- DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6 3596
-------- Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using 3593
Performance History Based on 15 Minute Intervals
-------- Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous 3592
Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
(SONET/SDH) Interface Type
DSN An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status 3464
Notifications
EMS-CODE Enhanced Mail System Status Codes 3463
MIME-RPT The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting 3462
of Mail System Administrative Messages
SMTP-DSN Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service 3461
Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)
-------- Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4 3392
TIFF Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - image/tiff MIME 3302
Sub-type Registration
-------- Content Language Headers 3282
-------- (Extensible Markup Language) XML-Signature Syntax 3275
and Processing
MINFAX-IM Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail 3192
MIN-PSTN Minimal GSTN address format in Internet Mail 3191
RMON-MIB Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier 2895
Reference
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) 2865
INTERGRMIB The Interfaces Group MIB 2863
-------- Host Resources MIB 2790
SNMP Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP 2742
Agents
-------- Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1 2741
-------- HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access 2617
Authentication
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 2616
-------- Remote Network Monitoring MIB Extensions for 2613
Switched Networks Version 1.0
IPV6 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification 2460
IARP Inverse Address Resolution Protocol 2390
TN3270E TN3270 Enhancements 2355
TFTP-Opt TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options 2349
TFTP-Blk TFTP Blocksize Option 2348
TFTP-Ext TFTP Option Extension 2347
DHCP-BOOTP DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions 2132
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 2131
FRAME-MIB Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs 2115
Using SMIv2
IP-HIPPI IP over HIPPI 2067
MIME-CONF Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part 2049
Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples
MIME-MSG MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part 2047
Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
MIME-MEDIA Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part 2046
Two: Media Types
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part 2045
One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
PPP-CHAP PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol 1994
(CHAP)
PPP-MP The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP) 1990
PPP-LINK PPP Link Quality Monitoring 1989
MTU-IPV6 Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6 1981
CON-MD5 The Content-MD5 Header Field 1864
BGP-4-APP Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the 1772
Internet
PPP-DNCP The PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol (DNCP) 1762
802.5-MIB IEEE 802.5 MIB using SMIv2 1748
RIP2-MIB RIP Version 2 MIB Extension 1724
SIP-MIB Definitions of Managed Objects for SMDS Interfaces 1694
using SMIv2
-------- Definitions of Managed Objects for 1660
Parallel-printer-like Hardware Devices using SMIv2
-------- Definitions of Managed Objects for RS-232-like 1659
Hardware Devices using SMIv2
-------- Definitions of Managed Objects for Character Stream 1658
Devices using SMIv2
-------- SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport 1652
OSI-NSAP Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation in the Internet 1629
ISO-TS-ECH An Echo Function for CLNP (ISO 8473) 1575
DECNET-MIB DECnet Phase IV MIB Extensions 1559
-------- Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap 1542
Protocol
DHCP-BOOTP Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTP 1534
IP-X.25 Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN in the 1356
Packet Mode
NTPV3 Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, 1305
Implementation and Analysis
FINGER The Finger User Information Protocol 1288
IP-MTU Path MTU discovery 1191
-------- Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP 1188
Datagrams over FDDI Networks
TOPT-LINE Telnet Linemode Option 1184
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol 951
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