Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
RFC 1122, “Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers”, is an Internet Standard document published in October 1989 by R. Braden. It updates RFC 793. It has since been updated by RFC 1349, RFC 4379, RFC 5884, RFC 6093, RFC 6298, RFC 6633, RFC 6864, RFC 8029, RFC 9293. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC is an official specification for the Internet community. It incorporates by reference, amends, corrects, and supplements the primary protocol standards documents relating to hosts. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Internet Standard” means
A mature, widely-implemented specification that has completed the full IETF standards process — the highest maturity level on the standards track.
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- RFC 1121 Act one - the poems
- RFC 1123 Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
- RFC 1120 Internet Activities Board
- RFC 1124 Policy issues in interconnecting networks
- RFC 1119 Network Time Protocol specification and implementation
- RFC 1125 Policy requirements for inter Administrative Domain routing
- RFC 1118 Hitchhikers guide to the Internet
- RFC 1126 Goals and functional requirements for inter-autonomous system routing