RFC 1160 · INFORMATIONAL · 1990
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Internet Activities Board
Overview
RFC 1160, “Internet Activities Board”, is an Informational document published in May 1990 by V. Cerf. It obsoletes RFC 1120. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC provides a history and description of the Internet Activities Board (IAB) and its subsidiary organizations. This memo is for informational use and does not constitute a standard. This is a revision of RFC 1120.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1990
- RFC 1159 Message Send Protocol
- RFC 1161 SNMP over OSI
- RFC 1158 Management Information Base for network management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II
- RFC 1162 Connectionless Network Protocol and End System to Intermediate System Management Information Base
- RFC 1157 Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 1163 Border Gateway Protocol
- RFC 1156 Management Information Base for network management of TCP/IP-based internets
- RFC 1164 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet