There's Gold in them thar Networks! or Searching for Treasure in all the Wrong Places
RFC 1290, “There's Gold in them thar Networks! or Searching for Treasure in all the Wrong Places”, is an Informational document published in December 1991 by J. Martin. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1402 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This paper will present some of the "gold nuggets" of information and file repositories on the network that could be of use to end users. This RFC provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.
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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- RFC 1287 Towards the Future Internet Architecture
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- RFC 1284 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types
- RFC 1283 SNMP over OSI
- RFC 1282 BSD Rlogin