BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
RFC 1395, “BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions”, is a Draft Standard document published in January 1993 by J. Reynolds. It updates RFC 951. It obsoletes RFC 1048, RFC 1084. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1497, RFC 1533 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC is a slight revision and extension of RFC-1048 by Philip Prindeville, who should be credited with the original work in this memo. This memo will be updated as additional tags are defined. This edition introduces Tag 14 for Merit Dump File, Tag 15 for Domain Name, Tag 16 for Swap Server and Tag 17 for Root Path. This memo is a status report on the vendor information extensions used int the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP).
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
The canonical text of RFC 1395 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
- RFC 1394 Relationship of Telex Answerback Codes to Internet Domains
- RFC 1396 The Process for Organization of Internet Standards Working Group
- RFC 1393 Traceroute Using an IP Option
- RFC 1397 Default Route Advertisement In BGP2 and BGP3 Version of The Border Gateway Protocol
- RFC 1392 Internet Users' Glossary
- RFC 1398 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-Like Interface Types
- RFC 1391 The Tao of the IETF: A Guide for New Attendees of the Internet Engineering Task Force
- RFC 1390 Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks