RFC 1500 · HISTORIC · 1993
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Internet Official Protocol Standards
Overview
RFC 1500, “Internet Official Protocol Standards”, is a Historic document published in August 1993 by J. Postel. It obsoletes RFC 1410. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1540 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet as determined by the Internet Activities Board (IAB). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1993
- RFC 1501 OS/2 User Group
- RFC 1498 On the Naming and Binding of Network Destinations
- RFC 1502 X.400 Use of Extended Character Sets
- RFC 1497 BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions
- RFC 1503 Algorithms for Automating Administration in SNMPv2 Managers
- RFC 1496 Rules for downgrading messages from X.400/88 to X.400/84 when MIME content-types are present in the messages
- RFC 1504 Appletalk Update-Based Routing Protocol: Enhanced Appletalk Routing
- RFC 1495 Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies