RFC 1621 · HISTORIC · 1994
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Pip Near-term Architecture
Overview
RFC 1621, “Pip Near-term Architecture”, is a Historic document published in May 1994 by P. Francis. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The purpose of this RFC and the companion RFC "Pip Header Processing" are to record the ideas (good and bad) of Pip. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Other RFCs from 1994
- RFC 1620 Internet Architecture Extensions for Shared Media
- RFC 1622 Pip Header Processing
- RFC 1619 PPP over SONET/SDH
- RFC 1623 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types
- RFC 1618 PPP over ISDN
- RFC 1624 Computation of the Internet Checksum via Incremental Update
- RFC 1617 Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500 Directory Pilots
- RFC 1625 WAIS over Z39.50-1988