RFC 1818 · HISTORIC · 1995
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Best Current Practices
Overview
RFC 1818, “Best Current Practices”, is a Historic document published in August 1995 by J. Postel, T. Li, Y. Rekhter. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a new series of documents which describe best current practices for the Internet community. Documents in this series carry the endorsement of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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