RFC 1831 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1995
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2
Overview
RFC 1831, “RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 1995 by R. Srinivasan. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5531 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes the ONC Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC Version 2) protocol as it is currently deployed and accepted. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1995
- RFC 1830 SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages
- RFC 1832 XDR: External Data Representation Standard
- RFC 1829 The ESP DES-CBC Transform
- RFC 1833 Binding Protocols for ONC RPC Version 2
- RFC 1828 IP Authentication using Keyed MD5
- RFC 1834 Whois and Network Information Lookup Service, Whois++
- RFC 1827 IP Encapsulating Security Payload
- RFC 1835 Architecture of the WHOIS++ service