Architectural Principles of the Internet
RFC 1958, “Architectural Principles of the Internet”, is an Informational document published in June 1996 by B. Carpenter. It has since been updated by RFC 3439. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Internet and its architecture have grown in evolutionary fashion from modest beginnings, rather than from a Grand Plan. While this process of evolution is one of the main reasons for the technology's success, it nevertheless seems useful to record a snapshot of the current principles of the Internet architecture. This is intended for general guidance and general interest, and is in no way intended to be a formal or invariant reference model. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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