RFC 2390 · DRAFT STANDARD · 1998
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
Overview
RFC 2390, “Inverse Address Resolution Protocol”, is a Draft Standard document published in September 1998 by T. Bradley, C. Brown, A. Malis. It obsoletes RFC 1293. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo describes additions to ARP that will allow a station to request a protocol address corresponding to a given hardware address. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Draft Standard” means
A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.
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