RFC 2475 · INFORMATIONAL · 1998
MON · 27 JUL 2026
An Architecture for Differentiated Services
Overview
RFC 2475, “An Architecture for Differentiated Services”, is an Informational document published in December 1998 by S. Blake, D. Black, M. Carlson, E. Davies, Z. Wang, W. Weiss. It has since been updated by RFC 3260. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines an architecture for implementing scalable service differentiation in the Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
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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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1998
- RFC 2474 Definition of the Differentiated Services Field in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
- RFC 2476 Message Submission
- RFC 2473 Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification
- RFC 2472 IP Version 6 over PPP
- RFC 2478 The Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism
- RFC 2471 IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
- RFC 2479 Independent Data Unit Protection Generic Security Service Application Program Interface
- RFC 2470 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks