IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
RFC 2780, “IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers”, is a Best Current Practice document published in March 2000 by S. Bradner, V. Paxson. It has since been updated by RFC 4443, RFC 5237, RFC 5771, RFC 6335, RFC 7045. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo provides guidance for the IANA to use in assigning parameters for fields in the IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, UDP and TCP protocol headers. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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