RFC 3172 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2001
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parameter Area Domain
Overview
RFC 3172, “Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parameter Area Domain”, is a Best Current Practice document published in September 2001 by G. Huston. It has since been updated by RFC 9120. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo describes the management and operational requirements for the address and routing parameter area ("arpa") domain. 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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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 2001
- RFC 3171 IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
- RFC 3173 IP Payload Compression Protocol
- RFC 3170 IP Multicast Applications: Challenges and Solutions
- RFC 3174 US Secure Hash Algorithm 1
- RFC 3169 Criteria for Evaluating Network Access Server Protocols
- RFC 3175 Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations
- RFC 3168 The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification to IP
- RFC 3176 InMon Corporation's sFlow: A Method for Monitoring Traffic in Switched and Routed Networks