RFC 580 · UNKNOWN · 1973
MON · 15 JUN 2026
Note to Protocol Designers and Implementers
Overview
RFC 580, “Note to Protocol Designers and Implementers”, is an Unknown document published in October 1973 by J. Postel. It has since been updated by RFC 582. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1973
- RFC 579 Traffic statistics
- RFC 581 Corrections to RFC 560: Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing Telnet Option
- RFC 578 Using MIT-Mathlab MACSYMA from MIT-DMS Muddle
- RFC 582 Comments on RFC 580: Machine readable protocols
- RFC 577 Mail priority
- RFC 576 Proposal for modifying linking
- RFC 584 Charter for ARPANET Users Interest Working Group
- RFC 585 ARPANET users interest working group meeting