RFC 602 · UNKNOWN · 1973
MON · 15 JUN 2026
"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care"
Overview
RFC 602, “"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care"”, is an Unknown document published in December 1973 by R.M. Metcalfe. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Susceptibility of ARPANET to security violations.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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