RFC 602 · UNKNOWN · 1973 MON · 14 SEP 2026

"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care"

By R.M. Metcalfe · Published December 1973 · DOI 10.17487/RFC0602

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.

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The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.

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