RFC 608 · UNKNOWN · 1974
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Host names on-line
Overview
RFC 608, “Host names on-line”, is an Unknown document published in January 1974 by M.D. Kudlick. It has been obsoleted by RFC 810 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Response to RFC 606; see also RFCs 627, 625 and 623.
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 1974
- RFC 607 Comments on the File Transfer Protocol
- RFC 609 Statement of upcoming move of NIC/NLS service
- RFC 611 Two changes to the IMP/Host Protocol to improve user/network communications
- RFC 612 Traffic statistics
- RFC 613 Network connectivity: A response to RFC 603
- RFC 614 Response to RFC 607: "Comments on the File Transfer Protocol"
- RFC 615 Proposed Network Standard Data Pathname syntax
- RFC 617 Note on socket number assignment