RFC 617 · UNKNOWN · 1974
WED · 17 JUN 2026
Note on socket number assignment
Overview
RFC 617, “Note on socket number assignment”, is an Unknown document published in February 1974 by E.A. Taft. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Danger of imposing more fixed socket number requirements; see also RFCs 542, 503 and 451.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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