RFC 6410 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2011
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Reducing the Standards Track to Two Maturity Levels
Overview
RFC 6410, “Reducing the Standards Track to Two Maturity Levels”, is a Best Current Practice document published in October 2011 by R. Housley, D. Crocker, E. Burger. It updates RFC 2026. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document updates the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Standards Process defined in RFC 2026. Primarily, it reduces the Standards Process from three Standards Track maturity levels to two. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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