RFC 7500 · INFORMATIONAL · 2015

Principles for Operation of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Registries

Overview

RFC 7500, “Principles for Operation of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Registries”, is an Informational document published in April 2015 by R. Housley, O. Kolkman. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8720 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document provides principles for the operation of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) registries.

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 8720
Other RFCs from 2015

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