RFC 765 · UNKNOWN · 1980
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
File Transfer Protocol specification
Overview
RFC 765, “File Transfer Protocol specification”, is an Unknown document published in June 1980 by J. Postel. It obsoletes RFC 542. It has been obsoleted by RFC 959 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
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 1980
- RFC 764 Telnet Protocol specification
- RFC 766 Internet Protocol Handbook: Table of contents
- RFC 763 Role mailboxes
- RFC 767 Structured format for transmission of multi-media documents
- RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol
- RFC 762 Assigned numbers
- RFC 769 Rapicom 450 facsimile file format
- RFC 761 DoD standard Transmission Control Protocol