RFC 814 · INFORMATIONAL · 1982
MON · 15 JUN 2026
Name, addresses, ports, and routes
Overview
RFC 814, “Name, addresses, ports, and routes”, is an Informational document published in July 1982 by D.D. Clark. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC gives suggestions and guidance for the design of the tables and algorithms necessary to keep track of these various sorts of identifiers inside a host implementation of TCP/IP.
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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