RFC 848 · UNKNOWN · 1983
MON · 15 JUN 2026
Who provides the "little" TCP services?
Overview
RFC 848, “Who provides the "little" TCP services?”, is an Unknown document published in March 1983 by D. Smallberg. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC lists those hosts which provide any of these "little" TCP services: The list of hosts were taken from the NIC hostname table of 24-Feb-83. The tests were run on February 23 and 24, and March 3 and 5 from ISI-VAXA.ARPA.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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- RFC 847 Summary of Smallberg surveys
- RFC 849 Suggestions for improved host table distribution
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- RFC 850 Standard for interchange of USENET messages
- RFC 845 Who talks TCP? - survey of 15 February 1983
- RFC 851 ARPANET 1822L Host Access Protocol
- RFC 844 Who talks ICMP, too? - Survey of 18 February 1983
- RFC 852 ARPANET short blocking feature