RFC 871 · UNKNOWN · 1982
TUE · 28 JUL 2026
Perspective on the ARPANET reference model
Overview
RFC 871, “Perspective on the ARPANET reference model”, is an Unknown document published in September 1982 by M.A. Padlipsky. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC is primarily intended as a perspective on the ARM and points out some of the differences between the ARM and the ISORM which were expressed by members in NWG general meetings, NWG protocol design committee meetings, the ARPA Internet Working Group, and private conversations over the intervening years. Originally published as M82-47 by the MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts.
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