RFC 929 · HISTORIC · 1984

Proposed Host-Front End Protocol

Overview

RFC 929, “Proposed Host-Front End Protocol”, is a Historic document published in December 1984 by J. Lilienkamp, R. Mandell, M.A. Padlipsky. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Host-Front End Protocol introduced in RFC-928 is described in detail in this memo. The first order of business is to declare that THIS IS A PROPOSAL, NOT A FINAL STANDARD, and the second order of business is to request that any readers of these documents who are able to do test implementations (a) do so and (b) coordinate their efforts with the author. This RFC suggests a proposed protocol for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

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What “Historic” means

A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.

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