RFC 942 · UNKNOWN · 1985
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Transport protocols for Department of Defense data networks
Overview
RFC 942, “Transport protocols for Department of Defense data networks”, is an Unknown document published in February 1985 by National Research Council. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC reproduces the National Research Council report resulting from a study of the DoD Internet Protocol (IP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) in comparison with the ISO Internet Protocol (ISO-IP) and Transport Protocol level 4 (TP-4).
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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