RFC 952 · UNKNOWN · 1985
MON · 27 JUL 2026
DoD Internet host table specification
Overview
RFC 952, “DoD Internet host table specification”, is an Unknown document published in October 1985 by K. Harrenstien, M.K. Stahl, E.J. Feinler. It obsoletes RFC 810. It has since been updated by RFC 1123. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC is the official specification of the format of the Internet Host Table. This edition of the specification includes minor revisions to RFC-810 which brings it up to date.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1985
- RFC 951 Bootstrap Protocol
- RFC 953 Hostname Server
- RFC 950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
- RFC 954 NICNAME/WHOIS
- RFC 949 FTP unique-named store command
- RFC 955 Towards a transport service for transaction processing applications
- RFC 948 Two methods for the transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802.3 networks
- RFC 956 Algorithms for synchronizing network clocks