2. Resources
This section contains important contact information, for reference.
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact: www.iab.org
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact: www.ietf.org
Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact: www.irtf.org
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Contact: www.iana.org
2.2. Request for Comments Editor (RFC Editor) Web Pages
The RFC Editor maintains the official repository of all RFCs and
indexes to them. The RFC Editor web site is:
http://www.rfc-editor.org.
At this URL, a user can:
(a) Obtain the current "Internet Official Protocol Standards" list.
See:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcxx00.html
This hyper-linked listing is updated daily.
(b) Retrieve the latest version of this STD 1 memo. See:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/go.html, and select STD and "1".
(c) Retrieve text of any RFC. See:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/go.html
(d) Search for RFCs by category. See:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/category.html
(e) Search the RFC index for document number, author, title, and/or
keywords, and retrieve the text of any matching documents. See:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html
RFC information can also be retrieved using FTP or email.
2.3. Retrieval using FTP
RFC-related files may be copied via FTP from the FTP.RFC-EDITOR.ORG
computer using the FTP username "anonymous" and password
"name@host.domain". An FTP user can:
(a) Retrieve the latest version of this STD 1 memo.
File: "in-notes/std/std1.txt"
(b) Retrieve text of any RFC.
File: "in-notes/rfcnnnn.txt" will retrieve the ASCII version.
Some RFCs also have secondary Postscript and/or PDF versions,
available from File: "in-notes/rfcnnnn.ps" and/or
"in-notes/rfcnnnn.pdf", respectively.
Here "nnnn" is a 1-4 digit RFC number, with no leading zeros.
2.4. Search and Retrieval Using Email
To use the RFC Editor's email-based RFC-INFO service, send a request
to:
RFC-INFO@RFC-EDITOR.ORG
In the message body, include your information request. For example,
the following message bodies may be used.
(a) To retrieve the latest version of this STD 1 memo:
Retrieve: STD
Doc-ID: STD0001
(b) To retrieve ASCII text of any RFC:
Retrieve: RFC
Doc-ID: RFCnnnn
Here "nnnn" must be filled with leading zeros to 4 digits.
(c) The RFC-INFO@RFC-EDITOR.ORG server provides other capabilities,
e.g., search and retrieval based on author, title, and/or
keyword. For more information, send the following message body
to the server:
help: help
The server will email back the results.