RFC 3600:Internet Official Protocol Standards
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3. Current Technical Specifications

3.1. Standard Protocols Ordered by STD

Mnemonic   Title                                               RFC# STD#
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--------   Internet Official Protocol Standards                3600(-> 3700std1)   1*
--------   [Reserved for Assigned Numbers.  See RFC 1700hist(-> 3232) and          2
              RFC 3232.]
--------   Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication     1122std3   3
              Layers
--------   Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application       1123std3   3
              and Support
--------   [Reserved for Router Requirements.  See RFC 1812prop.]         4
IP         Internet Protocol                                    791std5   5
ICMP       Internet Control Message Protocol                    792std5   5
---------  Broadcasting Internet Datagrams                     919std5   5
---------  Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the presence     922std5   5
              of subnets
--------   Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure              950std5   5
IGMP       Host extensions for IP multicasting                1112std5   5
UDP        User Datagram Protocol                              768std6   6
TCP        Transmission Control Protocol                       793std7   7
TELNET     Telnet Protocol Specification                       854std8   8
TELNET     Telnet Option Specifications                        855std8   8
FTP        File Transfer Protocol                              959std9   9
SMTP       Simple Mail Transfer Protocol                       821std10(-> 2821prop)  10
SMTP-SIZE  SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration1870std10  10
MAIL       Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text       822std11(-> 2822prop)  11
              messages
--------   [Reserved for Network Time Protocol (NTP).  See RFC       12
              1305draft.]
DOMAIN     Domain names - concepts and facilities             1034std13  13
DOMAIN     Domain names - implementation and specification    1035std13  13
--------   [Was Mail Routing and the Domain System.  Now             14
              Historic.]
--------   [Was Simple Network Management Protocol.  Now             15
              Historic.]
SMI        Structure and identification of management         1155std16  16
              information for TCP/IP-based internets
Concise-MI Concise MIB definitions                            1212std16  16
MIB-II     Management Information Base for Network Management 1213std17  17
              of TCP/IP-based internets:MIB-II
--------   [Was Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC 904hist).  Now            18
              Historic.]
NETBIOS    Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on         1001std19  19
              a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods
NETBIOS    Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on         1002std19  19

              a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications
ECHO       Echo Protocol                                       862std20  20
DISCARD    Discard Protocol                                    863std21  21
CHARGEN    Character Generator Protocol                        864std22  22
QUOTE      Quote of the Day Protocol                           865std23  23
USERS      Active users                                        866std24  24
DAYTIME    Daytime Protocol                                    867std25  25
TIME       Time Protocol                                       868std26  26
TOPT-BIN   Telnet Binary Transmission                          856std27  27
TOPT-ECHO  Telnet Echo Option                                  857std28  28
TOPT-SUPP  Telnet Suppress Go Ahead Option                     858std29  29
TOPT-STAT  Telnet Status Option                                859std30  30
TOPT-TIM   Telnet Timing Mark Option                           860std31  31
TOPT-EXTOP Telnet Extended Options: List Option                861std32  32
TFTP       The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)                     1350std33  33
--------   [Was Routing Information Protocol (RIP).  Replaced        34
              by STD 56.]
TP-TCP     ISO transport services on top of the TCP:          1006std35  35
              Version 3
IP-FDDI    Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks      1390std36  36
ARP        Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or converting 826std37  37
              network protocol addresses to 48.bit Ethernet
              address for transmission on Ethernet hardware
RARP       Reverse Address Resolution Protocol                 903std38  38
IP-ARPA    [Was BBN Report 1822 (IMP/Host Interface).  Now           39
              Historic.]
IP-WB      Host Access Protocol specification                  907std40  40
IP-E       Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams       894std41  41
              over Ethernet networks
IP-EE      Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams       895std42  42
              over experimental Ethernet networks
IP-IEEE    Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams      1042std43  43
              over IEEE 802 networks
IP-DC      DCN local-network protocols                         891std44  44
IP-HC      Internet Protocol on Network System's HYPERchannel:1044std45  45
              Protocol specification
IP-ARC     Transmitting IP traffic over ARCNET networks       1201std46  46
IP-SLIP    Nonstandard for transmission of IP datagrams       1055std47  47
              over serial lines: SLIP
IP-NETBIOS Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams      1088std48  48
              over NetBIOS networks
IP-IPX     Standard for the transmission of 802.2 packets     1132std49  49
              over IPX networks
--------   [Reserved for Definitions of Managed Objects for          50*
              the Ethernet-like Interface Types.  See RFC
              3638.]
PPP        The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)                  1661std51  51
PPP-HDLC   PPP in HDLC-like Framing                           1662std51  51

IP-SMDS    Transmission of IP datagrams over the SMDS Service 1209std52  52
POP3       Post Office Protocol - Version 3                   1939std53  53
OSPF2      OSPF Version 2                                     2328std54  54
IP-FR      Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay        2427std55  55
RIP2       RIP Version 2                                      2453std56  56
RIP2-APP   RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement     1722std57  57
SMIv2      Structure of Management Information Version        2578std58  58
              2 (SMIv2)
CONV-MIB   Textual Conventions for SMIv2                      2579std58  58
CONF-MIB   Conformance Statements for SMIv2                   2580std58  58
RMON-MIB   Remote Network Monitoring Management Information   2819std59  59
              Base
SMTP-Pipe  SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining      2920std60  60
ONE-PASS   A One-Time Password System                         2289std61  61
ARCH-SNMP  An Architecture for Describing Simple Network      3411std62  62*
              Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
MPD-SNMP   Message Processing and Dispatching for the         3412std62  62*
              Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
SNMP-APP   Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)          3413std62  62*
              Applications
USM-SNMPV3 User-based Security Model (USM) for version        3414std62  62*
              3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
              (SNMPv3)
VACM-SNMP  View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for         3415std62  62*
              the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
OPS-MIB    Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the       3416std62  62*
              Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
TRANS-MIB  Transport Mappings for the Simple Network          3417std62  62*
              Management Protocol (SNMP)
SNMPv2-MIB Management Information Base (MIB) for the          3418std62  62*
              Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

   [Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
   previous edition of this document.]

3.2. Standard Protocols Ordered by RFC

Mnemonic   Title                                               STD# RFC#
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--------   Internet Official Protocol Standards                 1  3600(-> 3700std1)*
              Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
SNMPv2-MIB Management Information Base (MIB) for the           62  3418std62*
              Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
TRANS-MIB  Transport Mappings for the Simple Network           62  3417std62*
              Management Protocol (SNMP)
OPS-MIB    Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the        62  3416std62*
              Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
VACM-SNMP  View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for          62  3415std62*
              the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
USM-SNMPV3 User-based Security Model (USM) for version         62  3414std62*
              3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
              (SNMPv3)
SNMP-APP   Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)           62  3413std62*
              Applications
MPD-SNMP   Message Processing and Dispatching for the          62  3412std62*
              Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
ARCH-SNMP  An Architecture for Describing Simple Network       62  3411std62*
              Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
SMTP-Pipe  SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining       60  2920std60
RMON-MIB   Remote Network Monitoring Management Information    59  2819std59
              Base
CONF-MIB   Conformance Statements for SMIv2                    58  2580std58
CONV-MIB   Textual Conventions for SMIv2                       58  2579std58
SMIv2      Structure of Management Information Version         58  2578std58
              2 (SMIv2)
RIP2       RIP Version 2                                       56  2453std56
IP-FR      Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay         55  2427std55
OSPF2      OSPF Version 2                                      54  2328std54
ONE-PASS   A One-Time Password System                          61  2289std61
POP3       Post Office Protocol - Version 3                    53  1939std53
SMTP-SIZE  SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration 10  1870std10
RIP2-APP   RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement      57  1722std57
PPP-HDLC   PPP in HDLC-like Framing                            51  1662std51
PPP        The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)                   51  1661std51
IP-FDDI    Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks       36  1390std36
TFTP       The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)                      33  1350std33
MIB-II     Management Information Base for Network Management  17  1213std17
              of TCP/IP-based internets:MIB-II
Concise-MI Concise MIB definitions                             16  1212std16
IP-SMDS    Transmission of IP datagrams over the SMDS Service  52  1209std52
IP-ARC     Transmitting IP traffic over ARCNET networks        46  1201std46
SMI        Structure and identification of management          16  1155std16
              information for TCP/IP-based internets

IP-IPX     Standard for the transmission of 802.2 packets      49  1132std49
              over IPX networks
--------   Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application        3  1123std3
              and Support
--------   Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication      3  1122std3
              Layers
IGMP       Host extensions for IP multicasting                  5  1112std5
IP-NETBIOS Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams       48  1088std48
              over NetBIOS networks
IP-SLIP    Nonstandard for transmission of IP datagrams        47  1055std47
              over serial lines: SLIP
IP-HC      Internet Protocol on Network System's HYPERchannel: 45  1044std45
              Protocol specification
IP-IEEE    Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams       43  1042std43
              over IEEE 802 networks
DOMAIN     Domain names - implementation and specification     13  1035std13
DOMAIN     Domain names - concepts and facilities              13  1034std13
TP-TCP     ISO transport services on top of the TCP:           35  1006std35
              Version 3
NETBIOS    Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on          19  1002std19
              a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed specifications
NETBIOS    Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on          19  1001std19
              a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and methods
FTP        File Transfer Protocol                               9   959std9
--------   Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure               5   950std5
---------  Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the presence      5   922std5
              of subnets
---------  Broadcasting Internet Datagrams                      5   919std5
IP-WB      Host Access Protocol specification                  40   907std40
RARP       Reverse Address Resolution Protocol                 38   903std38
IP-EE      Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams       42   895std42
              over experimental Ethernet networks
IP-E       Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams       41   894std41
              over Ethernet networks
IP-DC      DCN local-network protocols                         44   891std44
TIME       Time Protocol                                       26   868std26
DAYTIME    Daytime Protocol                                    25   867std25
USERS      Active users                                        24   866std24
QUOTE      Quote of the Day Protocol                           23   865std23
CHARGEN    Character Generator Protocol                        22   864std22
DISCARD    Discard Protocol                                    21   863std21
ECHO       Echo Protocol                                       20   862std20
TOPT-EXTOP Telnet Extended Options: List Option                32   861std32
TOPT-TIM   Telnet Timing Mark Option                           31   860std31
TOPT-STAT  Telnet Status Option                                30   859std30
TOPT-SUPP  Telnet Suppress Go Ahead Option                     29   858std29
TOPT-ECHO  Telnet Echo Option                                  28   857std28
TOPT-BIN   Telnet Binary Transmission                          27   856std27

TELNET     Telnet Option Specifications                         8   855std8
TELNET     Telnet Protocol Specification                        8   854std8
ARP        Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or converting 37   826std37
              network protocol addresses to 48.bit Ethernet
              address for transmission on Ethernet hardware
MAIL       Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text       11   822std11(-> 2822prop)
              messages
SMTP       Simple Mail Transfer Protocol                       10   821std10(-> 2821prop)
TCP        Transmission Control Protocol                        7   793std7
ICMP       Internet Control Message Protocol                    5   792std5
IP         Internet Protocol                                    5   791std5
UDP        User Datagram Protocol                               6   768std6

   [Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
   previous edition of this document.]

3.3. Draft Standard Protocols

Mnemonic   Title                                                    RFC#
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------   Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using               3593draft*
              Performance History Based on 15 Minute Intervals
--------   Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous      3592draft*
              Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
              (SONET/SDH) Interface Type
RTP        RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications    3550std64*
DSN        An Extensible Message Format for Delivery               3464draft*
              Status Notifications
EMS-CODE   Enhanced Mail System Status Codes                       3463draft*
MIME-RPT   The Multipart/Report Content Type for the               3462draft*
              Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages
SMTP-DSN   Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service            3461draft*
              Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)
--------   Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4                   3392draft*
--------   Content Language Headers                                3282draft
--------   (Extensible Markup Language) XML-Signature              3275draft
              Syntax and Processing
MINFAX-IM  Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail             3192draft
MIN-PSTN   Minimal GSTN address format in Internet Mail            3191draft
RMON-MIB   Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier       2895draft*
              Reference
RADIUS     Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)     2865draft
INTERGRMIB The Interfaces Group MIB                                2863draft
--------   Host Resources MIB                                      2790draft
SNMP       Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible           2742draft
              SNMP Agents
--------   Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1         2741draft
--------   HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access            2617draft
              Authentication
HTTP       Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1                 2616draft
ICMPv6     Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6)              2463draft(-> 4443draft)
              for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
              Specification
IPV6-AUTO  IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration                2462draft
IPV6-ND    Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)              2461draft
IPV6       Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification       2460draft
URI-GEN    Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax      2396(-> 3986std66)
IARP       Inverse Address Resolution Protocol                     2390draft
TN3270E    TN3270 Enhancements                                     2355draft
TFTP-Opt   TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options         2349draft
TFTP-Blk   TFTP Blocksize Option                                   2348draft
TFTP-Ext   TFTP Option Extension                                   2347draft
UTF-8      UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646             2279(-> 3629std63)
DHCP-BOOTP DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions                2132draft

DHCP       Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol                     2131draft
FRAME-MIB  Management Information Base for Frame Relay             2115draft
              DTEs Using SMIv2
IP-HIPPI   IP over HIPPI                                           2067draft
MIME-CONF  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)            2049draft
              Part Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples
MIME-MSG   MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)            2047draft
              Part Three: Message Header Extensions for
              Non-ASCII Text
MIME-MEDIA Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)            2046draft
              Part Two: Media Types
MIME       Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)            2045draft
              Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
PPP-CHAP   PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)  1994draft
PPP-MP     The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP)                         1990draft
PPP-LINK   PPP Link Quality Monitoring                             1989draft
CON-MD5    The Content-MD5 Header Field                            1864draft
OSPF-MIB   OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base              1850(-> 4750prop)
XDR        XDR: External Data Representation Standard              1832draft(-> 4506std67)
BGP-4-APP  Application of the Border Gateway Protocol              1772draft
              in the Internet
BGP-4      A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)                     1771(-> 4271draft)
PPP-DNCP   The PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol (DNCP)         1762draft
802.5-MIB  IEEE 802.5 MIB using SMIv2                              1748draft
RIP2-MIB   RIP Version 2 MIB Extension                             1724draft
SIP-MIB    Definitions of Managed Objects for SMDS Interfaces      1694draft
              using SMIv2
--------   Definitions of Managed Objects for Parallel-            1660draft
              printer-like Hardware Devices using SMIv2
--------   Definitions of Managed Objects for RS-232-              1659draft
              like Hardware Devices using SMIv2
--------   Definitions of Managed Objects for Character            1658draft
              Stream Devices using SMIv2
BGP-4-MIB  Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fourth           1657(-> 4273prop)
              Version of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-
              4) using SMIv2
--------   SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport           1652draft
OSI-NSAP   Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation in the Internet      1629draft
ISO-TS-ECH An Echo Function for CLNP (ISO 8473)                    1575draft
DECNET-MIB DECnet Phase IV MIB Extensions                          1559draft
--------   Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap         1542draft
              Protocol
DHCP-BOOTP Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTP                   1534draft
BRIDGE-MIB Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges              1493(-> 4188prop)
IP-X.25    Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN             1356draft
              in the Packet Mode
NTPV3      Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification,        1305draft
              Implementation

FINGER     The Finger User Information Protocol                    1288draft
IP-MTU     Path MTU discovery                                      1191draft
--------   Proposed Standard for the Transmission of               1188draft
              IP Datagrams over FDDI Networks
TOPT-LINE  Telnet Linemode Option                                  1184draft
NICNAME    NICNAME/WHOIS                                            954(-> 3912draft)
BOOTP      Bootstrap Protocol                                       951draft

   [Note: an asterisk at the end of a line indicates a change from the
   previous edition of this document.]

3.4. Proposed Standard Protocols

Mnemonic   Title                                                    RFC#
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------   Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet         3637prop*
              WAN Interface Sublayer
MAU-MIB    Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium    3636(-> 4836prop)*
              Attachment Units (MAUs)
--------   Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-        3635prop*
              like Interface Types
--------   Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2   3630prop*
--------   The AES-CBC Cipher Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec     3602prop*
--------   Text String Notation for Dial Sequences and Global      3601prop*
              Switched Telephone Network (GSTN) / E.164 Addresses
--------   Sieve Email Filtering -- Subaddress Extension           3598prop*
--------   Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) Types      3597prop*
--------   Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label                 3595prop*
--------   PacketCable Security Ticket Control Sub-Option          3594prop*
              for the DHCP CableLabs Client Configuration
              (CCC) Option
--------   Definitions of Managed Objects for the Optical          3591prop*
              Interface Type
--------   Source Address Selection for the Multicast Listener     3590prop*
              Discovery (MLD) Protocol
--------   Diameter Base Protocol                                  3588prop*
--------   IP Security Policy (IPSP) Requirements                  3586prop*
--------   IPsec Configuration Policy Information Model            3585prop*
--------   An Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol         3581prop*
              (SIP) for Symmetric Response Routing
--------   Mapping of Integrated Services Digital Network          3578prop*
              (ISDN) User Part (ISUP) Overlap Signalling
              to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
--------   IANA Considerations for RADIUS (Remote Authentication   3575prop*
              Dial In User Service)
--------   Signalling of Modem-On-Hold status in Layer 2 Tunneling 3573prop*
              Protocol (L2TP)
--------   The AES-XCBC-MAC-96 Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec    3566prop*
--------   Use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)           3565prop*
              Encryption Algorithm in Cryptographic Message Syntax
              (CMS)
--------   Use of the RSAES-OAEP Key Transport Algorithm in        3560prop*
              Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
--------   Multicast Address Allocation MIB                        3559prop*
--------   RTP Payload Format for Enhanced Variable Rate Codecs    3558prop*
              (EVRC) and Selectable Mode Vocoders (SMV)
--------   RTP Payload Format for European Telecommunications      3557prop*
              Standards Institute (ETSI) European Standard
              ES 201 108 Distributed Speech Recognition Encoding

--------   Session Description Protocol (SDP) Bandwidth Modifiers  3556prop*
              for RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Bandwidth
--------   MIME Type Registration of RTP Payload Formats           3555prop(-> 4856prop | 4855prop)*
--------   On the Use of Stream Control Transmission Protocol      3554prop*
              (SCTP) with IPsec
RTP-AV     RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with        3551std65*
              Minimal Control
--------   The Group Domain of Interpretation                      3547prop*
--------   Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions               3546prop(-> 4366prop)*
--------   Enhanced Compressed RTP (CRTP) for Links with High      3545prop*
              Delay, Packet Loss and Reordering
IPCOM-PPP  IP Header Compression over PPP                          3544prop*
--------   Registration Revocation in Mobile IPv4                  3543