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== Definition ==

The RFC (Request for Comments) series contains technical and organizational documents about the Internet, including the technical specifications and policy documents produced by the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force Internet Engineering Task Force] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Society Internet Society] (Wikipedia)

Some of these are [[standard]]s, some have just informational or experimental status. The publications process has been design to be '''fast''' and there is a peer control mechanism (i.e. an RFC first must be published as an ''Internet Draft''.

== Categories of RFCs ==

Today there are over [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/index.html 3000 RFCs]
(some obsolete, e.g. superseded by more recent ones).

; Standards RFCs
Some of the most popular RFCs concern all the things that make Internet work....

* SMTP
* [[URI]] ([[URL]]s and [[URN]]s)
* TCP
* Domain Names
* [[HTTP]]
* MIME, e.g. RFC 2045, RFC 2047, RFC 2231

; "For your Information" (FYU) RFCs

A few contain guidelines for usage/behavior, e.g.

* [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html RFC-1855 - Netiquette Guidelines]. It contains advice like:
{{quotation | Read both mailing lists and newsgroups for one to two months before you post anything. This helps you to get an understanding of the culture of the group.}}

* [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/fyi/fyi38.html RFC-3098/FYI-38 - How to Advertise Responsibly Using E-Mail and Newsgroups].

; Current Best Practices

These are technical documents that tell how to use standards (e.g. implement something). E.g.

* [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/bcp/bcp5.html RFC-1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets]

; For education
There are not many RFC [[standard]]s that address education, since RFCs deal with rather lower technical layers of Internet.

* [ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1941.txt RFC- 1941/FYI 002 - Frequently Asked Questions for Schools]

== Links ==

; RFC Repositories
* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ Internet FAQ Archives] (The subtitle of this archive which also contains the RFCs is "online Education" :)

* [http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html Request for comments] at ''The Internet Engineering Task Force'' ([http://www.ietf.org/home.html IETF]). I rather suggest to use the link above if you want to browse, This archive is better to search.

; How-to
* [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/editor-info.html RFC Editor Information]

; Internet society
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force Internet Engineering Task Force] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Society Internet Society] (Wikipedia)
* http://www.isoc.org/
* RFC 3160 (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force)

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