RFC 1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
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This RFC is an official specification for the Internet community. It incorporates by reference, amends, corrects, and supplements the primary protocol standards documents relating to hosts. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1123
- Published
- October 1989
- Authors
- R. Braden
- Status
- INTERNET STANDARD
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 98
- Also known as
- STD3
Topics
Referenced by
6 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
- RFC 1349Type of Service in the Internet Protocol SuiteObsoleted
July 1992
- RFC 2181Clarifications to the DNS SpecificationUpdated
July 1997
- RFC 5321Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolUpdated
October 2008
- RFC 5966DNS Transport over TCP - Implementation RequirementsObsoleted
August 2010
- RFC 7766DNS Transport over TCP - Implementation RequirementsUpdated
March 2016
- RFC 9210DNS Transport over TCP - Operational RequirementsCurrent
March 2022
Related documents
Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.
- RFC 1122Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication LayersUpdated
October 1989
- RFC 2894Router Renumbering for IPv6Current
August 2000
- RFC 7733Applicability Statement: The Use of the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) Protocol Suite in Home Automation and Building ControlCurrent
February 2016
- RFC 8051Applicability of a Stateful Path Computation Element (PCE)Current
January 2017
- RFC 9469Applicability of Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) to Network Virtualization over Layer 3 (NVO3) NetworksCurrent
September 2023
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