UpdatedBEST CURRENT PRACTICELegacy streamBCP37

RFC 2780: IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers

Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 4443, RFC 5237, RFC 5771, RFC 6335, RFC 7045. Read both.

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo provides guidance for the IANA to use in assigning parameters for fields in the IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, UDP and TCP protocol headers. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

Document record

Document ID
RFC2780
Published
March 2000
Authors
S. Bradner; V. Paxson
Status
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Stream
Legacy
Area
Pages
10
Also known as
BCP37

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