RFC 2780: IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
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
Topics
Referenced by
5 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
- RFC 4443Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationUpdated
March 2006
- RFC 5237IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol FieldCurrent
February 2008
- RFC 5771IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address AssignmentsCurrent
March 2010
- RFC 6335Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number RegistryCurrent
August 2011
- RFC 7045Transmission and Processing of IPv6 Extension HeadersCurrent
December 2013
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- RFC 2939Procedures and IANA Guidelines for Definition of New DHCP Options and Message TypesCurrent
September 2000
- RFC 2434Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsObsoleted
October 1998
- RFC 3171IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address AssignmentsObsoleted
August 2001
- RFC 2036Observations on the use of Components of the Class A Address Space within the InternetCurrent
October 1996
- RFC 1917An Appeal to the Internet Community to Return Unused IP Networks (Prefixes) to the IANACurrent
February 1996
- RFC 1881IPv6 Address Allocation ManagementCurrent
December 1995
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