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RFC 3160: The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4677.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 9592 — Retiring the Tao of the IETF

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

This document describes the inner workings of IETF meetings and Working Groups, discusses organizations related to the IETF, and introduces the standards process. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID
RFC3160
Published
August 2001
Authors
S. Harris
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
gen
Pages
38
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1718
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4677

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 7 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1391 (1993)
  2. RFC 1539 (1993)
  3. RFC 1718 (1994)
  4. RFC 3160 (2001)
  5. RFC 4677 (2006)
  6. RFC 6722 (2012)
  7. RFC 9592 (2024) ✓

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