RFC 317: Official Host-Host Protocol Modification: Assigned Link Numbers
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 604.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 3232 — Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced by an On-line Database
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
RFC 317, "Official Host-Host Protocol Modification: Assigned Link Numbers", was published in March 1972 by J. Postel. This is one of the earlier, shorter RFCs and the RFC Editor index carries no abstract for it — the full text below is the authoritative source.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC317
- Published
- March 1972
- Authors
- J. Postel
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 1
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 604
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 25 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 317 (1972)
- RFC 349 (1972)
- RFC 433 (1972)
- RFC 503 (1973)
- RFC 604 (1973)
- RFC 739 (1977)
- RFC 750 (1978)
- RFC 755 (1979)
- RFC 758 (1979)
- RFC 762 (1980)
- RFC 770 (1980)
- RFC 776 (1981)
- RFC 790 (1981)
- RFC 820 (1982)
- RFC 870 (1983)
- RFC 900 (1984)
- RFC 923 (1984)
- RFC 943 (1985)
- RFC 960 (1985)
- RFC 990 (1986)
- RFC 1010 (1987)
- RFC 1060 (1990)
- RFC 1340 (1992)
- RFC 1700 (1994)
- RFC 3232 (2002) ✓
Read the full history of Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced by an On-line Database →
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