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RFC 503: Socket number list

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 739.

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 503, "Socket number list", was published in April 1973 by N. Neigus; 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
RFC503
Published
April 1973
Authors
N. Neigus; J. Postel
Status
UNKNOWN
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
8
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 433
Obsoleted by:
RFC 739

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 25 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 317 (1972)
  2. RFC 349 (1972)
  3. RFC 433 (1972)
  4. RFC 503 (1973)
  5. RFC 604 (1973)
  6. RFC 739 (1977)
  7. RFC 750 (1978)
  8. RFC 755 (1979)
  9. RFC 758 (1979)
  10. RFC 762 (1980)
  11. RFC 770 (1980)
  12. RFC 776 (1981)
  13. RFC 790 (1981)
  14. RFC 820 (1982)
  15. RFC 870 (1983)
  16. RFC 900 (1984)
  17. RFC 923 (1984)
  18. RFC 943 (1985)
  19. RFC 960 (1985)
  20. RFC 990 (1986)
  21. RFC 1010 (1987)
  22. RFC 1060 (1990)
  23. RFC 1340 (1992)
  24. RFC 1700 (1994)
  25. RFC 3232 (2002) ✓

Read the full history of Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced by an On-line Database →

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