RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
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RFC 768, "User Datagram Protocol", was published in August 1980 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
- RFC768
- Published
- August 1980
- Authors
- J. Postel
- Status
- INTERNET STANDARD
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 3
- Also known as
- STD6
- Updated by:
- RFC 9868
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Referenced by
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