RFC 839: Who talks TCP?
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 842.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 847 — Summary of Smallberg surveys
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC is a survey of hosts to identify the implementation status of Telnet, FTP, and Mail on TCP. The list of hosts was taken from the NIC hostname table of 31-Dec-82. The tests were run on 25-Jan-83.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC839
- Published
- January 1983
- Authors
- D. Smallberg
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 14
- Also known as
- —
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 13 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
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