RFC 840: Official protocols
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 880.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 1011 — Official Internet protocols
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC has been revised, see RFC 880.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC840
- Published
- April 1983
- Authors
- J. Postel
- Status
- HISTORIC
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 23
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 880
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 8 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
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One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
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