RFC 869: Host Monitoring Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC specifies the Host Monitoring Protocol used to collect information from various types of hosts in the Internet. Designers of Internet communications software are encouraged to consider this protocol as a means of monitoring the behavior of their creations.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC869
- Published
- December 1983
- Authors
- R. Hinden
- Status
- HISTORIC
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 72
- Also known as
- —
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