BEST CURRENT PRACTICE RFCs

A Best Current Practice (BCP) RFC documents community guidelines, operational conventions, or recommendations rather than a protocol specification. BCP numbers are a subseries.

336 documents

RFC 1915Variance for The PPP Compression Control Protocol and The PPP Encryption Control ProtocolCurrent
February 1996best current practice
RFC 1917An Appeal to the Internet Community to Return Unused IP Networks (Prefixes) to the IANACurrent
February 1996best current practice
RFC 1918Address Allocation for Private InternetsUpdated
February 1996best current practice
RFC 1930Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)Updated
March 1996best current practice
RFC 1984IAB and IESG Statement on Cryptographic Technology and the InternetCurrent
August 1996best current practice
RFC 2008Implications of Various Address Allocation Policies for Internet RoutingCurrent
October 1996best current practice
RFC 2014IRTF Research Group Guidelines and ProceduresCurrent
October 1996best current practice
RFC 2026The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3Updated
October 1996best current practice
RFC 2028The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards ProcessObsoleted
October 1996best current practicereplaced by RFC9281
RFC 2048Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration ProceduresObsoleted
November 1996best current practicereplaced by RFC4288, RFC4289
RFC 2119Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement LevelsUpdated
March 1997best current practice
RFC 2148Deployment of the Internet White Pages ServiceCurrent
September 1997best current practice
RFC 2182Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS ServersCurrent
July 1997best current practice
RFC 2219Use of DNS Aliases for Network ServicesCurrent
October 1997best current practice
RFC 2277IETF Policy on Character Sets and LanguagesCurrent
January 1998best current practice
RFC 2317Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegationCurrent
March 1998best current practice
RFC 2350Expectations for Computer Security Incident ResponseCurrent
June 1998best current practice
RFC 2360Guide for Internet Standards WritersCurrent
June 1998best current practice
RFC 2365Administratively Scoped IP MulticastCurrent
July 1998best current practice
RFC 2379RSVP over ATM Implementation GuidelinesCurrent
August 1998best current practice
RFC 2418IETF Working Group Guidelines and ProceduresUpdated
September 1998best current practice
RFC 2434Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsObsoleted
October 1998best current practicereplaced by RFC5226
RFC 2438Advancement of MIB specifications on the IETF Standards TrackCurrent
October 1998best current practice
RFC 2488Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using Standard MechanismsCurrent
January 1999best current practice
RFC 2489Procedure for Defining New DHCP OptionsObsoleted
January 1999best current practicereplaced by RFC2939
RFC 2505Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAsCurrent
February 1999best current practice
RFC 2506Media Feature Tag Registration ProcedureCurrent
March 1999best current practice
RFC 2606Reserved Top Level DNS NamesUpdated
June 1999best current practice
RFC 2611URN Namespace Definition MechanismsObsoleted
June 1999best current practicereplaced by RFC3406
RFC 2644Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts in RoutersCurrent
August 1999best current practice
RFC 2717Registration Procedures for URL Scheme NamesObsoleted
November 1999best current practicereplaced by RFC4395
RFC 2727IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall CommitteesObsoleted
February 2000best current practicereplaced by RFC3777
RFC 2736Guidelines for Writers of RTP Payload Format SpecificationsUpdated
December 1999best current practice
RFC 2780IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related HeadersUpdated
March 2000best current practice
RFC 2827Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address SpoofingUpdated
May 2000best current practice
RFC 2850Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)Updated
May 2000best current practice
RFC 2870Root Name Server Operational RequirementsObsoleted
June 2000best current practicereplaced by RFC7720
RFC 2914Congestion Control PrinciplesUpdated
September 2000best current practice
RFC 2929Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsObsoleted
September 2000best current practicereplaced by RFC5395
RFC 2939Procedures and IANA Guidelines for Definition of New DHCP Options and Message TypesCurrent
September 2000best current practice
RFC 2964Use of HTTP State ManagementCurrent
October 2000best current practice
RFC 2978IANA Charset Registration ProceduresCurrent
October 2000best current practice
RFC 3005IETF Discussion List CharterObsoleted
November 2000best current practicereplaced by RFC9245
RFC 3013Recommended Internet Service Provider Security Services and ProceduresCurrent
November 2000best current practice
RFC 3066Tags for the Identification of LanguagesObsoleted
January 2001best current practicereplaced by RFC4646, RFC4647
RFC 3150End-to-end Performance Implications of Slow LinksCurrent
July 2001best current practice
RFC 3152Delegation of IP6.ARPAObsoleted
August 2001best current practicereplaced by RFC3596
RFC 3155End-to-end Performance Implications of Links with ErrorsCurrent
August 2001best current practice
RFC 3171IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address AssignmentsObsoleted
August 2001best current practicereplaced by RFC5771
RFC 3172Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parameter Area Domain ("arpa")Updated
September 2001best current practice
RFC 3180GLOP Addressing in 233/8Current
September 2001best current practice
RFC 3184IETF Guidelines for ConductObsoleted
October 2001best current practicereplaced by RFC7154
RFC 3205On the use of HTTP as a SubstrateObsoleted
February 2002best current practicereplaced by RFC9205
RFC 3227Guidelines for Evidence Collection and ArchivingCurrent
February 2002best current practice
RFC 3228IANA Considerations for IPv4 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)Obsoleted
February 2002best current practicereplaced by RFC9778
RFC 3233Defining the IETFCurrent
February 2002best current practice
RFC 3349A Transient Prefix for Identifying Profiles under Development by the Working Groups of the Internet Engineering Task ForceCurrent
August 2002best current practice
RFC 3360Inappropriate TCP Resets Considered HarmfulCurrent
August 2002best current practice
RFC 3365Strong Security Requirements for Internet Engineering Task Force Standard ProtocolsCurrent
August 2002best current practice
RFC 3366Advice to link designers on link Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ)Current
September 2002best current practice
RFC 3372Session Initiation Protocol for Telephones (SIP-T): Context and ArchitecturesCurrent
September 2002best current practice
RFC 3383Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)Obsoleted
September 2002best current practicereplaced by RFC4520
RFC 3405Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Five: URI.ARPA Assignment ProceduresUpdated
October 2002best current practice
RFC 3406Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition MechanismsObsoleted
October 2002best current practicereplaced by RFC8141
RFC 3427Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Obsoleted
December 2002best current practicereplaced by RFC5727
RFC 3438Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations UpdateCurrent
December 2002best current practice
RFC 3449TCP Performance Implications of Network Path AsymmetryCurrent
December 2002best current practice
RFC 3470Guidelines for the Use of Extensible Markup Language (XML) within IETF ProtocolsUpdated
January 2003best current practice
RFC 3481TCP over Second (2.5G) and Third (3G) Generation Wireless NetworksCurrent
February 2003best current practice
RFC 3552Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security ConsiderationsUpdated
July 2003best current practice
RFC 3553An IETF URN Sub-namespace for Registered Protocol ParametersCurrent
June 2003best current practice
RFC 3584Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management FrameworkCurrent
August 2003best current practice
RFC 3665Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Basic Call Flow ExamplesCurrent
January 2004best current practice
RFC 3666Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Call FlowsCurrent
January 2004best current practice
RFC 3667IETF Rights in ContributionsObsoleted
February 2004best current practicereplaced by RFC3978
RFC 3668Intellectual Property Rights in IETF TechnologyObsoleted
February 2004best current practicereplaced by RFC3979
RFC 3677IETF ISOC Board of Trustee Appointment ProceduresCurrent
December 2003best current practice
RFC 3681Delegation of E.F.F.3.IP6.ARPACurrent
January 2004best current practice
RFC 3683A Practice for Revoking Posting Rights to IETF Mailing ListsObsoleted
March 2004best current practicereplaced by RFC9945
RFC 3688The IETF XML RegistryCurrent
January 2004best current practice
RFC 3692Assigning Experimental and Testing Numbers Considered UsefulCurrent
January 2004best current practice
RFC 3704Ingress Filtering for Multihomed NetworksUpdated
March 2004best current practice
RFC 3725Best Current Practices for Third Party Call Control (3pcc) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Current
April 2004best current practice
RFC 3766Determining Strengths For Public Keys Used For Exchanging Symmetric KeysCurrent
April 2004best current practice
RFC 3777IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall CommitteesObsoleted
June 2004best current practicereplaced by RFC7437
RFC 3785Use of Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) Metric as a second MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE) MetricCurrent
May 2004best current practice
RFC 3818IANA Considerations for the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)Current
June 2004best current practice
RFC 3819Advice for Internet Subnetwork DesignersUpdated
July 2004best current practice
RFC 3864Registration Procedures for Message Header FieldsUpdated
September 2004best current practice
RFC 3901DNS IPv6 Transport Operational GuidelinesObsoleted
September 2004best current practicereplaced by RFC10001
RFC 3932The IESG and RFC Editor Documents: ProceduresObsoleted
October 2004best current practicereplaced by RFC5742
RFC 3933A Model for IETF Process ExperimentsCurrent
November 2004best current practice
RFC 3934Updates to RFC 2418 Regarding the Management of IETF Mailing ListsObsoleted
October 2004best current practicereplaced by RFC9945
RFC 3935A Mission Statement for the IETFCurrent
October 2004best current practice
RFC 3936Procedures for Modifying the Resource reSerVation Protocol (RSVP)Current
October 2004best current practice
RFC 3967Clarifying when Standards Track Documents may Refer Normatively to Documents at a Lower LevelUpdated
January 2005best current practice
RFC 3968The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) Header Field Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Current
December 2004best current practice
RFC 3969The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Updated
December 2004best current practice
RFC 3978IETF Rights in ContributionsObsoleted
March 2005best current practicereplaced by RFC5378
RFC 3979Intellectual Property Rights in IETF TechnologyObsoleted
March 2005best current practicereplaced by RFC8179
RFC 4020Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code PointsObsoleted
March 2005best current practicereplaced by RFC7120
RFC 4052IAB Processes for Management of IETF Liaison RelationshipsCurrent
April 2005best current practice
RFC 4053Procedures for Handling Liaison Statements to and from the IETFCurrent
April 2005best current practice
RFC 4071Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)Obsoleted
April 2005best current practicereplaced by RFC8711
RFC 4084Terminology for Describing Internet ConnectivityCurrent
May 2005best current practice
RFC 4085Embedding Globally-Routable Internet Addresses Considered HarmfulCurrent
June 2005best current practice
RFC 4086Randomness Requirements for SecurityCurrent
June 2005best current practice
RFC 4107Guidelines for Cryptographic Key ManagementCurrent
June 2005best current practice
RFC 4148IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Metrics RegistryObsoleted
August 2005best current practicereplaced by RFC6248
RFC 4159Deprecation of "ip6.int"Current
August 2005best current practice
RFC 4170Tunneling Multiplexed Compressed RTP (TCRTP)Current
November 2005best current practice
RFC 4181Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of MIB DocumentsUpdated
September 2005best current practice
RFC 4222Prioritized Treatment of Specific OSPF Version 2 Packets and Congestion AvoidanceUpdated
October 2005best current practice
RFC 4288Media Type Specifications and Registration ProceduresObsoleted
December 2005best current practicereplaced by RFC6838
RFC 4289Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration ProceduresCurrent
December 2005best current practice
RFC 4333The IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) Member Selection Guidelines and ProcessObsoleted
December 2005best current practicereplaced by RFC8711
RFC 4371BCP 101 Update for IPR TrustObsoleted
January 2006best current practicereplaced by RFC8714
RFC 4384BGP Communities for Data CollectionCurrent
February 2006best current practice
RFC 4395Guidelines and Registration Procedures for New URI SchemesObsoleted
February 2006best current practicereplaced by RFC7595
RFC 4446IANA Allocations for Pseudowire Edge to Edge Emulation (PWE3)Current
April 2006best current practice
RFC 4497Interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and QSIGUpdated
May 2006best current practice
RFC 4520Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)Current
June 2006best current practice
RFC 4521Considerations for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) ExtensionsCurrent
June 2006best current practice
RFC 4579Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Call Control - Conferencing for User AgentsCurrent
August 2006best current practice
RFC 4608Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8Current
August 2006best current practice
RFC 4611Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Deployment ScenariosCurrent
August 2006best current practice
RFC 4632Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation PlanCurrent
August 2006best current practice
RFC 4646Tags for Identifying LanguagesObsoleted
September 2006best current practicereplaced by RFC5646
RFC 4647Matching of Language TagsCurrent
September 2006best current practice
RFC 4697Observed DNS Resolution MisbehaviorUpdated
October 2006best current practice
RFC 4748RFC 3978 Update to Recognize the IETF TrustObsoleted
October 2006best current practicereplaced by RFC5378
RFC 4774Specifying Alternate Semantics for the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) FieldUpdated
November 2006best current practice
RFC 4775Procedures for Protocol Extensions and VariationsCurrent
December 2006best current practice
RFC 4786Operation of Anycast ServicesCurrent
December 2006best current practice
RFC 4787Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements for Unicast UDPUpdated
January 2007best current practice
RFC 4841RFC 4181 Update to Recognize the IETF TrustCurrent
March 2007best current practice
RFC 4879Clarification of the Third Party Disclosure Procedure in RFC 3979Obsoleted
April 2007best current practicereplaced by RFC8179
RFC 4897Handling Normative References to Standards-Track DocumentsCurrent
June 2007best current practice
RFC 4928Avoiding Equal Cost Multipath Treatment in MPLS NetworksUpdated
June 2007best current practice
RFC 4929Change Process for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Protocols and ProceduresCurrent
June 2007best current practice
RFC 4940IANA Considerations for OSPFCurrent
July 2007best current practice
RFC 4961Symmetric RTP / RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)Current
July 2007best current practice
RFC 4962Guidance for Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Key ManagementCurrent
July 2007best current practice
RFC 5033Specifying New Congestion Control AlgorithmsObsoleted
August 2007best current practicereplaced by RFC9743
RFC 5068Email Submission Operations: Access and Accountability RequirementsUpdated
November 2007best current practice
RFC 5135IP Multicast Requirements for a Network Address Translator (NAT) and a Network Address Port Translator (NAPT)Current
February 2008best current practice
RFC 5137ASCII Escaping of Unicode CharactersCurrent
February 2008best current practice
RFC 5226Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsObsoleted
May 2008best current practicereplaced by RFC8126
RFC 5237IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol FieldCurrent
February 2008best current practice
RFC 5248A Registry for SMTP Enhanced Mail System Status CodesCurrent
June 2008best current practice
RFC 5249Templates for Internet-Drafts Containing MIB ModulesCurrent
July 2008best current practice
RFC 5266Secure Connectivity and Mobility Using Mobile IPv4 and IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming (MOBIKE)Current
June 2008best current practice
RFC 5342IANA Considerations and IETF Protocol Usage for IEEE 802 ParametersObsoleted
September 2008best current practicereplaced by RFC7042
RFC 5358Preventing Use of Recursive Nameservers in Reflector AttacksCurrent
October 2008best current practice
RFC 5359Session Initiation Protocol Service ExamplesCurrent
October 2008best current practice
RFC 5378Rights Contributors Provide to the IETF TrustCurrent
November 2008best current practice
RFC 5382NAT Behavioral Requirements for TCPUpdated
October 2008best current practice
RFC 5383Deployment Considerations for Lemonade-Compliant Mobile EmailCurrent
October 2008best current practice
RFC 5395Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsObsoleted
November 2008best current practicereplaced by RFC6195
RFC 5405Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application DesignersObsoleted
November 2008best current practicereplaced by RFC8085
RFC 5406Guidelines for Specifying the Use of IPsec Version 2Current
February 2009best current practice
RFC 5407Example Call Flows of Race Conditions in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Current
December 2008best current practice
RFC 5508NAT Behavioral Requirements for ICMPUpdated
April 2009best current practice
RFC 5589Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Call Control - TransferCurrent
June 2009best current practice
RFC 5597Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements for the Datagram Congestion Control ProtocolCurrent
September 2009best current practice
RFC 5615H.248/MEGACO Registration ProceduresCurrent
August 2009best current practice
RFC 5625DNS Proxy Implementation GuidelinesCurrent
August 2009best current practice
RFC 5633Nominating Committee Process: Earlier Announcement of Open Positions and Solicitation of VolunteersObsoleted
August 2009best current practicereplaced by RFC7437
RFC 5646Tags for Identifying LanguagesCurrent
September 2009best current practice
RFC 5657Guidance on Interoperation and Implementation Reports for Advancement to Draft StandardCurrent
September 2009best current practice
RFC 5680The Nominating Committee Process: Open Disclosure of Willing NomineesObsoleted
October 2009best current practicereplaced by RFC7437
RFC 5727Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure AreaUpdated
March 2010best current practice
RFC 5735Special Use IPv4 AddressesObsoleted
January 2010best current practicereplaced by RFC6890
RFC 5742IESG Procedures for Handling of Independent and IRTF Stream SubmissionsCurrent
December 2009best current practice
RFC 5771IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address AssignmentsCurrent
March 2010best current practice
RFC 5774Considerations for Civic Addresses in the Presence Information Data Format Location Object (PIDF-LO): Guidelines and IANA Registry DefinitionCurrent
March 2010best current practice
RFC 5855Nameservers for IPv4 and IPv6 Reverse ZonesCurrent
May 2010best current practice
RFC 6056Recommendations for Transport-Protocol Port RandomizationCurrent
January 2011best current practice
RFC 6158RADIUS Design GuidelinesUpdated
March 2011best current practice
RFC 6177IPv6 Address Assignment to End SitesCurrent
March 2011best current practice
RFC 6191Reducing the TIME-WAIT State Using TCP TimestampsCurrent
April 2011best current practice
RFC 6195Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsObsoleted
March 2011best current practicereplaced by RFC6895
RFC 6280An Architecture for Location and Location Privacy in Internet ApplicationsCurrent
July 2011best current practice
RFC 6291Guidelines for the Use of the "OAM" Acronym in the IETFUpdated
June 2011best current practice
RFC 6302Logging Recommendations for Internet-Facing ServersCurrent
June 2011best current practice
RFC 6303Locally Served DNS ZonesCurrent
July 2011best current practice
RFC 6328IANA Considerations for Network Layer Protocol IdentifiersCurrent
July 2011best current practice
RFC 6335Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number RegistryCurrent
August 2011best current practice
RFC 6365Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETFCurrent
September 2011best current practice
RFC 6377DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) and Mailing ListsCurrent
September 2011best current practice
RFC 6382Unique Origin Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) per Node for Globally Anycasted ServicesCurrent
October 2011best current practice
RFC 6390Guidelines for Considering New Performance Metric DevelopmentCurrent
October 2011best current practice
RFC 6398IP Router Alert Considerations and UsageCurrent
October 2011best current practice
RFC 6410Reducing the Standards Track to Two Maturity LevelsCurrent
October 2011best current practice
RFC 6441Time to Remove Filters for Previously Unallocated IPv4 /8sCurrent
November 2011best current practice
RFC 6472Recommendation for Not Using AS_SET and AS_CONFED_SET in BGPObsoleted
December 2011best current practicereplaced by RFC9774
RFC 6484Certificate Policy (CP) for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)Current
February 2012best current practice
RFC 6489Certification Authority (CA) Key Rollover in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)Current
February 2012best current practice
RFC 6540IPv6 Support Required for All IP-Capable NodesCurrent
April 2012best current practice
RFC 6557Procedures for Maintaining the Time Zone DatabaseCurrent
February 2012best current practice
RFC 6576IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Standard Advancement TestingCurrent
March 2012best current practice
RFC 6598IANA-Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address SpaceCurrent
April 2012best current practice
RFC 6648Deprecating the "X-" Prefix and Similar Constructs in Application ProtocolsCurrent
June 2012best current practice
RFC 6649Deprecate DES, RC4-HMAC-EXP, and Other Weak Cryptographic Algorithms in KerberosCurrent
July 2012best current practice
RFC 6838Media Type Specifications and Registration ProceduresUpdated
January 2013best current practice
RFC 6853DHCPv6 Redundancy Deployment ConsiderationsCurrent
February 2013best current practice
RFC 6859Update to RFC 3777 to Clarify Nominating Committee Eligibility of IETF LeadershipObsoleted
January 2013best current practicereplaced by RFC7437
RFC 6881Best Current Practice for Communications Services in Support of Emergency CallingUpdated
March 2013best current practice
RFC 6888Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs (CGNs)Current
April 2013best current practice
RFC 6890Special-Purpose IP Address RegistriesUpdated
April 2013best current practice
RFC 6895Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsCurrent
April 2013best current practice
RFC 6916Algorithm Agility Procedure for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)Current
April 2013best current practice
RFC 6963A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for ExamplesCurrent
May 2013best current practice
RFC 6996Autonomous System (AS) Reservation for Private UseCurrent
July 2013best current practice
RFC 7013Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Information ElementsCurrent
September 2013best current practice
RFC 7042IANA Considerations and IETF Protocol and Documentation Usage for IEEE 802 ParametersObsoleted
October 2013best current practicereplaced by RFC9542
RFC 7100Retirement of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" Summary DocumentCurrent
December 2013best current practice
RFC 7115Origin Validation Operation Based on the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)Current
January 2014best current practice
RFC 7120Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code PointsCurrent
January 2014best current practice
RFC 7126Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 OptionsCurrent
February 2014best current practice
RFC 7127Characterization of Proposed StandardsCurrent
January 2014best current practice
RFC 7141Byte and Packet Congestion NotificationCurrent
February 2014best current practice
RFC 7154IETF Guidelines for ConductCurrent
March 2014best current practice
RFC 7227Guidelines for Creating New DHCPv6 OptionsCurrent
May 2014best current practice
RFC 7258Pervasive Monitoring Is an AttackCurrent
May 2014best current practice
RFC 7279An Acceptable Use Policy for New ICMP Types and CodesCurrent
May 2014best current practice
RFC 7300Reservation of Last Autonomous System (AS) NumbersCurrent
July 2014best current practice
RFC 7319IANA Considerations for Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) Code PointsCurrent
July 2014best current practice
RFC 7320URI Design and OwnershipObsoleted
July 2014best current practicereplaced by RFC8820
RFC 7382Template for a Certification Practice Statement (CPS) for the Resource PKI (RPKI)Current
April 2015best current practice
RFC 7423Diameter Applications Design GuidelinesCurrent
November 2014best current practice
RFC 7437IAB, IESG, and IAOC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall CommitteesObsoleted
January 2015best current practicereplaced by RFC8713
RFC 7454BGP Operations and SecurityCurrent
February 2015best current practice
RFC 7475Increasing the Number of Area Directors in an IETF AreaCurrent
March 2015best current practice
RFC 7525Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)Obsoleted
May 2015best current practicereplaced by RFC9325
RFC 7526Deprecating the Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay RoutersCurrent
May 2015best current practice
RFC 7567IETF Recommendations Regarding Active Queue ManagementCurrent
July 2015best current practice
RFC 7595Guidelines and Registration Procedures for URI SchemesUpdated
June 2015best current practice
RFC 7605Recommendations on Using Assigned Transport Port NumbersCurrent
August 2015best current practice
RFC 7608IPv6 Prefix Length Recommendation for ForwardingCurrent
July 2015best current practice
RFC 7610DHCPv6-Shield: Protecting against Rogue DHCPv6 ServersCurrent
August 2015best current practice
RFC 7691Updating the Term Dates of IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) MembersObsoleted
November 2015best current practicereplaced by RFC8711
RFC 7696Guidelines for Cryptographic Algorithm Agility and Selecting Mandatory-to-Implement AlgorithmsCurrent
November 2015best current practice
RFC 7720DNS Root Name Service Protocol and Deployment RequirementsCurrent
December 2015best current practice
RFC 7772Reducing Energy Consumption of Router AdvertisementsCurrent
February 2016best current practice
RFC 7776IETF Anti-Harassment ProceduresUpdated
March 2016best current practice
RFC 7793Adding 100.64.0.0/10 Prefixes to the IPv4 Locally-Served DNS Zones RegistryCurrent
May 2016best current practice
RFC 7803Changing the Registration Policy for the NETCONF Capability URNs RegistryCurrent
February 2016best current practice
RFC 7857Updates to Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral RequirementsCurrent
April 2016best current practice
RFC 7926Problem Statement and Architecture for Information Exchange between Interconnected Traffic-Engineered NetworksCurrent
July 2016best current practice
RFC 7934Host Address Availability RecommendationsCurrent
July 2016best current practice
RFC 7942Improving Awareness of Running Code: The Implementation Status SectionCurrent
July 2016best current practice
RFC 7957DISPATCH-Style Working Groups and the SIP Change ProcessCurrent
August 2016best current practice
RFC 8027DNSSEC Roadblock AvoidanceCurrent
November 2016best current practice
RFC 8067Updating When Standards Track Documents May Refer Normatively to Documents at a Lower LevelCurrent
January 2017best current practice
RFC 8084Network Transport Circuit BreakersCurrent
March 2017best current practice
RFC 8085UDP Usage GuidelinesUpdated
March 2017best current practice
RFC 8109Initializing a DNS Resolver with Priming QueriesObsoleted
March 2017best current practicereplaced by RFC9609
RFC 8126Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsUpdated
June 2017best current practice
RFC 8174Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key WordsCurrent
May 2017best current practice
RFC 8179Intellectual Property Rights in IETF TechnologyCurrent
May 2017best current practice
RFC 8180Minimal IPv6 over the TSCH Mode of IEEE 802.15.4e (6TiSCH) ConfigurationCurrent
May 2017best current practice
RFC 8190Updates to the Special-Purpose IP Address RegistriesCurrent
June 2017best current practice
RFC 8207BGPsec Operational ConsiderationsCurrent
September 2017best current practice
RFC 8252OAuth 2.0 for Native AppsCurrent
October 2017best current practice
RFC 8313Use of Multicast across Inter-domain Peering PointsCurrent
January 2018best current practice
RFC 8318IAB, IESG, and IAOC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: IAOC Advisor for the Nominating CommitteeObsoleted
January 2018best current practicereplaced by RFC8713
RFC 8327Mitigating the Negative Impact of Maintenance through BGP Session CullingCurrent
March 2018best current practice
RFC 8340YANG Tree DiagramsUpdated
March 2018best current practice
RFC 8407Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data ModelsObsoleted
October 2018best current practicereplaced by RFC9907
RFC 8421Guidelines for Multihomed and IPv4/IPv6 Dual-Stack Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)Current
July 2018best current practice
RFC 8429Deprecate Triple-DES (3DES) and RC4 in KerberosCurrent
October 2018best current practice
RFC 8499DNS TerminologyObsoleted
January 2019best current practicereplaced by RFC9499
RFC 8504IPv6 Node RequirementsCurrent
January 2019best current practice
RFC 8521Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Object TaggingCurrent
November 2018best current practice
RFC 8552Scoped Interpretation of DNS Resource Records through "Underscored" Naming of Attribute LeavesCurrent
March 2019best current practice
RFC 8553DNS Attrleaf Changes: Fixing Specifications That Use Underscored Node NamesCurrent
March 2019best current practice
RFC 8633Network Time Protocol Best Current PracticesCurrent
July 2019best current practice
RFC 8634BGPsec Router Certificate RolloverCurrent
August 2019best current practice
RFC 8704Enhanced Feasible-Path Unicast Reverse Path ForwardingCurrent
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8711Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity, Version 2.0Current
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8713IAB, IESG, IETF Trust, and IETF LLC Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the IETF Nominating and Recall CommitteesUpdated
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8714Update to the Process for Selection of Trustees for the IETF TrustCurrent
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8716Update to the IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures for the Replacement of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) with the IETF Administration LLCCurrent
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8717IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Consolidated Updates to IETF Administrative TerminologyCurrent
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8718IETF Plenary Meeting Venue Selection ProcessUpdated
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8719High-Level Guidance for the Meeting Policy of the IETFUpdated
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8725JSON Web Token Best Current PracticesCurrent
February 2020best current practice
RFC 8758Deprecating RC4 in Secure Shell (SSH)Current
April 2020best current practice
RFC 8788Eligibility for the 2020-2021 Nominating CommitteeObsoleted
May 2020best current practicereplaced by RFC9389
RFC 8789IETF Stream Documents Require IETF Rough ConsensusCurrent
June 2020best current practice
RFC 8815Deprecating Any-Source Multicast (ASM) for Interdomain MulticastCurrent
August 2020best current practice
RFC 8820URI Design and OwnershipCurrent
June 2020best current practice
RFC 8862Best Practices for Securing RTP Media Signaled with SIPCurrent
January 2021best current practice
RFC 8900IP Fragmentation Considered FragileCurrent
September 2020best current practice
RFC 8906A Common Operational Problem in DNS Servers: Failure to CommunicateCurrent
September 2020best current practice
RFC 8932Recommendations for DNS Privacy Service OperatorsCurrent
October 2020best current practice
RFC 8958Updated Registration Rules for URI.ARPACurrent
December 2020best current practice
RFC 8961Requirements for Time-Based Loss DetectionCurrent
November 2020best current practice
RFC 8996Deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1Current
March 2021best current practice
RFC 9096Improving the Reaction of Customer Edge Routers to IPv6 Renumbering EventsCurrent
August 2021best current practice
RFC 9137Considerations for Cancellation of IETF MeetingsCurrent
October 2021best current practice
RFC 9205Building Protocols with HTTPCurrent
June 2022best current practice
RFC 9210DNS Transport over TCP - Operational RequirementsCurrent
March 2022best current practice
RFC 9245IETF Discussion List CharterUpdated
June 2022best current practice
RFC 9276Guidance for NSEC3 Parameter SettingsCurrent
August 2022best current practice
RFC 9281Entities Involved in the IETF Standards ProcessCurrent
June 2022best current practice
RFC 9282Responsibility Change for the RFC SeriesCurrent
June 2022best current practice
RFC 9283IAB Charter Update for RFC Editor ModelCurrent
June 2022best current practice
RFC 9319The Use of maxLength in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)Current
October 2022best current practice
RFC 9325Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)Updated
November 2022best current practice
RFC 9364DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)Current
February 2023best current practice
RFC 9389Nominating Committee EligibilityCurrent
April 2023best current practice
RFC 9416Security Considerations for Transient Numeric Identifiers Employed in Network ProtocolsCurrent
July 2023best current practice
RFC 9455Avoiding Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs) Containing Multiple IP PrefixesCurrent
August 2023best current practice
RFC 9499DNS TerminologyCurrent
March 2024best current practice
RFC 9501Open Participation Principle regarding Remote Registration FeeCurrent
December 2023best current practice
RFC 9542IANA Considerations and IETF Protocol and Documentation Usage for IEEE 802 ParametersCurrent
April 2024best current practice
RFC 9599Guidelines for Adding Congestion Notification to Protocols that Encapsulate IPCurrent
August 2024best current practice
RFC 9609Initializing a DNS Resolver with Priming QueriesCurrent
February 2025best current practice
RFC 9694Guidelines for the Definition of New Top-Level Media TypesCurrent
March 2025best current practice
RFC 9700Best Current Practice for OAuth 2.0 SecurityCurrent
January 2025best current practice
RFC 9712IETF Meeting Venue Requirements ReviewCurrent
January 2025best current practice
RFC 9726Operational Considerations for Use of DNS in Internet of Things (IoT) DevicesCurrent
March 2025best current practice
RFC 9743Specifying New Congestion Control AlgorithmsCurrent
March 2025best current practice
RFC 9778IANA Considerations for Internet Group Management ProtocolsCurrent
March 2025best current practice
RFC 9812Clarification of IPv6 Address Allocation PolicyCurrent
October 2025best current practice
RFC 9813Operational Considerations for Using TLS Pre-Shared Keys (TLS-PSKs) with RADIUSCurrent
July 2025best current practice
RFC 9852New Protocols Using TLS Must Require TLS 1.3Current
July 2026best current practice
RFC 9874Best Practices for Deletion of Domain and Host Objects in the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)Current
September 2025best current practice
RFC 9907Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data ModelsCurrent
March 2026best current practice
RFC 9945IETF Community ModerationCurrent
February 2026best current practice
RFC 10001Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 EnvironmentsCurrent
August 2026best current practice
RFC 10014Guidelines for Characterizing the Term "OAM"Current
June 2026best current practice
RFC 10026Operational Recommendations for DNSSEC Delegation Signer (DS) AutomationCurrent
July 2026best current practice
RFC 10027Best Current Practice for Security of Cross-Device FlowsCurrent
August 2026best current practice