DRAFT STANDARD RFCs

A Draft Standard is an intermediate stage on the IETF standards track. It has achieved significant implementation and review, but is not yet an Internet Standard.

138 documents

RFC 951Bootstrap ProtocolUpdated
September 1985draft standard
RFC 954NICNAME/WHOISObsoleted
October 1985draft standardreplaced by RFC3912
RFC 1171Point-to-Point Protocol for the transmission of multi-protocol datagrams over Point-to-Point linksObsoleted
July 1990draft standardreplaced by RFC1331
RFC 1184Telnet Linemode OptionCurrent
October 1990draft standard
RFC 1188Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over FDDI NetworksCurrent
October 1990draft standard
RFC 1191Path MTU discoveryCurrent
November 1990draft standard
RFC 1194Finger User Information ProtocolObsoleted
November 1990draft standardreplaced by RFC1196, RFC1288
RFC 1196Finger User Information ProtocolObsoleted
December 1990draft standardreplaced by RFC1288
RFC 1225Post Office Protocol: Version 3Obsoleted
May 1991draft standardreplaced by RFC1460
RFC 1247OSPF Version 2Obsoleted
July 1991draft standardreplaced by RFC1583
RFC 1288The Finger User Information ProtocolCurrent
December 1991draft standard
RFC 1356Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN in the Packet ModeCurrent
August 1992draft standard
RFC 1395BOOTP Vendor Information ExtensionsObsoleted
January 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC1497, RFC1533
RFC 1398Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-Like Interface TypesObsoleted
January 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC1623
RFC 1460Post Office Protocol - Version 3Obsoleted
June 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC1725
RFC 1490Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame RelayObsoleted
July 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC2427
RFC 1493Definitions of Managed Objects for BridgesObsoleted
July 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC4188
RFC 1497BOOTP Vendor Information ExtensionsObsoleted
August 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC1533
RFC 1516Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Repeater DevicesObsoleted
September 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC2108
RFC 1521MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message BodiesObsoleted
September 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2047, RFC2048, RFC2049
RFC 1522MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Two: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII TextObsoleted
September 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2047, RFC2048, RFC2049
RFC 1534Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTPCurrent
October 1993draft standard
RFC 1542Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap ProtocolCurrent
October 1993draft standard
RFC 1548The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)Obsoleted
December 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC1661
RFC 1549PPP in HDLC FramingObsoleted
December 1993draft standardreplaced by RFC1662
RFC 1559DECnet Phase IV MIB ExtensionsCurrent
December 1993draft standard
RFC 1575An Echo Function for CLNP (ISO 8473)Current
February 1994draft standard
RFC 1583OSPF Version 2Obsoleted
March 1994draft standardreplaced by RFC2178
RFC 1629Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation in the InternetCurrent
May 1994draft standard
RFC 1651SMTP Service ExtensionsObsoleted
July 1994draft standardreplaced by RFC1869
RFC 1652SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransportObsoleted
July 1994draft standardreplaced by RFC6152
RFC 1653SMTP Service Extension for Message Size DeclarationObsoleted
July 1994draft standardreplaced by RFC1870
RFC 1657Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fourth Version of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-4) using SMIv2Obsoleted
July 1994draft standardreplaced by RFC4273
RFC 1658Definitions of Managed Objects for Character Stream Devices using SMIv2Current
July 1994draft standard
RFC 1659Definitions of Managed Objects for RS-232-like Hardware Devices using SMIv2Current
July 1994draft standard
RFC 1660Definitions of Managed Objects for Parallel-printer-like Hardware Devices using SMIv2Current
July 1994draft standard
RFC 1694Definitions of Managed Objects for SMDS Interfaces using SMIv2Current
August 1994draft standard
RFC 1724RIP Version 2 MIB ExtensionCurrent
November 1994draft standard
RFC 1743IEEE 802.5 MIB using SMIv2Obsoleted
December 1994draft standardreplaced by RFC1748
RFC 1748IEEE 802.5 MIB using SMIv2Updated
December 1994draft standard
RFC 1757Remote Network Monitoring Management Information BaseObsoleted
February 1995draft standardreplaced by RFC2819
RFC 1762The PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol (DNCP)Current
March 1995draft standard
RFC 1771A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)Obsoleted
March 1995draft standardreplaced by RFC4271
RFC 1772Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the InternetCurrent
March 1995draft standard
RFC 1832XDR: External Data Representation StandardObsoleted
August 1995draft standardreplaced by RFC4506
RFC 1850OSPF Version 2 Management Information BaseObsoleted
November 1995draft standardreplaced by RFC4750
RFC 1864The Content-MD5 Header FieldCurrent
October 1995draft standard
RFC 1902Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)Obsoleted
January 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC2578
RFC 1903Textual Conventions for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)Obsoleted
January 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC2579
RFC 1904Conformance Statements for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)Obsoleted
January 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC2580
RFC 1905Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)Obsoleted
January 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC3416
RFC 1906Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)Obsoleted
January 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC3417
RFC 1907Management Information Base for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)Obsoleted
January 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC3418
RFC 1908Coexistence between Version 1 and Version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management FrameworkObsoleted
January 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC2576
RFC 1981Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6Obsoleted
August 1996draft standardreplaced by RFC8201
RFC 1989PPP Link Quality MonitoringCurrent
August 1996draft standard
RFC 1990The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP)Current
August 1996draft standard
RFC 1994PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)Updated
August 1996draft standard
RFC 2045Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message BodiesUpdated
November 1996draft standard
RFC 2046Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media TypesUpdated
November 1996draft standard
RFC 2047MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII TextUpdated
November 1996draft standard
RFC 2049Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five: Conformance Criteria and ExamplesCurrent
November 1996draft standard
RFC 2067IP over HIPPICurrent
January 1997draft standard
RFC 2115Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs Using SMIv2Current
September 1997draft standard
RFC 2131Dynamic Host Configuration ProtocolUpdated
March 1997draft standard
RFC 2132DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor ExtensionsUpdated
March 1997draft standard
RFC 2178OSPF Version 2Obsoleted
July 1997draft standardreplaced by RFC2328
RFC 2197SMTP Service Extension for Command PipeliningObsoleted
September 1997draft standardreplaced by RFC2920
RFC 2279UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646Obsoleted
January 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC3629
RFC 2347TFTP Option ExtensionCurrent
May 1998draft standard
RFC 2348TFTP Blocksize OptionCurrent
May 1998draft standard
RFC 2349TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size OptionsCurrent
May 1998draft standard
RFC 2355TN3270 EnhancementsUpdated
June 1998draft standard
RFC 2390Inverse Address Resolution ProtocolCurrent
September 1998draft standard
RFC 2396Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic SyntaxObsoleted
August 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC3986
RFC 2460Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationObsoleted
December 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC8200
RFC 2461Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)Obsoleted
December 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC4861
RFC 2462IPv6 Stateless Address AutoconfigurationObsoleted
December 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC4862
RFC 2463Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationObsoleted
December 1998draft standardreplaced by RFC4443
RFC 2571An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management FrameworksObsoleted
April 1999draft standardreplaced by RFC3411
RFC 2572Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)Obsoleted
April 1999draft standardreplaced by RFC3412
RFC 2573SNMP ApplicationsObsoleted
April 1999draft standardreplaced by RFC3413
RFC 2574User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)Obsoleted
April 1999draft standardreplaced by RFC3414
RFC 2575View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)Obsoleted
April 1999draft standardreplaced by RFC3415
RFC 2613Remote Network Monitoring MIB Extensions for Switched Networks Version 1.0Current
June 1999draft standard
RFC 2616Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1Obsoleted
June 1999draft standardreplaced by RFC7230, RFC7231, RFC7232, RFC7233, RFC7234, RFC7235
RFC 2617HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access AuthenticationObsoleted
June 1999draft standardreplaced by RFC7235, RFC7615, RFC7616, RFC7617
RFC 2741Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1Current
January 2000draft standard
RFC 2742Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP AgentsCurrent
January 2000draft standard
RFC 2790Host Resources MIBCurrent
March 2000draft standard
RFC 2863The Interfaces Group MIBUpdated
June 2000draft standard
RFC 2865Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)Updated
June 2000draft standard
RFC 2895Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier ReferenceUpdated
August 2000draft standard
RFC 3191Minimal GSTN address format in Internet MailCurrent
October 2001draft standard
RFC 3192Minimal FAX address format in Internet MailCurrent
October 2001draft standard
RFC 3275(Extensible Markup Language) XML-Signature Syntax and ProcessingCurrent
March 2002draft standard
RFC 3282Content Language HeadersCurrent
May 2002draft standard
RFC 3302Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - image/tiff MIME Sub-type RegistrationCurrent
September 2002draft standard
RFC 3392Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4Obsoleted
November 2002draft standardreplaced by RFC5492
RFC 3461Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs)Updated
January 2003draft standard
RFC 3462The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative MessagesObsoleted
January 2003draft standardreplaced by RFC6522
RFC 3463Enhanced Mail System Status CodesUpdated
January 2003draft standard
RFC 3464An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status NotificationsUpdated
January 2003draft standard
RFC 3592Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Interface TypeCurrent
September 2003draft standard
RFC 3593Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance History Based on 15 Minute IntervalsCurrent
September 2003draft standard
RFC 3768Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)Obsoleted
April 2004draft standardreplaced by RFC5798
RFC 3798Message Disposition NotificationObsoleted
May 2004draft standardreplaced by RFC8098
RFC 3801Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2 (VPIMv2)Current
June 2004draft standard
RFC 3802Toll Quality Voice - 32 kbit/s Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) MIME Sub-type RegistrationCurrent
June 2004draft standard
RFC 3803Content Duration MIME Header DefinitionCurrent
June 2004draft standard
RFC 3848ESMTP and LMTP Transmission Types RegistrationCurrent
July 2004draft standard
RFC 3912WHOIS Protocol SpecificationCurrent
September 2004draft standard
RFC 3949File Format for Internet FaxCurrent
February 2005draft standard
RFC 3950Tag Image File Format Fax eXtended (TIFF-FX) - image/tiff-fx MIME Sub-type RegistrationCurrent
February 2005draft standard
RFC 3965A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet MailCurrent
December 2004draft standard
RFC 4234Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNFObsoleted
October 2005draft standardreplaced by RFC5234
RFC 4271A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)Updated
January 2006draft standard
RFC 4291IP Version 6 Addressing ArchitectureUpdated
February 2006draft standard
RFC 4409Message Submission for MailObsoleted
April 2006draft standardreplaced by RFC6409
RFC 4456BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)Updated
April 2006draft standard
RFC 4502Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base Version 2Current
May 2006draft standard
RFC 4760Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4Updated
January 2007draft standard
RFC 4861Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)Updated
September 2007draft standard
RFC 4862IPv6 Stateless Address AutoconfigurationUpdated
September 2007draft standard
RFC 4930Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)Obsoleted
May 2007draft standardreplaced by RFC5730
RFC 4931Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Domain Name MappingObsoleted
May 2007draft standardreplaced by RFC5731
RFC 4932Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Host MappingObsoleted
May 2007draft standardreplaced by RFC5732
RFC 4933Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Contact MappingObsoleted
May 2007draft standardreplaced by RFC5733
RFC 4934Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Transport Over TCPObsoleted
May 2007draft standardreplaced by RFC5734
RFC 4941Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6Obsoleted
September 2007draft standardreplaced by RFC8981
RFC 5036LDP SpecificationUpdated
October 2007draft standard
RFC 5065Autonomous System Confederations for BGPUpdated
August 2007draft standard
RFC 5072IP Version 6 over PPPUpdated
September 2007draft standard
RFC 5321Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolUpdated
October 2008draft standard
RFC 5322Internet Message FormatUpdated
October 2008draft standard
RFC 5492Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4Updated
February 2009draft standard
RFC 5531RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2Updated
May 2009draft standard
RFC 5681TCP Congestion ControlUpdated
September 2009draft standard