IRTF stream RFCs

Documents produced by the Internet Research Task Force, which focuses on longer-term research topics.

127 documents

RFC 1546Host Anycasting ServiceCurrent
November 1993informational
RFC 4651A Taxonomy and Analysis of Enhancements to Mobile IPv6 Route OptimizationCurrent
February 2007informational
RFC 4838Delay-Tolerant Networking ArchitectureCurrent
April 2007informational
RFC 5050Bundle Protocol SpecificationCurrent
November 2007experimental
RFC 5166Metrics for the Evaluation of Congestion Control MechanismsCurrent
March 2008informational
RFC 5184Unified Layer 2 (L2) Abstractions for Layer 3 (L3)-Driven Fast HandoverCurrent
May 2008experimental
RFC 5207NAT and Firewall Traversal Issues of Host Identity Protocol (HIP) CommunicationCurrent
April 2008informational
RFC 5325Licklider Transmission Protocol - MotivationCurrent
September 2008informational
RFC 5326Licklider Transmission Protocol - SpecificationCurrent
September 2008experimental
RFC 5327Licklider Transmission Protocol - Security ExtensionsCurrent
September 2008experimental
RFC 5345Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Traffic Measurements and Trace Exchange FormatsCurrent
October 2008informational
RFC 5726Mobile IPv6 Location Privacy SolutionsCurrent
February 2010experimental
RFC 5743Definition of an Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Document StreamCurrent
December 2009informational
RFC 5757Multicast Mobility in Mobile IP Version 6 (MIPv6): Problem Statement and Brief SurveyCurrent
February 2010informational
RFC 5765Security Issues and Solutions in Peer-to-Peer Systems for Realtime CommunicationsCurrent
February 2010informational
RFC 5772A Set of Possible Requirements for a Future Routing ArchitectureCurrent
February 2010historic
RFC 5773Analysis of Inter-Domain Routing Requirements and HistoryCurrent
February 2010historic
RFC 5782DNS Blacklists and WhitelistsCurrent
February 2010informational
RFC 5783Congestion Control in the RFC SeriesCurrent
February 2010informational
RFC 6029A Survey on Research on the Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) ProblemCurrent
October 2010informational
RFC 6077Open Research Issues in Internet Congestion ControlCurrent
February 2011informational
RFC 6115Recommendation for a Routing ArchitectureCurrent
February 2011informational
RFC 6179The Internet Routing Overlay Network (IRON)Current
March 2011experimental
RFC 6227Design Goals for Scalable Internet RoutingCurrent
May 2011informational
RFC 6252A Framework of Media-Independent Pre-Authentication (MPA) for Inter-Domain Handover OptimizationCurrent
June 2011informational
RFC 6255Delay-Tolerant Networking Bundle Protocol IANA RegistriesCurrent
May 2011informational
RFC 6256Using Self-Delimiting Numeric Values in ProtocolsCurrent
May 2011informational
RFC 6257Bundle Security Protocol SpecificationCurrent
May 2011experimental
RFC 6258Delay-Tolerant Networking Metadata Extension BlockCurrent
May 2011experimental
RFC 6259Delay-Tolerant Networking Previous-Hop Insertion BlockCurrent
May 2011experimental
RFC 6260Compressed Bundle Header Encoding (CBHE)Updated
May 2011experimental
RFC 6306Hierarchical IPv4 FrameworkCurrent
July 2011experimental
RFC 6471Overview of Best Email DNS-Based List (DNSBL) Operational PracticesCurrent
January 2012informational
RFC 6537Host Identity Protocol Distributed Hash Table InterfaceCurrent
February 2012experimental
RFC 6538The Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Experiment ReportCurrent
March 2012informational
RFC 6693Probabilistic Routing Protocol for Intermittently Connected NetworksCurrent
August 2012experimental
RFC 6740Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Architectural DescriptionCurrent
November 2012experimental
RFC 6741Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Engineering ConsiderationsCurrent
November 2012experimental
RFC 6742DNS Resource Records for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP)Current
November 2012experimental
RFC 6743ICMP Locator Update Message for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol for IPv6 (ILNPv6)Current
November 2012experimental
RFC 6744IPv6 Nonce Destination Option for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol for IPv6 (ILNPv6)Current
November 2012experimental
RFC 6745ICMP Locator Update Message for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol for IPv4 (ILNPv4)Current
November 2012experimental
RFC 6746IPv4 Options for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP)Current
November 2012experimental
RFC 6747Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol for IPv4 (ILNPv4)Current
November 2012experimental
RFC 6748Optional Advanced Deployment Scenarios for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP)Current
November 2012experimental
RFC 6821Improving Peer Selection in Peer-to-peer Applications: Myths vs. RealityCurrent
December 2012informational
RFC 6875The P2P Network Experiment Council's Activities and Experiments with Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) in JapanCurrent
February 2013informational
RFC 7019Application-Layer Multicast Extensions to REsource LOcation And Discovery (RELOAD)Current
September 2013experimental
RFC 7046A Common API for Transparent Hybrid MulticastCurrent
December 2013experimental
RFC 7116Licklider Transmission Protocol (LTP), Compressed Bundle Header Encoding (CBHE), and Bundle Protocol IANA RegistriesUpdated
February 2014informational
RFC 7122Datagram Convergence Layers for the Delay- and Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) Bundle Protocol and Licklider Transmission Protocol (LTP)Current
March 2014experimental
RFC 7242Delay-Tolerant Networking TCP Convergence-Layer ProtocolCurrent
June 2014experimental
RFC 7253The OCB Authenticated-Encryption AlgorithmCurrent
May 2014informational
RFC 7418An IRTF Primer for IETF ParticipantsCurrent
December 2014informational
RFC 7426Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Layers and Architecture TerminologyCurrent
January 2015informational
RFC 7476Information-Centric Networking: Baseline ScenariosCurrent
March 2015informational
RFC 7539ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF ProtocolsObsoleted
May 2015informationalreplaced by RFC8439
RFC 7575Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design GoalsCurrent
June 2015informational
RFC 7576General Gap Analysis for Autonomic NetworkingCurrent
June 2015informational
RFC 7664Dragonfly Key ExchangeCurrent
November 2015informational
RFC 7748Elliptic Curves for SecurityCurrent
January 2016informational
RFC 7927Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Research ChallengesCurrent
July 2016informational
RFC 7933Adaptive Video Streaming over Information-Centric Networking (ICN)Current
August 2016informational
RFC 7945Information-Centric Networking: Evaluation and Security ConsiderationsCurrent
September 2016informational
RFC 7962Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and ArchitecturesCurrent
August 2016informational
RFC 8032Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)Current
January 2017informational
RFC 8125Requirements for Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) SchemesCurrent
April 2017informational
RFC 8280Research into Human Rights Protocol ConsiderationsUpdated
October 2017informational
RFC 8316Autonomic Networking Use Case for Distributed Detection of Service Level Agreement (SLA) ViolationsCurrent
February 2018informational
RFC 8391XMSS: eXtended Merkle Signature SchemeCurrent
May 2018informational
RFC 8406Taxonomy of Coding Techniques for Efficient Network CommunicationsCurrent
June 2018informational
RFC 8439ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF ProtocolsCurrent
June 2018informational
RFC 8452AES-GCM-SIV: Nonce Misuse-Resistant Authenticated EncryptionCurrent
April 2019informational
RFC 8554Leighton-Micali Hash-Based SignaturesCurrent
April 2019informational
RFC 8568Network Virtualization Research ChallengesCurrent
April 2019informational
RFC 8569Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) SemanticsCurrent
July 2019experimental
RFC 8576Internet of Things (IoT) Security: State of the Art and ChallengesCurrent
April 2019informational
RFC 8609Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) Messages in TLV FormatUpdated
July 2019experimental
RFC 8645Re-keying Mechanisms for Symmetric KeysCurrent
August 2019informational
RFC 8763Deployment Considerations for Information-Centric Networking (ICN)Current
April 2020informational
RFC 8793Information-Centric Networking (ICN): Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data Networking (NDN) TerminologyCurrent
June 2020informational
RFC 8884Research Directions for Using Information-Centric Networking (ICN) in Disaster ScenariosCurrent
October 2020informational
RFC 8937Randomness Improvements for Security ProtocolsCurrent
October 2020informational
RFC 8975Network Coding for Satellite SystemsCurrent
January 2021informational
RFC 9049Path Aware Networking: Obstacles to Deployment (A Bestiary of Roads Not Taken)Current
June 2021informational
RFC 9064Considerations in the Development of a QoS Architecture for CCNx-Like Information-Centric Networking ProtocolsCurrent
June 2021informational
RFC 9106Argon2 Memory-Hard Function for Password Hashing and Proof-of-Work ApplicationsCurrent
September 2021informational
RFC 9138Design Considerations for Name Resolution Service in Information-Centric Networking (ICN)Current
December 2021informational
RFC 9139Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Adaptation to Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (LoWPANs)Current
November 2021experimental
RFC 9180Hybrid Public Key EncryptionCurrent
February 2022informational
RFC 9217Current Open Questions in Path-Aware NetworkingCurrent
March 2022informational
RFC 9236Architectural Considerations of Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Using a Name Resolution ServiceCurrent
April 2022informational
RFC 9265Forward Erasure Correction (FEC) Coding and Congestion Control in TransportCurrent
July 2022informational
RFC 9269Experimental Scenarios of Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Integration in 4G Mobile NetworksCurrent
August 2022informational
RFC 9273Network Coding for Content-Centric Networking / Named Data Networking: Considerations and ChallengesCurrent
August 2022informational
RFC 9315Intent-Based Networking - Concepts and DefinitionsCurrent
October 2022informational
RFC 9316Intent ClassificationCurrent
October 2022informational
RFC 9340Architectural Principles for a Quantum InternetCurrent
March 2023informational
RFC 9344CCNinfo: Discovering Content and Network Information in Content-Centric NetworksCurrent
February 2023experimental
RFC 9380Hashing to Elliptic CurvesCurrent
August 2023informational
RFC 9381Verifiable Random Functions (VRFs)Current
August 2023informational
RFC 9382SPAKE2, a Password-Authenticated Key ExchangeCurrent
September 2023informational
RFC 9407Tetrys: An On-the-Fly Network Coding ProtocolCurrent
June 2023experimental
RFC 9414Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric IdentifiersCurrent
July 2023informational
RFC 9415On the Generation of Transient Numeric IdentifiersCurrent
July 2023informational
RFC 9426BATched Sparse (BATS) Coding Scheme for Multi-hop Data TransportCurrent
July 2023informational
RFC 9473A Vocabulary of Path PropertiesCurrent
September 2023informational
RFC 9474RSA Blind SignaturesCurrent
October 2023informational
RFC 9496The ristretto255 and decaf448 GroupsCurrent
December 2023informational
RFC 9497Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions (OPRFs) Using Prime-Order GroupsCurrent
December 2023informational
RFC 9505A Survey of Worldwide Censorship TechniquesCurrent
November 2023informational
RFC 9507Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Traceroute Protocol SpecificationCurrent
March 2024experimental
RFC 9508Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Ping Protocol SpecificationCurrent
March 2024experimental
RFC 9510Alternative Delta Time Encoding for Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) Using Compact Floating-Point ArithmeticCurrent
February 2024experimental
RFC 9531Path Steering in Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data Networking (NDN)Current
March 2024experimental
RFC 9556Internet of Things (IoT) Edge Challenges and FunctionsCurrent
April 2024informational
RFC 9583Application Scenarios for the Quantum InternetCurrent
June 2024informational
RFC 9591The Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold (FROST) Protocol for Two-Round Schnorr SignaturesCurrent
June 2024informational
RFC 9620Guidelines for Human Rights Protocol and Architecture ConsiderationsCurrent
September 2024informational
RFC 9771Properties of Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) AlgorithmsCurrent
May 2025informational
RFC 9775IRTF Code of ConductCurrent
March 2025informational
RFC 9807The OPAQUE Augmented Password-Authenticated Key Exchange (aPAKE) ProtocolCurrent
July 2025informational
RFC 9817Use Cases for In-Network ComputingCurrent
August 2025informational
RFC 9840rLEDBAT: Receiver-Driven Low Extra Delay Background Transport for TCPCurrent
September 2025experimental
RFC 9845Challenges and Opportunities in Management for Green NetworkingCurrent
October 2025informational
RFC 9858Additional Parameter Sets for HSS/LMS Hash-Based SignaturesCurrent
October 2025informational
RFC 9861KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKECurrent
October 2025informational