Posted by Erwin Moller on 02/01/07 14:09

John Dunlop wrote:

> Erwin Moller:
>
>> My meager knowledge of picking the right RFC is to blame. I have dived
>> into a few, but I have trouble deciding on their 'weight'/importance.
>
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/
>
> --
> Jock

Hi,

Thanks for the guidance.
This is from their FAQ:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcfaq.html

[quote]
Are all RFCs Internet standards documents?
In a word, "NO!".

Many RFCs have Informational or Experimental status and do not represent any
kind of standard. They contain information that may be useful or important
to retain in this archival document series.


This is important to understand, because unscrupulous marketeers and a
careless trade press sometimes falsely suggest that every RFC represents a
standard, or that all standards have equal weight. The relationship among
Internet technical specifications is often complex.

How can one tell where in the standards track an RFC is?
Consult the online document "Internet Official Protocol Standards". We
periodically publish a snapshot of this information as an RFC whose number
is divisible by 100; the latest such RFC is STD 1.

These links are also on the RFC Search and Retrieval page.

[/quote]


Which answers my question. :-)

Thanks.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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