1983: Internet Users' Glossary.

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There are many networking glossaries in existence. This glossary concentrates on terms which are specific to the Internet. Naturally, there are entries for some basic terms and acronyms because other entries refer to them.

Status INFORMATIONAL
Format TXT=123008 bytes
Also ['FYI0018']
Authors
Date August 1996
Keyphrases network Protocol RFC Internet

Obsoletes

RFC1392: Internet Users' Glossary. G. Malkin, T. LaQuey Parker.

References

RFC768: User Datagram Protocol.
RFC791: Internet Protocol.
RFC793: Transmission Control Protocol.
RFC821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
RFC822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT
RFC854: Telnet Protocol Specification.
RFC903: A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
RFC904: Exterior Gateway Protocol formal specification.
RFC977: Network News Transfer Protocol.
RFC1055: Nonstandard for transmission of IP datagrams over serial lines:
RFC1058: Routing Information Protocol.
RFC1094: NFS: Network File System Protocol specification. Sun Microsystems.
RFC1155: Structure and identification of management information for TCP/IP-based internets.
RFC1157: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
RFC1208: Glossary of networking terms.
RFC1288: The Finger User Information Protocol.
RFC1319: The MD2 Message-Digest Algorithm.
RFC1320: The MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm.
RFC1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
RFC1325: FYI on Questions and Answers Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions.
RFC1393: Traceroute Using an IP Option.
RFC1436: The Internet Gopher Protocol (a distributed document search and retrieval protocol).
RFC1519: Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR): an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy.
RFC1542: Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol.
RFC1584: Multicast Extensions to
RFC1661: The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
RFC1700: Assigned Numbers.
RFC1725: Post Office Protocol - Version 3.
RFC1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL).
RFC1771: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4).
RFC1813: NFS Version 3 Protocol Specification.
RFC1855: Netiquette Guidelines.
RFC1920: Internet Official Protocol Standards.

Referenced by

RFC2148: Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service.
RFC2150: Humanities and Arts: Sharing Center Stage on the Internet.
RFC2350: Expectations for Computer Security Incident Response.
RFC2360: Guide for Internet Standards Writers.
RFC2440: OpenPGP Message Format.
RFC2504: Users' Security Handbook.
RFC2828: Internet Security Glossary.
RFC2901: Guide to Administrative Procedures of the Internet Infrastructure.
RFC4218: Threats Relating to IPv6 Multihoming Solutions.
RFC4249: Implementer-Friendly Specification of Message and MIME-Part Header Fields and Field Components.
RFC4408: Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in E-Mail, Version 1.
RFC4703: Resolution of Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) Conflicts among Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Clients.