All the April 1st RFCs notwithstanding, the following are classic RFCs that every network engineer should know about:
RFC 760: DoD Standard Internet Protocol (IP), made obsolete by RFC 791, but still worth reading RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol (UDP) RFC 791: Internet Protocol (IP) RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) RFC 826: Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 854: Telnet Protocol Specification RFC 950: Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure RFC 959: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) RFC 1001: Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on TCP/UDP Transport: Concepts and Facilities RFC 1002: Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on a TCP/UDP Transport: Detailed Specifications RFC 1034: Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities RFC 1058. Routing Information Protocol (RIP) RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers RFC 1661: The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) RFC 1700: Assigned Numbers RFC 1752: The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol RFC 1757: Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Management Information Base (MIB) RFC 1771: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP4) RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers RFC 1905: Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2) RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets RFC 1939: Post Office Protocol (POP), Version 3 RFC 2021: Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base Version 2 using SMIv2 (RMONv2) RFC 2060: Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), Version 4rev1 RFC 2236: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), Version 2 RFC 2328: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Version 2 RFC 2390: Inverse Address Resolution Protocol (Inverse ARP) RFC 2453: Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Version 2 RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration RFC 2474: Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers RFC 2475: An Architecture for Differentiated Service RFC 2516: A Method for Transmitting PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) RFC 2608: Service Location Protocol (SLP), Version 2 RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Version 1.1 RFC 2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) RFC 3022: Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT) HTH Priscilla At 10:43 PM 4/1/02, D'Wayne Saunders wrote: >Hi, > Can anyone recommend a few core rfc's that are wothwhile reading > in regards >to cisco study. >tia > >Dwayne Saunders ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40151&t=40135 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
