My Favorite RFCs
- RFC's (Request for Comments) are interesting technical specifications
for the protocols used for Internet applications and communication
daily. These are the more interesting ones in my opinion, and the rest
(there are a TON) are available at http://www.ietf.org
- RFC 1700
- Assigned Numbers (protocol numbers, port listing, etc.)
- RFC 2068
- HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
- RFC 1034
- DNS (Domain Name System) Concepts
- RFC 1035
- DNS (Domain Name System) Implementation
- RFC 821
- SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
- RFC 1939
- POP3 (Post Office Protocol ver. 3)
- RFC 1730 - IMAP
(Intenet Message Access Protocol)
- RFC 959
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- RFC 854
- Telnet
- RFC 1459
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- RFC 793
- TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
- RFC 768
- UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
- RFC 791
- IP (Internet Protocol)
- RFC 792
- ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
- RFC 2236
- IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol)
- RFC 826
- ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
- RFC 903
- RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol)
- RFC 2131
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
- RFC 2030
- NTP (Network Time Protocol)