RFC 774 UNKNOWN INTERNET · DOCUMENTATION

Internet Protocol Handbook: Table of contents

A draft table of contents for a planned Internet Protocol Handbook.

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PUBLISHED
October 1980
AUTHORS
J. Postel
STREAM
Legacy
BUILDS ON
RFC 766 — Internet Protocol Handbook: Table of contents
PLANNED AVAILABILITY
End of 1980
CONTENTS GROUPS
5
DOI
10.17487/RFC0774

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Network Working Group                                          J. Postel
Request for Comments: 774                                            ISI
                                                            October 1980
Obsoletes: RFCs 766
Obsoletes: IENs, 118




                       Internet Protocol Handbook
                           Table of Contents




The internet family of protocols is replacing the old ARPANET protocols.
To this end an Internet Protocol Handbook will be prepared by the
Network Information Center.  This Handbook is tentatively planned to be
available at the end of 1980.  This Internet Protocol Handbook will
closely parallel the old ARPANET Protocol Handbook, and will primarily
be a collection of existing RFCs and IENs.

Attached is the current draft table of contents for the Internet
Protocol Handbook.  Any suggestions for additions should be sent to Jon
Postel (Postel@ISIF).

RFCs and IENs are public access document files and may be copied from
the Network Information Center online Library at SRI-KL via FTP using
the FTP user name ANONYMOUS and password GUEST.  The IENs have pathnames
of the form "<NETINFO>IEN-nnn.TXT", and the RFCs have pathnames of the
form "<NETINFO>RFCnnn.TXT", where "nnn" is replaced by the document
number.  [Note the inconsistency: IENs have a hyphen in the pathname,
RFCs don't.]

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Internet Protocol Handbook



                           Table of Contents



Overview

   The Catenet Model for Internetworking                  IEN-48

Gateway Level

   Internet Protocol                                      IEN-128 RFC760

   Gateway Routing: An Implementation Specification       IEN-30

   How to Build a Gateway                                 IEN-109

   Gateway Monitoring Protocol                            IEN-131

   CMCC Performance Measurement Message Formats           IEN-157

Host Level

   User Datagram Protocol                                         RFC768

   Transmission Control Protocol                          IEN-129 RFC761

   Multiplexing Protocol                                  IEN-90

Application Level

   Time Server Protocol                                   IEN-142

   Name Server Protocol                                   IEN-116

   Trivial File Transfer Protocol                         IEN-133

   Telnet Protocol                                        IEN-148 RFC764

   File Transfer Protocol                                 IEN-149 RFC765

   Mail Transfer Protocol                                         RFC772

   Internet Message Protocol                              IEN-113 RFC759

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Internet Protocol Handbook



Appendices

   Assigned Numbers                                               RFC770

   Address Mappings                                       IEN-115

   Document File Format Standards                                 RFC678

   Mail Header Format Standards                                   RFC733

ISO Plain Language

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PROBLEMAs Internet protocols replaced older ARPANET protocols, readers needed a planned collection of the related RFCs and IENs.
MECHANISMRFC 774 publishes a draft table of contents grouped into overview, gateway, host, application and appendix sections.
WHAT IT ISIt replaces the draft contents in RFC 766 and is a handbook outline, not a protocol specification.

§1The Planned Handbook

The Internet Protocol Handbook was planned by the Network Information Center as the Internet family of protocols replaced the old ARPANET protocols. The RFC says the handbook was tentatively planned to be available at the end of 1980.

It was intended to parallel the ARPANET Protocol Handbook and primarily collect existing RFCs and IENs. RFC 774 replaces the earlier draft table of contents in RFC 766.

The handbook was planned as a collection of existing RFCs and IENs. This memo gives a draft list of its contents.

§2How the Contents Are Grouped

The draft table of contents has sections for Overview, Gateway Level, Host Level, Application Level and Appendices. Gateway and host entries include documents on Internet Protocol, User Datagram Protocol and Transmission Control Protocol.

The application section includes entries for time service, name service, trivial file transfer, Telnet, file transfer, mail transfer and Internet Message Protocol. The appendices list assigned numbers, address mappings, document file format standards and mail header format standards.

The outline moves from an overview to gateway and host protocols, then applications and appendices. It lists document titles with RFC or IEN identifiers.

§1Finding the Listed Documents

The memo says RFCs and IENs are public-access document files that can be copied from the Network Information Center's online Library at SRI-KL using FTP with the user name ANONYMOUS and password GUEST.

IEN file pathnames include a hyphen before the number, while RFC pathnames do not. The RFC points out this naming inconsistency.

The memo gives an FTP location and account details for retrieving the listed documents. It notes a difference in the IEN and RFC filename patterns.

§4References