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TELE-WORX Consults on these IETF RFC’s:
MPLS, GMPLS, RSVP-TE, CR-LDP, Path Computation (PCE) and Pseudowire Subject Matter RFC’s:
RFC2430 A Provider Architecture for Differentiated Services and Traffic Engineering (PASTE)
RFC2702 Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over MPLS
RFC2917 A Core MPLS IP VPN Architecture
RFC3031 Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
RFC3032 MPLS Label Stack Encoding
RFC3034 Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification
RFC3035 MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching
RFC3063 MPLS Loop Prevention Mechanism
RFC3270 Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services
RFC3346 Applicability Statement for Traffic Engineering with MPLS
RFC3353 Overview of IP Multicast in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Environment
RFC3429 Assignment of the 'OAM Alert Label' for Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
(MPLS) Operation and Maintenance (OAM) Functions
RFC3443 Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
RFC3468 The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Working Group decision on MPLS signaling
protocols
RFC3469 Framework for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based Recovery
RFC3471 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Description
RFC3472 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Constraint-based Routed
Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP) Extensions
RFC3473 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation
Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions
RFC3474 Documentation of IANA assignments for Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching
(GMPLS) Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Usage and
Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)
RFC3476 Documentation of IANA Assignments for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), Resource
ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), and Resource ReSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering
(RSVP-TE) Extensions for Optical UNI Signaling
RFC3477 Signalling Unnumbered Links in Resource ReSerVation Protocol - Traffic Engineering
(RSVP-TE)
RFC3478 Graceful Restart Mechanism for Label Distribution Protocol
RFC3479 Fault Tolerance for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
RFC3480 Signalling Unnumbered Links in CR-LDP (Constraint-Routing Label Distribution
Protocol)
RFC3496 Protocol Extension for Support of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Service Class-
aware Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering
RFC3564 Requirements for Support of Differentiated Services-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering
RFC3612 Applicability Statement for Restart Mechanisms for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
RFC3785 Use of Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) Metric as a second MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)
Metric
RFC3811 Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs) for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Management
RFC3812 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Management Information
Base (MIB)
RFC3813 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switching Router (LSR) Management
Information Base (MIB)
RFC3814 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Equivalence Class To Next Hop Label
Forwarding Entry (FEC-To-NHLFE) Management Information Base (MIB)
RFC3815 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Label
Distribution Protocol (LDP)
RFC3916 Requirements for Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3)
RFC3919 Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Protocol Identifiers for IPv6 and Multi Protocol
Label Switching (MPLS)
RFC3945 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture
RFC3985 Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
RFC4003 GMPLS Signaling Procedure for Egress Control
RFC4023 Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
RFC4054 Impairments and Other Constraints on Optical Layer Routing
RFC4090 Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels
RFC4105 Requirements for Inter-Area MPLS Traffic Engineering
RFC4124 Protocol Extensions for Support of Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering
RFC4125 Maximum Allocation Bandwidth Constraints Model for Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic
Engineering
RFC4126 Max Allocation with Reservation Bandwidth Constraints Model for Diffserv-aware MPLS
Traffic Engineering & Performance Comparisons
RFC4127 Russian Dolls Bandwidth Constraints Model for Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering
RFC4128 Bandwidth Constraints Models for Differentiated Services (Diffserv)-aware MPLS Traffic
Engineering: Performance Evaluation
RFC4139 Requirements for Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Signaling Usage and Extensions for
Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)
RFC4182 Removing a Restriction on the use of MPLS Explicit NULL
RFC4197 Requirements for Edge-to-Edge Emulation of Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Circuits
over Packet Switching Networks
RFC4201 Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)
RFC4202 Routing Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
RFC4203 OSPF Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
RFC4204 Link Management Protocol (LMP)
RFC4206 Label Switched Paths (LSP) Hierarchy with Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(GMPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE)
RFC4207 Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Encoding for
Link Management Protocol (LMP) Test Messages
RFC4208 Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) User-Network Interface (UNI):
Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Support for the Overlay
Model
RFC4216 MPLS Inter-Autonomous System (AS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Requirements
RFC4221 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management Overview
RFC4247 Requirements for Header Compression over MPLS
RFC4257 Framework for Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)-based Control of
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy/Synchronous Optical Networking (SDH/SONET)
Networks
RFC4258 Requirements for Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Routing for the
Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)
RFC4328 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Extensions for G.709
Optical Transport Networks Control
RFC4349 High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) Frames over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, Version 3
(L2TPv3)
RFC4364 BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
RFC4365 Applicability Statement for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
RFC4368 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label-Controlled Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM) and Frame-Relay Management Interface Definition
RFC4377 Operations and Management (OAM) Requirements for Multi-Protocol Label Switched
(MPLS) Networks
RFC4378 A Framework for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Operations and Management
(OAM)
RFC4379 Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
RFC4381 Analysis of the Security of BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
RFC4382 MPLS/BGP Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Management Information Base
RFC4385 Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Control Word for Use over an MPLS PSN
RFC4394 A Transport Network View of the Link Management Protocol (LMP)
RFC4397 A Lexicography for the Interpretation of Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching
(GMPLS) Terminology within the Context of the ITU-T's Automatically Switched Optical
Network (ASON) Architecture
RFC4426 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Recovery Functional Specification
RFC4427 Recovery (Protection and Restoration) Terminology for Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
Switching (GMPLS)
RFC4428 Analysis of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)-based Recovery
Mechanisms (including Protection and Restoration)
RFC4446 IANA Allocations for Pseudowire Edge to Edge Emulation (PWE3)
RFC4447 Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
RFC4448 Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks
RFC4553 Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) over Packet (SAToP)
RFC4461 Signaling Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic-Engineered MPLS Label Switched
Paths (LSPs)
RFC4558 Node-ID Based Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) Hello: A Clarification Statement
RFC4576 Using a Link State Advertisement (LSA) Options Bit to Prevent Looping in BGP/MPLS IP
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
RFC4577 OSPF as the Provider/Customer Edge Protocol for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs)
RFC4606 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Extensions for Synchronous Optical
Network (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Control
RFC4618 Encapsulation Methods for Transport of PPP/High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) over
MPLS Networks
RFC4619 Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Frame Relay over Multiprotocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Networks
RFC4623 Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Fragmentation and Reassembly
RFC4652 Evaluation of Existing Routing Protocols against Automatic Switched Optical Network
(ASON) Routing Requirements
RFC4655 A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based Architecture
RFC4657 Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol Generic Requirements
RFC4659 BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN
RFC4667 Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) Extensions for Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
RFC4674 Requirements for Path Computation Element (PCE) Discovery
RFC4687 Operations and Management (OAM) Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint MPLS Networks
RFC4684 Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label
Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
RFC4717 Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) over MPLS
Networks
RFC4720 Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Frame Check Sequence Retention
RFC4726 A Framework for Inter-Domain Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering
RFC4736 Reoptimization of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Loosely
Routed Label Switched Path (LSP)
RFC4781 Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP with MPLS
RFC4783 GMPLS - Communication of Alarm Information
RFC4797 Use of Provider Edge to Provider Edge (PE-PE) Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) or
IP in BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks
RFC4798 Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)
RFC4801 Definitions of Textual Conventions for Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
Management
RFC4802 Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering Management
Information Base
RFC4803 Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Label Switching Router (LSR)
Management Information Base
RFC4804 Aggregation of Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) Reservations over MPLS TE/
DS-TE Tunnels
RFC4816 Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Transparent Cell Transport Service
RFC4817 Encapsulation of MPLS over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3
RFC4829 Label Switched Path (LSP) Preemption Policies for MPLS Traffic Engineering
RFC4859 Codepoint Registry for the Flags Field in the Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic
Engineering (RSVP-TE) Session Attribute Object
RFC4872 RSVP-TE Extensions in Support of End-to-End Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(GMPLS) Recovery
RFC4863 Wildcard Pseudowire Type
RFC4873 GMPLS Segment Recovery
RFC4874 Exclude Routes - Extension to Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering
(RSVP-TE)
RFC4875 Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-
Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
RFC4901 Protocol Extensions for Header Compression over MPLS
RFC4905 Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames over MPLS Networks
RFC4906 Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS
RFC4920 Crankback Signaling Extensions for MPLS and GMPLS RSVP-TE
RFC4927 Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCECP) Specific Requirements for
Inter-Area MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering
RFC4928 Avoiding Equal Cost Multipath Treatment in MPLS Networks
RFC4929 Change Process for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS
(GMPLS) Protocols and Procedures
RFC4972 Routing Extensions for Discovery of Multiprotocol (MPLS) Label Switch Router (LSR)
Traffic Engineering (TE) Mesh Membership
RFC4974 Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) RSVP-TE Signaling Extensions in Support of Calls
RFC4990 Use of Addresses in Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Networks
RFC5003 Attachment Individual Identifier (AII) Types for Aggregation
RFC5038 The Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Implementation Survey Results
RFC5063 Extensions to GMPLS Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) Graceful Restart
RFC5085 Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for
Pseudowires
RFC5087 Time Division Multiplexing over IP (TDMoIP)
RFC5088 OSPF Protocol Extensions for Path Computation Element (PCE) Discovery
RFC5089 IS-IS Protocol Extensions for Path Computation Element (PCE) Discovery
RFC5129 Explicit Congestion Marking in MPLS
RFC5145 Framework for MPLS-TE to GMPLS Migration
RFC5146 Interworking Requirements to Support Operation of MPLS-TE over GMPLS Networks
RFC5150 Label Switched Path Stitching with Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic
Engineering (GMPLS TE)
RFC5151 Inter-Domain MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering -- Resource Reservation Protocol-
Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions
RFC5152 A Per-Domain Path Computation Method for Establishing Inter-Domain Traffic
Engineering (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
RFC5212 Requirements for GMPLS-Based Multi-Region and Multi-Layer Networks (MRN/MLN)
RFC5253 Applicability Statement for Layer 1 Virtual Private Network (L1VPN) Basic Mode
RFC5254 Requirements for Multi-Segment Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3)
RFC5287 Control Protocol Extensions for the Setup of Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM)
Pseudowires in MPLS Networks
RFC5298 Analysis of Inter-Domain Label Switched Path (LSP) Recovery
RFC5307 IS-IS Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
RFC5316 ISIS Extensions in Support of Inter-Autonomous System (AS) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic
Engineering
RFC5317 Joint Working Team (JWT) Report on MPLS Architectural Considerations for a Transport
Profile
RFC5331 MPLS Upstream Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space
RFC5332 MPLS Multicast Encapsulations
RFC5339 Evaluation of Existing GMPLS Protocols against Multi-Layer and Multi-Region Networks
(MLN/MRN)
RFC5376 Inter-AS Requirements for the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol
(PCECP)
RFC5392 OSPF Extensions in Support of Inter-Autonomous System (AS) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic
Engineering
RFC5394 Policy-Enabled Path Computation Framework
RFC5420 Encoding of Attributes for MPLS LSP Establishment Using Resource Reservation Protocol
Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
RFC5439 An Analysis of Scaling Issues in MPLS-TE Core Networks
RFC5440 Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)
RFC5441 A Backward-Recursive PCE-Based Computation (BRPC) Procedure to Compute Shortest
Constrained Inter-Domain Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths
RFC5462 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: EXP Field Renamed to Traffic
Class Field
RFC5455 Diffserv-Aware Class-Type Object for the Path Computation Element Communication
Protocol
RFC5467 GMPLS Asymmetric Bandwidth Bidirectional Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
RFC5468 Performance Analysis of Inter-Domain Path Computation Methodologies
RFC5521 Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) for Route
Exclusions
RFC5542 Definitions of Textual Conventions for Pseudowire (PW) Management
Optical Transport Network, OTN, OTNT, ASON, ASTN and NGN Subject Matter RFC’s:
RFC2615 PPP over SONET/SDH
RFC2823 PPP over Simple Data Link (SDL) using SONET/SDH with ATM-like framing
RFC3255 Extending Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) over Synchronous Optical NETwork/Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) with virtual concatenation, high order and low order
payloads
RFC3422 Forwarding Media Access Control (MAC) Frames over Multiple Access Protocol over
Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (MAPOS)
RFC3474 Documentation of IANA assignments for Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching
(GMPLS) Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Usage and
Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)
RFC3475 Documentation of IANA assignments for Constraint-Based LSP setup using LDP (CR-LDP)
Extensions for Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON)
RFC3476 Documentation of IANA Assignments for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), Resource
ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), and Resource ReSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering
(RSVP-TE) Extensions for Optical UNI Signaling
RFC3498 Definitions of Managed Objects for Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Linear
Automatic Protection Switching (APS) Architectures
RFC3572 Internet Protocol Version 6 over MAPOS (Multiple Access Protocol Over SONET/SDH)
RFC3591 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Optical Interface Type
RFC3592 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Interface Type
RFC3604 Requirements for Adding Optical Support to the General Switch Management Protocol
version 3 (GSMPv3)
RFC3717 IP over Optical Networks: A Framework
RFC4054 Impairments and Other Constraints on Optical Layer Routing
RFC4139 Requirements for Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Signaling Usage and Extensions for
Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)
RFC4197 Requirements for Edge-to-Edge Emulation of Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Circuits
over Packet Switching Networks
RFC4207 Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Encoding for
Link Management Protocol (LMP) Test Messages
RFC4209 Link Management Protocol (LMP) for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Optical Line Systems
RFC4257 Framework for Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)-based Control of
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy/Synchronous Optical Networking (SDH/SONET)
Networks
RFC4258 Requirements for Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Routing for the
Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)
RFC4328 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Extensions for G.709
Optical Transport Networks Control
RFC4394 A Transport Network View of the Link Management Protocol (LMP)
RFC4397 A Lexicography for the Interpretation of Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching
(GMPLS) Terminology within the Context of the ITU-T's Automatically Switched Optical
Network (ASON) Architecture
RFC4606 Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Extensions for Synchronous Optical
Network (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Control
RFC4652 Evaluation of Existing Routing Protocols against Automatic Switched Optical Network
(ASON) Routing Requirements
RFC4837 Managed Objects of Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPON)
RFC4842 Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit
Emulation over Packet (CEP)
RFC4906 Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS
RFC5009 Private Header (P-Header) Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for
Authorization of Early Media
ISO OSI and IS-IS, Subject Matter RFC’s
RFC0905 ISO Transport Protocol specification ISO DP 8073
RFC0982 Guidelines for the specification of the structure of the Domain Specific Part (DSP) of the
ISO standard NSAP address
RFC0995 End System to Intermediate System Routing Exchange Protocol for use in conjunction
with ISO 8473
RFC1006 ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP Version: 3
RFC1007 Military supplement to the ISO Transport Protocol
RFC1008 Implementation guide for the ISO Transport Protocol
RFC1069 Guidelines for the use of Internet-IP addresses in the ISO Connectionless-Mode Network
Protocol
RFC1070 Use of the Internet as a subnetwork for experimentation with the OSI network layer
RFC1085 ISO presentation services on top of TCP/IP based internets
RFC1086 ISO-TP0 bridge between TCP and X.25
RFC1142 OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing Protocol
RFC1165 Network Time Protocol (NTP) over the OSI Remote Operations Service
RFC1195 Use of OSI IS-IS for routing in TCP/IP and dual environments
RFC1214 OSI internet management: Management Information Base
RFC1223 OSI CLNS and LLC1 protocols on Network Systems HYPERchannel
RFC1238 CLNS MIB for use with Connectionless Network Protocol (ISO 8473) and End System to
Intermediate System (ISO 9542)
RFC1240 OSI connectionless transport services on top of UDP: Version 1
RFC1277 Encoding Network Addresses to Support Operation over Non-OSI Lower Layers
RFC1278 A string encoding of Presentation Address
RFC1330 Recommendations for the Phase I Deployment of OSI Directory Services (X.500) and OSI
Message Handling Services (X.400) within the ESNET Community
RFC1377 The PPP OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSINLCP)
RFC1415 FTP-FTAM Gateway Specification
RFC1418 SNMP over OSI
RFC1431 DUA Metrics (OSI-DS 33 (v2))
RFC1526 Assignment of System Identifiers for TUBA/CLNP Hosts
RFC1554 ISO-2022-JP-2: Multilingual Extension of ISO-2022-JP
RFC1561 Use of ISO CLNP in TUBA Environments
RFC1564 DSA Metrics (OSI-DS 34 (v3))
RFC1574 Essential Tools for the OSI Internet
RFC1575 An Echo Function for CLNP (ISO 8473)
RFC1629 Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation in the Internet
RFC1698 Octet Sequences for Upper-Layer OSI to Support Basic Communications Applications
RFC1706 DNS NSAP Resource Records
RFC1768 Host Group Extensions for CLNP Multicasting
RFC1815 Character Sets ISO-10646 and ISO-10646-J-1
RFC1859 ISO Transport Class 2 Non-use of Explicit Flow Control over TCP RFC1006 extension
RFC1947 Greek Character Encoding for Electronic Mail Messages
RFC2120 Managing the X.500 Root Naming Context
RFC2126 ISO Transport Service on top of TCP (ITOT)
RFC2503 MIME Types for Use with the ISO ILL Protocol
RFC2556 OSI connectionless transport services on top of UDP Applicability Statement for Historic
Status
RFC2781 UTF-16, an encoding of ISO 10646
RFC2973 IS-IS Mesh Groups
RFC3163 ISO/IEC 9798-3 Authentication SASL Mechanism
RFC3277 Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) Transient Blackhole Avoidance
RFC3339 Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps
RFC3359 Reserved Type, Length and Value (TLV) Codepoints in Intermediate System to
Intermediate System
RFC3563 Cooperative Agreement Between the ISOC/IETF and ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee
1/Sub Committee 6 (JTC1/SC6) on IS-IS Routing Protocol Development
RFC3614 A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Motion Picture Experts Group
(MPEG)
RFC3629 UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
RFC3719 Recommendations for Interoperable Networks using Intermediate System to Intermediate
System (IS-IS)
RFC3745 MIME Type Registrations for JPEG 2000 (ISO/IEC 15444)
RFC3839 MIME Type Registrations for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Multimedia files
RFC3787 Recommendations for Interoperable IP Networks using Intermediate System to
Intermediate System (IS-IS)
RFC3984 RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video
RFC4330 Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI
RFC4444 Management Information Base for Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
RFC4548 Internet Code Point (ICP) Assignments for NSAP Addresses
RFC4971 Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) Extensions for Advertising Router
Information
RFC4972 Routing Extensions for Discovery of Multiprotocol (MPLS) Label Switch Router (LSR)
Traffic Engineering (TE) Mesh Membership
RFC5029 Definition of an IS-IS Link Attribute Sub-TLV
RFC5089 IS-IS Protocol Extensions for Path Computation Element (PCE) Discovery
RFC5120 M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-
ISs)
RFC5130 A Policy Control Mechanism in IS-IS Using Administrative Tags
RFC5141 A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
RFC5301 Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for IS-IS
RFC5302 Domain-Wide Prefix Distribution with Two-Level IS-IS
RFC5303 Three-Way Handshake for IS-IS Point-to-Point Adjacencies
RFC5304 IS-IS Cryptographic Authentication
RFC5305 IS-IS Extensions for Traffic Engineering
RFC5306 Restart Signaling for IS-IS
RFC5307 IS-IS Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
RFC5308 Routing IPv6 with IS-IS
RFC5310 IS-IS Generic Cryptographic Authentication
RFC5311 Simplified Extension of Link State PDU (LSP) Space for IS-IS
RFC5458 Security Requirements for the Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) Protocol
IETF Draft Standard RFC’s:
RFC0951 Bootstrap Protocol
RFC1184 Telnet Linemode Option
RFC1188 Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over FDDI Networks
RFC1191 Path MTU discovery
RFC1288 The Finger User Information Protocol
RFC1305 Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation and Analysis
RFC1356 Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN in the Packet Mode
RFC1534 Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTP
RFC1542 Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol
RFC1559 DECnet Phase IV MIB Extensions
RFC1575 An Echo Function for CLNP (ISO 8473)
RFC1629 Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation in the Internet
RFC1652 SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport
RFC1658 Definitions of Managed Objects for Character Stream Devices using SMIv2
RFC1659 Definitions of Managed Objects for RS-232-like Hardware Devices using SMIv2
RFC1660 Definitions of Managed Objects for Parallel-printer-like Hardware Devices using SMIv2
RFC1694 Definitions of Managed Objects for SMDS Interfaces using SMIv2
RFC1724 RIP Version 2 MIB Extension
RFC1748 IEEE 802.5 MIB using SMIv2
RFC1762 The PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol (DNCP)
RFC1772 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
RFC1864 The Content-MD5 Header Field
RFC1981 Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
RFC1989 PPP Link Quality Monitoring
RFC1990 The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP)
RFC1994 PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
RFC2045 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message
Bodies
RFC2046 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types
RFC2047 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for
Non-ASCII Text
RFC2049 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five: Conformance Criteria and
Examples
RFC2067 IP over HIPPI
RFC2115 Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs Using SMIv2
RFC2131 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
RFC2132 DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
RFC2347 TFTP Option Extension
RFC2348 TFTP Blocksize Option
RFC2349 TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options
RFC2355 TN3270 Enhancements
RFC2390 Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
RFC2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
RFC2613 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Extensions for Switched Networks Version 1.0
RFC2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
RFC2617 HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
RFC2741 Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1
RFC2742 Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP Agents
RFC2790 Host Resources MIB
RFC2863 The Interfaces Group MIB
RFC2865 Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
RFC2895 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Reference
RFC3191 Minimal GSTN address format in Internet Mail
RFC3192 Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail
RFC3275 (Extensible Markup Language) XML-Signature Syntax and Processing
RFC3282 Content Language Headers
RFC3302 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) - image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration
RFC3461 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications
(DSNs)
RFC3462 The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative
Messages
RFC3463 Enhanced Mail System Status Codes
RFC3464 An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications
RFC3592 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous Optical Network/
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Interface Type
RFC3593 Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance History Based on 15 Minute
Intervals
RFC3596 DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6
RFC3768 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
RFC3798 Message Disposition Notification
RFC3801 Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2 (VPIMv2)
RFC3802 Toll Quality Voice - 32 kbit/s Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM) MIME
Sub-type Registration
RFC3803 Content Duration MIME Header Definition
RFC3912 WHOIS Protocol Specification
RFC3949 File Format for Internet Fax
RFC3950 Tag Image File Format Fax eXtended (TIFF-FX) - image/tiff-fx MIME Sub-type Registration
RFC3965 A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail
RFC4271 A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
RFC4291 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
RFC4409 Message Submission for Mail
RFC4443 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Specification
RFC4456 BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)
RFC4502 Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base Version 2
RFC4760 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
RFC4861 Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
RFC4862 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
RFC4930 Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
RFC4931 Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Domain Name Mapping
RFC4932 Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Host Mapping
RFC4933 Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Contact Mapping
RFC4934 Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Transport Over TCP
RFC4941 Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
RFC5036 LDP Specification
RFC5065 Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
RFC5072 IP Version 6 over PPP
RFC5321 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
RFC5322 Internet Message Format
RFC5492 Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4
RFC5531 RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2
IETF Standard RFC’s:
RFC0768 (STD0006) User Datagram Protocol
RFC0791 (STD0005) Internet Protocol
RFC0792 (STD0005) Internet Control Message Protocol
RFC0793 (STD0007) Transmission Control Protocol
RFC0826 (STD0037) Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or Converting Network Protocol
Addresses to 48.bit Ethernet Address for Transmission on Ethernet Hardware
RFC0854 (STD0008) Telnet Protocol Specification
RFC0855 (STD0008) Telnet Option Specifications
RFC0856 (STD0027) Telnet Binary Transmission
RFC0857 (STD0028) Telnet Echo Option
RFC0858 (STD0029) Telnet Suppress Go Ahead Option
RFC0859 (STD0030) Telnet Status Option
RFC0860 (STD0031) Telnet Timing Mark Option
RFC0861 (STD0032) Telnet Extended Options: List Option
RFC0862 (STD0020) Echo Protocol
RFC0863 (STD0021) Discard Protocol
RFC0864 (STD0022) Character Generator Protocol
RFC0865 (STD0023) Quote of the Day Protocol
RFC0866 (STD0024) Active users
RFC0867 (STD0025) Daytime Protocol
RFC0868 (STD0026) Time Protocol
RFC0891 (STD0044) DCN Local-Network Protocols
RFC0894 (STD0041) A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks
RFC0895 (STD0042) Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over experimental Ethernet
networks
RFC0903 (STD0038) A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RFC0907 (STD0040) Host Access Protocol specification
RFC0919 (STD0005) Broadcasting Internet Datagrams
RFC0922 (STD0005) Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the presence of subnets
RFC0950 (STD0005) Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
RFC0959 (STD0009) File Transfer Protocol
RFC1001 (STD0019) Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts
and methods
RFC1002 (STD0019) Protocol standard for a NetBIOS service on a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed
specifications
RFC1006 (STD0035) ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP Version: 3
RFC1034 (STD0013) Domain names - concepts and facilities
RFC1035 (STD0013) Domain names - implementation and specification
RFC1042 (STD0043) Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802 networks
RFC1044 (STD0045) Internet Protocol on Network System's HYPERchannel: Protocol Specification
RFC1055 (STD0047) Nonstandard for transmission of IP datagrams over serial lines: SLIP
RFC1088 (STD0048) Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over NetBIOS networks
RFC1112 (STD0005) Host extensions for IP multicasting
RFC1122 (STD0003) Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
RFC1123 (STD0003) Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
RFC1132 (STD0049) Standard for the transmission of 802.2 packets over IPX networks
RFC1155 (STD0016) Structure and identification of management information for TCP/IP-based
internets
RFC1201 (STD0046) Transmitting IP traffic over ARCNET networks
RFC1209 (STD0052) The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the SMDS Service
RFC1212 (STD0016) Concise MIB definitions
RFC1213 (STD0017) Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based
internets:MIB-II
RFC1350 (STD0033) The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)
RFC1390 (STD0036) Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks
RFC1661 (STD0051) The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
RFC1662 (STD0051) PPP in HDLC-like Framing
RFC1722 (STD0057) RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement
RFC1870 (STD0010) SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
RFC1939 (STD0053) Post Office Protocol - Version 3
RFC2289 (STD0061) A One-Time Password System
RFC2328 (STD0054) OSPF Version 2
RFC2427 (STD0055) Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay
RFC2453 (STD0056) RIP Version 2
RFC2578 (STD0058) Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
RFC2579 (STD0058) Textual Conventions for SMIv2
RFC2580 (STD0058) Conformance Statements for SMIv2
RFC2819 (STD0059) Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
RFC2920 (STD0060) SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining
RFC3411 (STD0062) An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Management Frameworks
RFC3412 (STD0062) Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
RFC3413 (STD0062) Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications
RFC3414 (STD0062) User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
RFC3415 (STD0062) View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC3416 (STD0062) Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
RFC3417 (STD0062) Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC3418 (STD0062) Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
RFC3550 (STD0064) RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
RFC3551 (STD0065) RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control
RFC3629 (STD0063) UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
RFC3986 (STD0066) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
RFC4506 (STD0067) XDR: External Data Representation Standard
RFC5234 (STD0068) Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
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