699
INFORMATIONAL
Request For Comments summary notes: 600-699
Authors: J. Postel, J. Vernon
Date: November 1982
Stream: Legacy
RFC 699
INFORMATIONAL
Network Working Group J. Postel
Request for Comments: 699 J. Vernon
ISI
November 1982
<span class="h1">Requests For Comments Summary</span>
<span class="h1">Notes: 600-699</span>
This RFC is a slightly annotated list of the 100 RFCs from <a href="./rfc600">RFC 600</a>
through <a href="./rfc699">RFC 699</a>. This is a kind of status report on these RFCs.
RFC Author Date Title
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-699" href="#section-699">699</a> Postel </span> 10 Nov 82 Requests for Comments Summary
Notes: 600-699
This summary.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-698" href="#section-698">698</a> Tovar </span> 23 Jul 75 Telnet Extended ASCII Option
Describes an option to allow transmission of a special kind of
extended ASCII used at the Stanford AI and MIT AI Labs.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-697" href="#section-697">697</a> Lieb </span> 14 Jul 75 CWD Command of FTP
Discusses FTP login access to "files only" directories.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-696" href="#section-696">696</a> Cerf </span> 17 Jul 75 Comments on the IMP/HOST and
HOST/IMP Protocol Changes
Observations on current international standards recommendations from
IFIP working group 6.1; see also RFCs 692, 690 687.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-695" href="#section-695">695</a> Krilanovich 5 </span>Jul 75 Official Change in Host-Host Protocol
Corrects ambiguity concerning the ERR command; changes NIC 8246 and
NIC 7104.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-694" href="#section-694">694</a> Postel </span> 18 Jun 75 Protocol Information
References to documents and contacts concerning the various protocols
used in the ARPANET, as well as recent developments; updates <a href="./rfc661">RFC 661</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-693" href="#section-693">693</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-692" href="#section-692">692</a> Wolfe </span> 20 Jun 75 Comments on IMP/Host Protocol Changes
Postel & Vernon [page 1]<span id="page-2" ></span>
<a href="./rfc699">RFC 699</a> November 1982
A proposed solution to the problem of combined length of IMP and Host
leaders; see also RFCs 696, 690 and 687.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-691" href="#section-691">691</a> Harvey </span> 28 May 75 One More Try on the FTP
Slight revision of <a href="./rfc686">RFC 686</a>, on the subject of print files; see also
RFCs 640, 630, 542, 454, 448, 414, 385 and 354.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-690" href="#section-690">690</a> Postel </span> 6 Jun 75 Comments on the proposed Host/IMP
Protocol Changes
Comments on suggestions in <a href="./rfc687">RFC 687</a>; see also RFCs 692 and 696.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-689" href="#section-689">689</a> Clements </span>23 May 75 TENEX NCP Finite State Machine for
Connections
Describes the internal states of an NCP connection in the TENEX
implementation.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-688" href="#section-688">688</a> Walden </span> 4 Jun 75 Tentative Schedule for the New TELNET
Implementation for the TIP
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-687" href="#section-687">687</a> Walden </span> 2 Jun 75 IMP/Host and Host/IMP Protocol Changes
Addressing hosts on more than 63 IMPs, and other backwards compatible
expansions; see also RFCs 690 and 692.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-686" href="#section-686">686</a> Harvey </span> 10 May 75 Leaving Well Enough Alone
Discusses difference between early and later versions of FTP; see also
RFCs 691, 640, 630, 542, 454, 448, 414, 385 and 354.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-685" href="#section-685">685</a> Beeler </span> 16 Apr 75 Response Time in Cross-network
Debugging
The contribution of ARPANET communication to response time.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-684" href="#section-684">684</a> Schantz </span> 15 Apr 75 A Commentary on Procedure Calling as a
Network Protocol
Issues in designing distributed computing systems. Shortcomings of
<a href="./rfc674">RFC 674</a>; see also RFCs 542 and 354.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-683" href="#section-683">683</a> Clements </span> 3 Apr 75 FTPSRV -- TENEX Extension for Paged
Files
Defines an extension to FTP for page-mode transfers between TENEX
systems; also discusses file transfer reliability.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-682" href="#section-682">682</a> Not Issued</span>
Postel & Vernon [page 2]<span id="page-3" ></span>
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-681" href="#section-681">681</a> Holmgren </span>14 May 75 Network Unix
Capabilities as an ARPANET Mini-Host: standard I/O, Telnet, NCP,
Hardware/Software requirements, reliability, availability.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-680" href="#section-680">680</a> Myer </span> 30 Apr 75 Message Transmission Protocol
Extends message field definition beyond <a href="./rfc561">RFC 561</a> attempts to establish
syntactic and semantic standards for ARPANET; see also RFCs 733 and
822.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-679" href="#section-679">679</a> Dodds </span> 21 Feb 75 February, 1975, Survey of New-Protocol
Telnet Servers
An earlier poll of Telnet server implementation status. Updates RFCs
701, 702 and 669; see also <a href="./rfc703">RFC 703</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-678" href="#section-678">678</a> Postel </span> 18 Dec 74 Standard File Formats
For transmission of documents across different environments.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-677" href="#section-677">677</a> Johnson </span> 27 Jan 75 The Maintenance of Duplicate Databases
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-676" href="#section-676">676</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-675" href="#section-675">675</a> Cerf </span> 16 Dec 74 Specification of Internet Transmission
Control Program
The first detailed specification of TCP; see <a href="./rfc793">RFC 793</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-674" href="#section-674">674</a> Postel </span> 12 DEC 74 Procedure Call Documents--Version 2
Host level protocol used in the NSW--a slightly constrained version of
ARPANET Host-to-Host protocol, affecting allocation, RFNM wait, and
retransmission; see also <a href="./rfc684">RFC 684</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-673" href="#section-673">673</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-672" href="#section-672">672</a> Schantz </span> 6 Dec 74 A Multi-Site Data Collection Facility
Applicability of TIP/TENEX protocols beyond TIP accounting.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-671" href="#section-671">671</a> Schantz </span> 6 Dec 74 A Note on Reconnection Protocol
Experience with implementation in RSEXEC context.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-670" href="#section-670">670</a> Not Issued</span>
Postel & Vernon [page 3]<span id="page-4" ></span>
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-669" href="#section-669">669</a> Dodds </span> 4 Dec 74 November 1974, Survey of New-Protocol
Telnet Servers
An earlier poll of Telnet server implementation status. Updates <a href="./rfc702">RFC</a>
<a href="./rfc702">702</a>; see also RFCs 703 and 679.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-668" href="#section-668">668</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-667" href="#section-667">667</a> Chipman </span> Dec 74 BBN Host Ports
Approved scheme to connect host ports to the network.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-666" href="#section-666">666</a> Padlipsky 26 Nov 74 </span> Specification of the Unified User-Level
Protocol
Discusses and proposes a common command language.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-665" href="#section-665">665</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-664" href="#section-664">664</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-663" href="#section-663">663</a> Kanodia </span> 29 Nov 74 A Lost Message Detection and Recovery
Protocol
Proposed extension of host-host protocol; see also RFCs 534, 516, 512,
492 and 467.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-662" href="#section-662">662</a> Kanodia </span> 26 Nov 74 Performance Improvement in ARPANET File
Transfers from Multics
Experimenting with host output buffers to improve throughput.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-661" href="#section-661">661</a> Postel </span> 23 Nov 74 Protocol Information
An old version; see <a href="./rfc694">RFC 694</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-660" href="#section-660">660</a> Walden </span> 23 Oct 74 Some Changes to the IMP and the
IMP/Host Interface
Decoupling of message number sequences of hosts; host-host access
control; message number window; messages outside normal mechanism; see
also BBN 1822.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-659" href="#section-659">659</a> Postel </span> 18 Oct 74 Announcing Additional Telnet Options
Options defined in RFCs 651-658.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-658" href="#section-658">658</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Telnet Output Line Feed Disposition
Postel & Vernon [page 4]<span id="page-5" ></span>
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-657" href="#section-657">657</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Telnet Output Vertical Tab Disposition
Option
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-656" href="#section-656">656</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Telnet Output Vertical Tab Stops Option
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-655" href="#section-655">655</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Telnet Output Form Feed Disposition
Option
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-654" href="#section-654">654</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Telnet Output Horizontal Tab
Disposition Option
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-653" href="#section-653">653</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Telnet Output Horizontal Tab Stops
Option
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-652" href="#section-652">652</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Telnet Output Carriage Return
Disposition Option
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-651" href="#section-651">651</a> Crocker </span> 25 Oct 74 Revised Telnet Status Option
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-650" href="#section-650">650</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-649" href="#section-649">649</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-648" href="#section-648">648</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-647" href="#section-647">647</a> Padlipsky 12 Nov 74 </span> A Proposed Protocol for Connecting Host
Computers to ARPA-Like Networks via
Front End Processors
Approaches to Front-End protocol processing using available hardware
and software.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-646" href="#section-646">646</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-645" href="#section-645">645</a> Crocker </span> 26 Jun 74 Network Standard Data Specification
Syntax
Providing a mechanism for specifying all attributes of a collection of
bits; see also <a href="./rfc615">RFC 615</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-644" href="#section-644">644</a> Thomas </span> 22 Jul 74 On The Problem of Signature
Authentication for Network Mail
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-643" href="#section-643">643</a> Mader </span> 5 Jul 74 Network Debugging Protocol
To be used in an implementation of a PDP-11 network bootstrap device
and a cross-network debugger.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-642" href="#section-642">642</a> Burchfiel </span>5 Jul 74 Ready Line Philosophy and
Implementation
Postel & Vernon [page 5]<span id="page-6" ></span>
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-641" href="#section-641">641</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-640" href="#section-640">640</a> Postel </span> 5 Jun 74 Revised FTP Reply Codes
Updates <a href="./rfc542">RFC 542</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-639" href="#section-639">639</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-638" href="#section-638">638</a> McKenzie </span>25 Apr 74 IMP/TIP Preventive Maintenance Schedule
Corrects <a href="./rfc633">RFC 633</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-637" href="#section-637">637</a> McKenzie </span>23 Apr 74 Change of Network Address for SU-DSL
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-636" href="#section-636">636</a> Burchfiel 10 Jun 74 </span> TIP/TENEX Reliability Improvements
Obtaining/maintaining connections; recovery from lost connections;
connection-state changes.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-635" href="#section-635">635</a> Cerf </span> 22 Apr 74 An Assessment of ARPANET Protocols
Theoretical and practical motivation for redesign. Multipacket
messages; host retransmission; duplicate detection; sequencing;
acknowledgement.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-634" href="#section-634">634</a> McKenzie </span>10 Apr 74 Change in Network Address for Haskins
Lab.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-633" href="#section-633">633</a> McKenzie </span>18 Mar 74 IMP/TIP Preventive Maintenance Schedule
An old version; see <a href="./rfc638">RFC 638</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-632" href="#section-632">632</a> Opderbeck 20 May 74 </span> Throughput Degradations for Single
Packet Messages
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-631" href="#section-631">631</a> Danthine </span>17 Apr 74 Call for Papers: International Meeting
on Minicomputers and Data Communication
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-630" href="#section-630">630</a> Sussman </span> 10 Apr 74 FTP Error Code Usage for More Reliable
Mail Service
Describes FTP reply-code usage in TENEX mail processing.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-629" href="#section-629">629</a> North </span> 27 Mar 74 Scenario for Using the Network Journal
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-628" href="#section-628">628</a> Keeney </span> 27 Mar 74 Status of RFC Numbers and a Note on
Pre-assigned Journal Numbers
Postel & Vernon [page 6]<span id="page-7" ></span>
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-627" href="#section-627">627</a> Feinler </span> 25 Mar 74 ASCII Text File of Hostnames
See also RFCs 606, 608, 623 and 625.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-626" href="#section-626">626</a> Kleinrock 14 Mar 74 </span> On a possible Lockup Condition in Imp
Subnet due to Message Sequencing
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-625" href="#section-625">625</a> Feinler </span> 7 Mar 74 On Line Hostnames Service
See also RFCs 606, 608, 623 and 627.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-624" href="#section-624">624</a> Krilanovich 28 Feb 74 </span> Comments on the File Transfer Protocol
Design changes and slight modifications. Replaces <a href="./rfc607">RFC 607</a>; see also
RFCs 614, 542 and 640.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-623" href="#section-623">623</a> Krilanovich 22 Feb 74 </span> Comments on On-Line Host Name Service
See also RFCs 627, 625, 608 and 606.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-622" href="#section-622">622</a> McKenzie </span>13 Mar 74 Scheduling IMP/TIP Down Time
Modification of previous policy.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-621" href="#section-621">621</a> Kudlick </span> 6 Mar 74 NIC User Directories at SRI-ARC
See also RFCs 620 and 609.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-620" href="#section-620">620</a> Ferguson </span> 1 Mar 74 Request for Monitor Host Table Updates
In conjunction with moving NIC users to OFFICE-1; see also RFCs 621
and 609.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-619" href="#section-619">619</a> Naylor </span> 7 Mar 74 Mean Round-Trip Times in the ARPANET
Actual measurements of round-trip times.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-618" href="#section-618">618</a> Taft </span> 19 Feb 74 A Few Observations on NCP Statistics
Distribution of NCP and IMP message types by actual measurement.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-617" href="#section-617">617</a> Taft </span> 19 Feb 74 A Note on Socket Number Assignment
Danger of imposing more fixed socket number requirements; see also
RFCs 542, 503 and 451.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-616" href="#section-616">616</a> Walden </span> 11 Feb 74 Latest Network Maps
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-615" href="#section-615">615</a> Crocker </span> 1 Mar 74 Proposed Network Standard Data Pathname
Syntax
Postel & Vernon [page 7]<span id="page-8" ></span>
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-614" href="#section-614">614</a> Pogran </span> 28 Jan 74 Response to <a href="./rfc607">RFC 607</a> (NIC-21255),
"Comments on the FTP"
See also RFCs 624, 542 and 640.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-613" href="#section-613">613</a> McKenzie </span>21 Jan 74 Network Connectivity: A Response to <a href="./rfc603">RFC603</a>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-612" href="#section-612">612</a> McKenzie </span>16 Jan 74 Traffic Statistics Dec. 1973
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-611" href="#section-611">611</a> Walden </span> 14 Feb 74 Two Changes to the IMP/Host Protocol
Expansion of Host-Going-Down and addition of Dead-Host-Status Message.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-610" href="#section-610">610</a> Winter </span> 15 Dec 73 Further Datalanguage Design Concepts
Preliminary results of the language design; a model for data languagea
semantics; future considerations.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-609" href="#section-609">609</a> Ferguson </span>10 Jan 74 Statement of Upcoming Move of NIC/NLS
Service
See also RFCs 621 and 620.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-608" href="#section-608">608</a> Feinler </span> 10 Jan 73 Host Names On-Line
Response to <a href="./rfc606">RFC 606</a>; see also RFCs 627, 625 and 623.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-607" href="#section-607">607</a> Krilanovich 7 Jan 73 </span> NIC-21255 Comments on the File
Transfer Protocol
An old version; see <a href="./rfc624">RFC 624</a>; see also RFCs 614, 542 and 640.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-606" href="#section-606">606</a> Deutsch </span> 29 Dec 73 Host Names On-Line
Resolving differences in hostname-address mappings; see also RFCs 627,
625, 623 and 608.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-605" href="#section-605">605</a> Not Issued</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-604" href="#section-604">604</a> Postel </span> 26 Dec 73 Assigned Link Numbers
Modifies official host-host protocol. Replaces <a href="./rfc377">RFC 377</a>.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-603" href="#section-603">603</a> Burchfiel 31 Dec 73 </span> Response to <a href="./rfc597">RFC 597</a>: Host Status
Questions about the ARPANET topology described in <a href="./rfc597">RFC 597</a>.
Postel & Vernon [page 8]<span id="page-9" ></span>
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-602" href="#section-602">602</a> Metcalfe </span>27 Dec 73 "The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney
With Care"
Susceptibility of ARPANET to security violations.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-601" href="#section-601">601</a> McKenzie </span>14 Dec 73 Traffic Statistics November 1973
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-600" href="#section-600">600</a> Berggreen 26 Nov 73 </span> Interfacing an Illinois Plasma Terminal
to the ARPANET
Discusses some unusual interface issues for the Plato terminal.
Postel & Vernon [page 9]
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