Request For Comment
The Requests for Comments (RFCs) form a series of notes, started in 1969, about the Internet (originally the ARPANET ). The notes discuss many aspects of computer communication, focusing on networking protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts but also including meeting notes, opinion, and sometimes humor.
The RFC Editor is the publisher of the RFCs and is responsible for the final editorial review of the documents. The RFC Editor also maintains a master file of RFCs called the "RFC index", which can be searched online here. It can also be retrieved as a file via FTP (but note that it is 400 KB).
The specification documents of the Internet protocol suite, as defined by the IETF , and its steering group the IESG, are published as RFCs. Thus, the RFC publication process plays in important role in the Internet Standards process .
interesting RFC sites :
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RFC editor: http://www.rfc-editor.org/
active RFC index: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc-activeV.html
infos at: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/information/rfc.html