Protocols

Protocols Links

Request for Comments (RFC) Editor Homepage The RFC Editor collates Request For Comments documents. This site explains the RFC process, and includes a searchable database of RFCs.
Languages of the Internet Description of Internet protocols with diagrams of data structures.
Internet protocols General comments on protocol design, and good reference material on a few protocols (especially mail-related; also ftp, time, and misc) by Dan Bernstein.
IETF Internet Drafts List of documents organized by alphabetized subjects.
TCP/UDP Port Numbers A table of well known and not so well known protocol port assignments.
Port Numbers and Services Database Well known port numbers for TCP and UDP, from from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
RFC Sourcebook Description of protocols, file formats, glossary of terms, RFCs.
Active IETF Working Groups A directory of the Internet Engineering Task Force groups and their web pages.
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Protocol for establishing multimedia sessions and Internet telephone calls. FAQs, background materials, lists of current work.
The Kermit Project A protocol that transfers text and binary files without errors between diverse types of computers over potentially hostile communication links, and a suite of communications software programs; Columbia University.
Internet Encyclopedia Overview of Internet protocols.

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