Protocols Internet

Protocols Internet

Protocols

These sites provide information on the various protocols which define how computers making up the Internet interact.

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Editor's Picks:

- Collates Request For Comments documents. Explains the RFC process, and includes a searchable database of RFCs.

- A table of new Internet Drafts and RFC's that come out each week, with synopses. Archived summaries go back to June 1999.

- Overview of Internet protocols.
- List of documents organized by alphabetized subjects.
- A consortium led by universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.
- Well known port numbers for TCP and UDP, from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
- Independent organization managing the eXtensible Name Service, an open protocol and open-source platform for universal addressing, automated data exchange, and privacy control. Includes an overview, charter, history, and specifications.
- Description of protocols, file formats, glossary of terms, RFCs.
- Features an overview of various networking and mobile communications protocols, white papers, and links of interest.
- 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.
- General comments on protocol design, and good reference material on a few protocols (especially mail-related; also ftp, time, and misc) by Dan Bernstein.
- Independent public forum supporting patent-free protocols. Includes policies, papers, a mission statement, and a list of free protocols.
- A directory of the Internet Engineering Task Force groups and their web pages.

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