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RFC 53 - An Official Protocol Mechanism

  • Status: Unknown
  • Published: 9 June 1970
  • Stream: Legacy
  • Errata: No Errata

Document Information​

  • RFC Number: 53
  • Title: An Official Protocol Mechanism
  • Authors: S. Crocker (UCLA)
  • Date: 9 June 1970
  • Category: Unknown

Abstract​

RFC 53 records the rules agreed for establishing and modifying an official Host-Host protocol, as discussed by Larry Roberts, Barry Wessler, Cordell Green, Jon Postel and the author at the Spring Joint Computer Conference in Atlantic City. A new set of documents is to specify the official protocol and to be kept at the Network Information Center on SRI's computer, and proposals for the initial version and for every later change are to be circulated as NWG/RFCs, with readers asked to reply with approval or criticism before a cutoff date. If a proposal is substantially accepted it goes to the ARPA office for approval and the resulting protocol is then distributed; if substantial criticism is raised, the process stops and the official protocol is left unchanged. The first version of the official protocol was to be proffered that same month.

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