Linux Small Knowledge Translation-"rfc"

This conversation "rfc".

A lot of people often hear "rfc", the last time the NTP was introduced by the "rfc1305",http is stipulated by the "rfc2616".

The RFC is the short name of "request for comments", a document that is exposed by the Internet Engineering Task force to specify the Internet technology standard "as the target".

It can be said that most of the Internet technology is based on it to achieve.

However, there is a reason for the above "target" to be enclosed in parentheses. In fact, Internet technology is changing every day, it is very difficult to standardize.

Even if "This is a standard", the situation sometimes needs to change. Furthermore, after the standard has been specified, various inconveniences are subsequently created.

Although the RFC "develops standards for Internet technology", the content is often modified or discarded. Also, it is important to note that not all of the RFC content is "standard", there is also the promotion of standardization of content, but also experimental content.

Even the April Fool's joke RfC was released, so don't think "rfc are all standardized."

However, it is undeniable that the RFC is an important document supporting the entire structure of the Internet.

The detailed content of the RFC can be retrieved on http://www.rfcsearch.org/. To see "rfcxxxx" such content, we recommend reading after the search.