Humorous RFCs

Important RFCs: Humorous RFCs Important RFCs Humorous RFCs Who says standards documents have to be boring? RFC 527 — ARPAWOCKY , R. Merryman, 6/22/1973, 1 pp. RFC 748 — Telnet randomly-lose option , M. Crispin, 4/1/1978, 2 pp. RFC 968 — `Twas the Night Before Start-up , V. Cerf, 12/1/1985, 2 pp. RFC 1097 — Telnet subliminal-message option , B. Miller, 4/1/1989, 3 pp. RFC 1121 — Act One - The Poems , J. Postel, L. Kleinrock, V. Cerf, B. Boehm, D. Waitzman , 9/1/1989, 6 pp. RFC 1149 — A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers , D. Waitzman, 4/1/1990, 2 pp. RFC 1216 — Gigabit Network Economics and Paradigm Shifts , P. Kunikos, P. Richard, 3/30/1991, 4 pp. RFC 1217 — Memo from the Consortium for Slow Commotion Research (CSCR) , V. Cerf, 4/1/1991, 5 pp. RFC 1300 — Remembrances of Things Past , S. Greenfield, 2/1/1992, 4 pp. RFC 1313 — Today's Programming for KRFC AM 1313, Internet Talk Radio , C. Partridge, 4/1/1992, 3 pp. RFC 1437 — The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium , N. Borenstein, M. Linimon, 4/1/1993, 6 pp. RFC 1438 — Internet Engineering Task Force Statements Of Boredom (SOBs) , L. Chapin, C. Huitema, 4/1/1993, 2 pp. RFC 1605 — SONET to Sonnet Translation , W. Shakespeare, 4/1/1994, 3 pp. RFC 1606 — A Historical Perspective On The Usage Of IP Version 9 , J. Onions, 4/1/1994, 4 pp. RFC 1607 — A View from the 21st Century , V. Cerf, 4/1/1994, 13 pp. RFC 1776 — The Address is the Message , S. Crocker, 4/1/1995, 2 pp. RFC 1882 — The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas , B. Hancock, 12/1/1995, 5 pp. RFC 1924 — A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses , R. Elz, 4/1/1996, 6 pp. RFC 1925 — The Twelve Networking Truths , R. Callon, 4/1/1996, 3 pp. RFC 1926 — An Experimental Encapsulation of IP Datagrams on Top of ATM , 4/1/1996, J. Eriksson, 2 pp. RFC 1927 — Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents , C. Rogers, 4/1/1996, 3 pp. RFC 2100 — The Naming of Hosts , J. Ashworth, 4/1/1997, 3 pp. RFC 2324 — Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0) , L. Masinter, 4/1/1998, 10 pp. RFC 2325 — Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2 , M. Slavitch, 4/1/1998, 8 pp. RFC 2549 — IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service , D. Waitzman, 4/1/1999, 6 pp., updates RFC 1149 . RFC 2550 — Y10K and Beyond , S. Glassman, M. Manasse, J. Mogul, 4/1/1999, 14 pp. RFC 2551 — The Roman Standards Process -- Revision III , S. Bradner, 4/1/1999, 37 pp. RFC 2795 — The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite , S. Christey, 4/1/2000, 20 pp. << Useful Non-official Protocols Updated Sat Aug 07 2010 18:00 MDT Go to my home page