RFC (Request for Comments)

RFC (Request for Comments)

Introduction

RFC is referred as the request for comments. RFC documents were first introduced in the year 1969, by Steve Crocker. The main objective of RFC documents is to record and verify the unofficial notes on the ARPANET development. The request for comments (RFC) documents are considered as the official and authentic record for the internet events, procedures, protocols and specifications (Loshin, 2000). The RFC was first published by IETF (internet engineering task force). According to recent researches and surveys, the documents of request for comments (RFC) are authored or published by the computer scientists and ...