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From: bjork@NISC.SRI.COM (Steven Bjork EJ223)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Where does one get old RFCs?
Message-ID: <28897@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 91 15:49:43 GMT
References: <9104120331.AA03866@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: bjork@NISC.SRI.COM (Steven Bjork EJ223)
Organization: Network Info Systems Ctr., SRI Intl., Menlo Park, CA.
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In article <9104120331.AA03866@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> HANK@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL (Hank Nussbacher) writes:
>I was trying to retrieve an old RFC (468) and tried NIC.DDN.MIL and
>NIS.NSF.NET (as RFC 1177 tells me to) and each no longer have the old
>RFCs apparently online.  Or am I looking in the wrong place?  Can anyone


The NIC has hard copies of all RFC's in its archives. Some of the
early RFC's that may have been online seem to have become "lost",
perhaps on someone's backup tapes out there. If you consult the
file rfc-index.txt, it will list the online status of any RFC.

Any leads, rumours, or otherwise, leading to retrieval of the
Missing RFC's, will be rewarded with a batch of my Chocolate Chip
Cookies... P.S. The TeX recipe is available on ftp.nisc.sri.com,
netinfo/cookies.tex.

--Steven