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From: OLE@CSLI.Stanford.EDU (Ole J. Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: RFCs and MIL-STDs
Message-ID: <597741134.0.OLE@CSLI.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 10 Dec 88 07:12:14 GMT
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Hi,

	In the July 1988 issue of ConneXions, we printed a list of
sources for information on TCP/IP, and I felt it was necessary to
say something about the relationship of RFCs to MIL-STDs. After
consulting with the Internet Czar, we came up with the following
paragraph:

	"There are five (5) Military Standard (MIL-STD) documents.
The IP and TCP MIL-STDs are completely different from the corresponding
RFCs yet intending to define the same protocols. The FTP, MAIL and
Telnet RFCs are copies of the corresponding RFCs. Implementors should
always use all the available information. There are some known errors
in the MIL-STDs (specifically, see RFC 963 and RFC 964). In cases of
confusion, the RFCs should take precedence over MIL-STDs."


Ole
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