Big Book of Best Current Practices RFCs

Do you ever wonder how things get done while the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is developing Internet standards? Ever need to know what the "right thing to do" is with regard to your Domain Name Service (DNS)? The right way to set up an Autonomous System (AS) for Internet routing?

The IETF decided that the Internet community should have access to that kind of information, and more, in a set of documents called the Best Current Practices (BCP) series. Published simultaneously in the Requests for Comments (RFCs) series, each BCP goes beyond the basic protocol specifications to explain how, not just what, to do over the Internet.

This book collects and organizes these essential documents in a single printed volume, adding an introduction and extensive index. This means you no longer have to search through RFC archives in hopes of finding the answer to your questions - all BCPs are compiled here, with an extensive index that makes it simple to locate precisely the answer you need.

Features:

• Address Allocation for Private Internets (BCP 5)
• Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS) (BCP 6)
• The Internet Standards Process - Revision 3 (BCP 9)
• Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers (BCP 16)
• Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services (BCP 17)
• IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures (BCP 25)
• Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs (BCP 30)
• Expectations for Computer Security Incident Response (BCP 21)

And much more. If you buy only one reference on the way the Internet works from an implementation and organizational perspective, this is the one to choose. Written by members of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), this compilation is complete and authoritative

Authors:

Pete Loshin started using the Internet in 1988 and has written a dozen books about the Internet, electronic commerce, and TCP/IP. Formerly an editor at BYTE Magazine, he has written articles for Data Communications, Information Security, PC World, PC Magazine, Communication News, PC Week, Telecommunications, and other well-known trade publications. Pete is based in eastern Massachusetts and can be reached at pete@loshin.com for consulting on Internet issues. Check out his Web site www.Internet-Standard.com for more about Internet standards.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Introduction

BCP 1 (RFC 1818) Best Current Practices

BCP 2 (RFC 1871) Addendum to RFC 1602 -- Variance Procedure

BCP 3 (RFC 1915) Variance for The PPP Connection Control Protocol and The PPP Encryption Control Protocol

BCP 4 (RFC 1917) An Appeal to the Internet Community to Return Unused IP Networks (Prefixes) to the IANA

BCP 5 (RFC 1918) Address Allocation for Private Internets

BCP 6 (RFC 1930) Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)

BCP 7 (RFC 2008) Implications of Various Address Allocation Policies for Internet Routing

BCP 8 (RFC 2014) IRTF Research Group Guidelines and Procedures

BCP 9 (RFC 2026) The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3

BCP 10 (RFC 2727) IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees

BCP 11 (RFC 2028) The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards Process

BCP 12 (RFC 2050) INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES

BCP 13 (RFC 2048) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures

BCP 14 (RFC 2119) Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels

BCP 15 (RFC 2148) Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service

BCP 16 (RFC 2182) Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers

BCP 17 (RFC 2219) Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services

BCP 18 (RFC 2277) IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages

BCP 19 (RFC 2278) IANA Charset Registration Procedures

BCP 20 (RFC 2317) Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation

BCP 21 (RFC 2350) Expectations for Computer Security Incident Response

BCP 22 (RFC 2360) Guide for Internet Standards Writers

BCP 23 (RFC 2365) Administratively Scoped IP Multicast

BCP 24 (RFC 2379) RSVP over ATM Implementation Guidelines

BCP 25 (RFC 2418) IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures

BCP 26 (RFC 2434) Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs

BCP 27 (RFC 2438) Advancement of MIB specifications on the IETF Standards Track

BCP 28 (RFC 2488) Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using Standard Mechanisms

BCP 29 (RFC 2489) Procedure for Defining New DHCP Options

BCP 30 (RFC 2505) Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs

BCP 31 (RFC 2506) Media Feature Tag Registration Procedure

BCP 32 (RFC 2606) Reserved Top Level DNS Names

BCP 33 (RFC 2611) URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms

BCP 34 (RFC 2644) Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts in Routers

BCP 35 (RFC 2717) Registration Procedures for URL Scheme Names

BCP 36 (RFC 2736) Guidelines for Writers of RTP Payload Format Specifications

BCP 37 (RFC 2780) IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers

Index

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