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6.8. Informational Protocols

6.8. Informational Protocols

Information protocols have no status.

Protocol   Name                                                     RFC
=======    ====================================                    =====
--------   ST2+ over ATM Protocol Spec - UNI 3.1 Version           2383*
--------   Mapping Airline Reservation, Ticketing, Messaging       2351
KOI8-U     Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U                          2319
TEXT-CSS   The text/css Media Type                                 2318
PKCS-7     PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5       2315
PKCS-10    PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1.5      2314
PKCS-1     PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5                     2313
SMIME-CERT S/MIME Version 2 Certificate Handling                   2312
SMIME-MSG  S/MIME Version 2 Message Specification                  2311
TIFF       Tag Image File Format F Profile for Facsimile           2302
GSMP       Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol            2297
HSRP       Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)                2281
RC2-ENCRP  A Description of the RC2(r) Encryption Algorithm        2268
SNQP       Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol                       2259
--------   Japanese Character Encoding for Internet Messages       2237
KEYX-DNS   Key Exchange Delegation Record for the DNS              2230
DSP        A Dictionary Server Protocol                            2229
NFS-URL    NFS URL Scheme                                          2224
APP-MARC   The Application/MARC Content-type                       2220
ODETTE-FTP ODETTE File Transfer Protocol                           2204
ESRO       AT&T/Neda's Efficient Short Remote Operations Protocol  2188
ICP        Internet Cache Protocol Version 2                       2186
IPV4-MAPOS IPv4 over MAPOS Version 1                               2176
MAPOS-SONET Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH Version 1      2171
RWHOIS     Referral Whois Protocol                                 2167
PPP-EXT    PPP Vendor Extensions                                   2153
UTF-7      UTF-7                                                   2152
CAST-128   CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm                           2144
RADIUS-ACC RADIUS Accounting                                       2139
DLSCAP     Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol              2114
PNG        Portable Network Graphics Version 1.0                   2083
RC5        RC5, RC5-CBC, RC5-CBC-Pad, and RC5-CTS Algorithms       2040
SNTP       Simple Network Time Protocol v4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI  2030
PGP-MEF    PGP Message Exchange Formats                            1991
PPP-DEFL   PPP Deflate Protocol                                    1979
PPP-PRED   PPP Predictor Compression Protocol                      1978
PPP-BSD    PPP BSD Compression Protocol                            1977
PPP-DCE    PPP for Data Compression in DCE                         1976
PPP-MAG    PPP Magnalink Variable Resource Compression             1975
PPP-STAC   PPP Stac LZS Compression Protocol                       1974
GZIP       GZIP File Format Specification Version 4.3              1952
DEFLATE    DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification V. 1.3     1951
ZLIB       ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification V. 3.3        1950
HTTP-1.0   Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0                 1945
--------   text/enriched MIME Content-type                         1896
--------   Application/CALS-1840 Content-type                      1895
--------   PPP IPCP Extensions for Name Server Addresses           1877
SNPP       Simple Network Paging Protocol - Version 2              1861
--------   ISO Transport Class 2 Non-use Explicit Flow Control     1859
           over TCP RFC1006 extension
--------   IP in IP Tunneling                                      1853
--------   PPP Network Control Protocol for LAN Extension          1841
TESS       The Exponential Security System                         1824
NFSV3      NFS Version 3 Protocol Specification                    1813
--------   A Format for Bibliographic Records                      1807
-------    Data Link Switching: Switch-to-Switch Protocol          1795
BGP-4      Experience with the BGP-4 Protocol                      1773
SDMD       IPv4 Option for Sender Directed MD Delivery             1770
SNOOP      Snoop Version 2 Packet Capture File Format              1761
BINHEX     MIME Content Type for BinHex Encoded Files              1741
DNS-NSAP   DNS NSAP Resource Records                               1706
RADIO-PAGE TPC.INT Subdomain: Radio Paging -- Technical Procedures 1703
GRE-IPv4   Generic Routing Encapsulation over IPv4                 1702
GRE        Generic Routing Encapsulatio                            1701
ADSNA-IP   Advanced SNA/IP: A Simple SNA Transport Protocol        1538
TACACS     Terminal Access Control Protocol                        1492
MD4        MD4 Message Digest Algorithm                            1320
SUN-NFS    Network File System Protocol                            1094
SUN-RPC    Remote Procedure Call Protocol Version 2                1057
GOPHER     The Internet Gopher Protocol                            1436
LISTSERV   Listserv Distribute Protocol                            1429
-------    Replication Requirements                                1275
PCMAIL     Pcmail Transport Protocol                               1056
MTP        Multicast Transport Protocol                            1301
BSD Login  BSD Login                                               1282
DIXIE      DIXIE Protocol Specification                            1249
IP-X.121   IP to X.121 Address Mapping for DDN                     1236
OSI-HYPER  OSI and LLC1 on HYPERchannel                            1223
HAP2       Host Access Protocol                                    1221
SUBNETASGN On the Assignment of Subnet Numbers                     1219
SNMP-TRAPS Defining Traps for use with SNMP                        1215
DAS        Directory Assistance Service                            1202
LPDP       Line Printer Daemon Protocol                            1179

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