* ------------------------------ Request # 1 --------------- ------------------ * Help: Ways_to_get_rfcs * --------------------------- ---- RFC-INFO Response # 1 --------------------- * Where and how to get new rfcs ========= ==================== RFCS May Be Obtained Via Email OR FTP from Many RFC Repositories. The Primary Repositories Will Have The RFC Available When It Is First Announced, AS Will Many . Secondary Repositories Some Secondary Repositories may take a few days to make available the most recent RFCs Many of these repositories also now have World Wide Web servers Try the following URL as a starting point:.. http: //www.rfc-editor. ORG / PRIMARY Reposititories: RFCS Can Be Obtained Via FTP from Nis.nsf.Net, ftp.rfc-editor.org, wuarchive.wustl.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk, ftp.ncren.net, FTP. Nic.it, ftp.imag.fr, ftp.ietf.rnp.br www.normos.org, ftp.gigabell.net, or oasisstudios.com. 1. Nis.nsf.Net To Obtain RFCS from Nis.nsf.net VIA ftp, login with username "anonymous" and password "name@host.do main "; then connect to the directory of RFCs with cd / internet / documents The file name is of the form rfcnnnn.txt (where." nnnn "refers to the RFC number) For sites without FTP capability, electronic mail query is available. from nIS.NSF.NET. Address the request to NIS-INFO@NIS.NSF.NET and leave the subject field of the message blank. The first text line of the message must be "send rfcnnnn.txt" with nnnn the RFC number . Contact: Rfc-mgr@merit.edu 2. ftp.rfc-editor.org RFCS Can Be Obtained via ftp from ftp.rfc-editor.org, with the pathname in-notes / rfcnnnn.txt (WHERE "nnnn"
refers to the number of the RFC). Login with FTP username "anonymous" and password "name@host.domain". RFCs can be obtained via also electronic mail from FTP.RFC-EDITOR.ORG by using the RFC-INFO service. Address The Request to "RFC-INFO @ RFC-Editor" with a message body of: retrieve: RFC DOC-ID: RFCNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN (ALWAYS USE 4 DIGITS - The DOC-ID OF RFC 822 IS "RFC0822"))))). The RFC-INFO@rfc-editor.org Server Provides Other Ways of Selecting RFCS Based ON Keywords and Such; For more information send a message to "rfc-info@rfc-editor.org" WITH THE Message Body "Help: Help". Contact: RFC-EDITOR@rfc-editor.org 3. wuarchive.wustl.edu RFCS Can Also Be Obtained Via Ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu, with the pathname info / RFC / RFCNNNN .txt.Z (where "nnnn" refers to the number of the RFC and "Z" indicates that the document is in compressed form). At wUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU the RFCs are in an "archive" file system and various archives can Be mounted as part of an nfs file .. System Please contact Chris Myers (chris@wugate.wustl.edu) if you want to mount this file system in your NFS WUArchive now keeps RFC's and STD's under ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu./doc/ or http: //wuarchive.wustl.edu./doc/ Contact: chris@wugate.wustl.edu 4. Sunsite.org.uk (Also KNown As Src.doc.ic.ac.uk) RFCS Can Be Obtained Via FTP from Sunsite. Org.uk with the pathname RFC / RFCNNNN.TXT or RFC / RFCNNNN.ps (WHERE "NNNN" Refers to the number of the rfc). Login with ftp username "Anonymous" and password "Your-email-address"
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