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Important new RFCs 32

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 01, 1999 @12:01PM from the better-than-christmas dept.

Tom Rothamel writes "A few new RFCs were released today, including rfc 2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service, rfc 2550: Y10K and Beyond, and rfc 2551: The Roman Standards Process. "

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Alternate URLs (Score:1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

The FTP server has been /.-ed. Try:
http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rf c2549.txt [isi.edu] http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rf c2550.txt [isi.edu] http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rf c2551.txt [isi.edu]
- Dan Anderson
Y10K solutions (Score:1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Okay, okay, flame me for being short-sighted, but I think the 64-bit solution to the Y10k problem (which rolls over in the year 922,337,203,685,477) and definitely the 128-bit solution (which rolls over in the year 17,014,118,346,046,923,173,168,730,371,588,410) are probably both going to be satisfactory due to the eventual heat death or collapse of the universe.
my FAVORITE: 2324 (Score:1)

by plumpy ( 277 ) writes:

2324 is the absolute BEST rfc ever written IMO.... Here [faqs.org] is a link.
RFC 2551 should be in Latin (Score:1)

by William Aoki ( 392 ) writes:

...
another? (Score:1)

by kfort ( 1132 ) writes:

is this another april fools joke? I'm really getting tired of these.
rfc 2549 is old... (Score:1)

by red_dragon ( 1761 ) writes:

BOFHs of the world have known that one for quite a while now. They just made it into an RFC recently and changed the name from "IP over Carrier Pigeon."

Like everything, however, it has its drawbacks in the form of reliability (the lack of it, actually). In particular, the physical medium must always have a surge protector somewhere, lest you don't mind having a high voltage spike fry the physical medium.

^D
Stupid April Fools junk (Score:1)

by Omnibus ( 1831 ) writes:

How about some real posts? The April Fools stuff was funny for the first few posts, but now they are jsut getting stupider and stupider.

All the good ones are done.

asinus sum et eo superbio
http://www.faqs.org have all RFC (Score:2)

by Frederic54 ( 3788 ) writes:

http://www.faqs.org [faqs.org]
--
Enculturate yourself, folks. (Score:1)

by jammer ( 4062 ) writes:

OK. To all these people who are whining about "yet another stupid April Fools prank", here's a tidbit for you:

Joke RFCs on April 1st are a long standing tradition -- probably longer than many of you have been on the 'net. If you want some good reading, go to http://www.rfc-editor.org and search for the various RFCs from March 31 or April 1.

These are my *favorite* part of April Fools day, because they often have some real geek humor in them, as opposed to alot of the stupid pranks that get pulled.

Consider yourself enlightened.
rfc 2549 adds quality of service (Score:1)

by synaptic ( 4599 ) writes:

And updates RFC 1149
Already Slashdotted (Score:1)

by Synn ( 6288 ) writes:

Anyone got a mirror? I want to kicked this one out to a trainee of mine and with a straight face tell him to study it.
??? (Score:1)

by fizzboy ( 6686 ) writes:

It's called humor and understandably, it might be unfamiliar to you. I could show you something that is not humor and you could compare the two.
Finally! (Score:1)

by eponymous cohort ( 8637 ) writes:

No more incompatible versions of PPP (packets by passenger pigeon)! This is a great day for the internet!
Pig fly RFC (Score:1)

by eponymous cohort ( 8637 ) writes:

What's the number of the RFC that explains how to make pigs fly?
Forget the Alternate URLs!! (Score:1)

by PD ( 9577 ) writes:

wget -t0 works for me
No way! (Score:1)

by DHartung ( 13689 ) writes:

RFC 1149 is cute, but pretty short. And it WAS official as of 1990 (not "just recently"), although it may have been around before then.

RFD 2549 is longer, funnier, and quite well thought out. I even hesitantly call it an improvement over the earlier, um, technology ...
Mirror (clickable URLs) (Score:2)

by DHartung ( 13689 ) writes:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2549.html [faqs.org]

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2550.html [faqs.org]

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2551.html [faqs.org]
liby10k? (Score:1)

by cesarb ( 14478 ) writes:

I'll make a liby10k. I've already downloaded the specs and I'm going to, if possible, finish it today.
RFC 2551: Roman standards (Score:1)

by crow ( 16139 ) writes:

This looks like they took the document that describes the RFC process and did a search and replace to change "Internet" to "Roman." They also changed all numbers to use Roman numerals.

Not terribly funny. The others look more promising.
liby10k? (Score:1)

by crow ( 16139 ) writes:

So now that they've defined how y10k dates are supposed to work, how long until we can have liby10k for Linux? This would be useful for converting y10k dates into traditional formats and back.
Finally, some useful information today ... (Score:1)

by rebrane ( 17961 ) writes:

this is the funniest post i've read all day. here's hoping it was sarcastic.

-- neil
I'm somewhat impressed (Score:1)

by FroBugg ( 24957 ) writes:

I just read (OK, I only skimmed) the files. Someone actually seems to have put some good effort into these, as opposed to the simple earlier blurb on cold fusion. I especially like the ASCII pigeons.
--FroBugg
??? (Score:1)

by Exodus ( 32551 ) writes:

Call me uneducated, but what the hell is this crap? Y10k? Flying pigs? RFC has degenerated from back in the day.
Pig fly RFC (Score:1)

by Porky Pig ( 32612 ) writes:

This is RFC 1925 "Twelve networking truths":

(3) With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is
not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they
are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them
as they fly overhead.
Finally, some useful information today ... (Score:1)

by Pathetic Coward ( 33033 ) writes:

It's about time; I was getting tired of the jokes ...

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Alternate URLs (Score:1)

Y10K solutions (Score:1)

my FAVORITE: 2324 (Score:1)

RFC 2551 should be in Latin (Score:1)

another? (Score:1)

rfc 2549 is old... (Score:1)

Stupid April Fools junk (Score:1)

http://www.faqs.org have all RFC (Score:2)

Enculturate yourself, folks. (Score:1)

rfc 2549 adds quality of service (Score:1)

Already Slashdotted (Score:1)

??? (Score:1)

Finally! (Score:1)

Pig fly RFC (Score:1)

Forget the Alternate URLs!! (Score:1)

No way! (Score:1)

Mirror (clickable URLs) (Score:2)

liby10k? (Score:1)

RFC 2551: Roman standards (Score:1)

liby10k? (Score:1)

Finally, some useful information today ... (Score:1)

I'm somewhat impressed (Score:1)

??? (Score:1)

Pig fly RFC (Score:1)

Finally, some useful information today ... (Score:1)

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