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king_phil Sep 12, 2017 View on HN

Can you point out the relevant RFC, please? Didn't know about that.

rzzzt Oct 24, 2023 View on HN

Is there an RFC out for this one?

richardwhiuk Jan 5, 2023 View on HN

Sure - there's an RFC - https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6596

merlyn May 15, 2022 View on HN

Its an RFC now. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9250.html

hden Feb 25, 2024 View on HN

When will this get a proper IETF RFC?

sockmeistr Jun 5, 2022 View on HN

There's an RFC: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3834

nabakin Nov 3, 2022 View on HN

Is there an rfc for this or plans?

alterom Oct 19, 2025 View on HN

I'd say the same of RFC 1149¹____¹https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149

gpvos Sep 12, 2019 View on HN

Something like this? http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1896.txt

icebraining Oct 11, 2012 View on HN

There's the RFC: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6352