- Active IETF Working Groups
A directory of the Internet Engineering Task Force groups and their web pages.
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/wg-dir.html
- Free Protocols Foundation
Independent public forum supporting patent-free protocols. Includes policies, papers, a mission statement, and a list of free protocols.
http://www.freeprotocols.org/
- IETF Internet Drafts
List of documents organized by alphabetized subjects.
http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html
- Internet Encyclopedia
Overview of Internet protocols.
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Topics/73.htm
- Internet protocols
General comments on protocol design, and good reference material on a few protocols (especially mail-related; also ftp, time, and misc) by Dan Bernstein.
ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/proto.html
- Port Numbers and Services Database
Well known port numbers for TCP and UDP, from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
http://www.sockets.com/services.htm
- Protocols.com
Features an overview of various networking and mobile communications protocols, white papers, and links of interest.
http://www.protocols.com/
- RFC Editor
Collates Request For Comments documents. Explains the RFC process, and includes a searchable database of RFCs.
http://www.rfc-editor.org/
- RFC Sourcebook
Description of protocols, file formats, glossary of terms, RFCs.
http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/
- The Internet Report (IETF Weekly Updates)
A table of new Internet Drafts and RFC's that come out each week, with synopses. Archived summaries go back to June 1999.
http://ietfreport.isoc.org/
- The Kermit Project
A protocol that transfers text and binary files without errors between diverse types of computers over potentially hostile communication links, and a suite of communications software programs; Columbia University.
http://www.kermit-project.org/
- XNS.org
Independent organization managing the eXtensible Name Service, an open protocol and open-source platform for universal addressing, automated data exchange, and privacy control. Includes an overview, charter, history, and specifications.
http://www.xns.org/
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