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• BCP0001 - Best Current Practices
  Authors: J. Postel, T. Li, Y. Rekhter
  Date: August 1995
  Format: TXT=4114 bytes
  Also: RFC1818

• BCP0002 - Addendum to RFC 1602 -- Variance Procedure
  Author: J. Postel
  Date: November 1995
  Format: TXT=7747 bytes
  Updates: RFC1602, RFC1603
  Also: RFC1871

• BCP0003 - Variance for The PPP Compression Control Protocol and The PPP Encryption Control Protocol
  Author: F. Kastenholz
  Date: February 1996
  Format: TXT=14347 bytes
  Also: RFC1915

• BCP0004 - An Appeal to the Internet Community to Return Unused IP Networks (Prefixes) to the IANA
  Author: P. Nesser II
  Date: February 1996
  Format: TXT=23623 bytes
  Also: RFC1917

• BCP0005 - Address Allocation for Private Internets
  Authors: Y. Rekhter, B. Moskowitz, D. Karrenberg, G. J. de Groot, E. Lear
  Date: February 1996
  Format: TXT=22270 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC1627, RFC1597
  Also: RFC1918

• BCP0006 - Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)
  Authors: J. Hawkinson, T. Bates
  Date: March 1996
  Format: TXT=22073 bytes
  Also: RFC1930

• BCP0007 - Implications of Various Address Allocation Policies for Internet Routing
  Authors: Y. Rekhter, T. Li
  Date: October 1996
  Format: TXT=34717 bytes
  Also: RFC2008

• BCP0008 - IRTF Research Group Guidelines and Procedures
  Authors: A. Weinrib, J. Postel
  Date: October 1996
  Format: TXT=27507 bytes
  Also: RFC2014

• BCP0009 - The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3
  Author: S. Bradner
  Date: October 1996
  Format: TXT=86731 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC1602
  Also: RFC2026

• BCP0010 - IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees
  Author: J. Galvin
  Date: February 2000
  Format: TXT=33396 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC2282
  Also: RFC2727

• BCP0011 - The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards Process
  Authors: R. Hovey, S. Bradner
  Date: October 1996
  Format: TXT=13865 bytes
  Also: RFC2028

• BCP0012 - Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines
  Authors: K. Hubbard, M. Kosters, D. Conrad, D. Karrenberg, J. Postel
  Date: November 1996
  Format: TXT=28975 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC1466
  Also: RFC2050

• BCP0013 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures
  Authors: N. Freed, J. Klensin, J. Postel
  Date: November 1996
  Format: TXT=45033 bytes
  Updated by: RFC3023
  Obsoletes: RFC1521, RFC1522, RFC1590
  Also: RFC2048

• BCP0014 - Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
  Author: S. Bradner
  Date: March 1997
  Format: TXT=4723 bytes
  Also: RFC2119

• BCP0015 - Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service
  Authors: H. Alvestrand, P. Jurg
  Date: September 1997
  Format: TXT=31539 bytes
  Also: RFC2148

• BCP0016 - Selection and Operation of Secondary DNS Servers
  Authors: R. Elz, R. Bush, S. Bradner, M. Patton
  Date: July 1997
  Format: TXT=27456 bytes
  Also: RFC2182

• BCP0017 - Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services
  Authors: M. Hamilton, R. Wright
  Date: October 1997
  Format: TXT=17858 bytes
  Also: RFC2219

• BCP0018 - IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages
  Author: H. Alvestrand
  Date: January 1998
  Format: TXT=16622 bytes
  Also: RFC2277

• BCP0019 - IANA Charset Registration Procedures
  Authors: N. Freed, J. Postel
  Date: October 2000
  Format: TXT=21615 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC2278
  Also: RFC2978

• BCP0020 - Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
  Authors: H. Eidnes, G. de Groot, P. Vixie
  Date: March 1998
  Format: TXT=17744 bytes
  Also: RFC2317

• BCP0021 - Expectations for Computer Security Incident Response
  Authors: N. Brownlee, E. Guttman
  Date: June 1998
  Format: TXT=86545 bytes
  Also: RFC2350

• BCP0022 - Guide for Internet Standards Writers
  Author: G. Scott
  Date: June 1998
  Format: TXT=47280 bytes
  Also: RFC2360

• BCP0023 - Administratively Scoped IP Multicast
  Author: D. Meyer
  Date: July 1998
  Format: TXT=17770 bytes
  Also: RFC2365

• BCP0024 - RSVP over ATM Implementation Guidelines
  Author: L. Berger
  Date: August 1998
  Format: TXT=15174 bytes
  Also: RFC2379

• BCP0025 - IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
  Author: S. Bradner
  Date: September 1998
  Format: TXT=62857 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC1603
  Also: RFC2418

• BCP0026 - Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
  Authors: T. Narten, H. Alvestrand
  Date: October 1998
  Format: TXT=25092 bytes
  Also: RFC2434

• BCP0027 - Advancement of MIB specifications on the IETF Standards Track
  Authors: M. O'Dell, H. Alvestrand, B. Wijnen, S. Bradner
  Date: October 1998
  Format: TXT=13633 bytes
  Also: RFC2438

• BCP0028 - Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using Standard Mechanisms
  Authors: M. Allman, D. Glover, L. Sanchez
  Date: January 1999
  Format: TXT=47857 bytes
  Also: RFC2488

• BCP0029 - Procedure for Defining New DHCP Options
  Author: R. Droms
  Date: January 1999
  Format: TXT=10484 bytes
  Obsoleted by: RFC2939
  Also: RFC2489

• BCP0030 - Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs
  Author: G. Lindberg
  Date: February 1999
  Format: TXT=53597 bytes
  Also: RFC2505

• BCP0031 - Media Feature Tag Registration Procedure
  Authors: K. Holtman, A. Mutz, T. Hardie
  Date: March 1999
  Format: TXT=24892 bytes
  Also: RFC2506

• BCP0032 - Reserved Top Level DNS Names
  Authors: D. Eastlake 3rd, A. Panitz
  Date: June 1999
  Format: TXT=8008 bytes
  Also: RFC2606

• BCP0033 - URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms
  Authors: L. Daigle, D. van Gulik, R. Iannella, P. Falstrom
  Date: June 1999
  Format: TXT=26916 bytes
  Also: RFC2611

• BCP0034 - Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts in Routers
  Author: D. Senie
  Date: August 1999
  Format: TXT=6820 bytes
  Updates: RFC1812
  Also: RFC2644

• BCP0035 - Registration Procedures for URL Scheme Names
  Authors: R. Petke, I. King
  Date: November 1999
  Format: TXT=19780 bytes
  Also: RFC2717

• BCP0036 - Guidelines for Writers of RTP Payload Format Specifications
  Authors: M. Handley, C. Perkins
  Date: December 1999
  Format: TXT=24143 bytes
  Also: RFC2736

• BCP0037 - IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
  Authors: S. Bradner, V. Paxson
  Date: March 2000
  Format: TXT=18954 bytes
  Also: RFC2780

• BCP0038 - Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing
  Authors: P. Ferguson, D. Senie
  Date: May 2000
  Format: TXT=21258 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC2267
  Also: RFC2827

• BCP0039 - Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
  Authors: Internet Architecture Board, B. Carpenter, Ed.
  Date: May 2000
  Format: TXT=15984 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC1601
  Also: RFC2850

• BCP0040 - Root Name Server Operational Requirements
  Authors: R. Bush, D. Karrenberg, M. Kosters, R. Plzak
  Date: June 2000
  Format: TXT=21133 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC2010
  Also: RFC2870

• BCP0041 - Congestion Control Principles
  Author: S. Floyd
  Date: September 2000
  Format: TXT=43823 bytes
  Also: RFC2914

• BCP0042 - Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
  Authors: D. Eastlake 3rd, E. Brunner-Williams, B. Manning
  Date: September 2000
  Format: TXT=22454 bytes
  Also: RFC2929

• BCP0043 - Procedures and IANA Guidelines for Definition of New DHCP Options and Message Types
  Author: R. Droms
  Date: September 2000
  Format: TXT=13631 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC2489
  Also: RFC2939

• BCP0044 - Use of HTTP State Management
  Authors: K. Moore, N. Freed
  Date: October 2000
  Format: TXT=18899 bytes
  Also: RFC2964

• BCP0045 - IETF Discussion List Charter
  Author: S. Harris
  Date: November 2000
  Format: TXT=5682 bytes
  Also: RFC3005

• BCP0046 - Recommended Internet Service Provider Security Services and Procedures
  Author: T. Killalea
  Date: November 2000
  Format: TXT=27905 bytes
  Also: RFC3013

• BCP0047 - Tags for the Identification of Languages
  Author: H. Alvestrand
  Date: January 2001
  Format: TXT=26522 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC1766
  Also: RFC3066

• BCP0048 - End-to-end Performance Implications of Slow Links
  Authors: S. Dawkins, G. Montenegro, M. Kojo, V. Magret
  Date: July 2001
  Format: TXT=39942 bytes
  Also: RFC3150

• BCP0049 - Delegation of IP6.ARPA
  Author: R. Bush
  Date: August 2001
  Format: TXT=5727 bytes
  Updates: RFC2874, RFC2772, RFC2766, RFC2553, RFC1886
  Also: RFC3152

• BCP0050 - End-to-end Performance Implications of Links with Errors
  Authors: S. Dawkins, G. Montenegro, M. Kojo, V. Magret, N. Vaidya
  Date: August 2001
  Format: TXT=36388 bytes
  Also: RFC3155

• BCP0051 - IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
  Authors: Z. Albanna, K. Almeroth, D. Meyer, M. Schipper
  Date: August 2001
  Format: TXT=15389 bytes
  Also: RFC3171

• BCP0052 - Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parameter Area Domain ("arpa")
  Author: G Huston
  Date: September 2001
  Format: TXT=18097 bytes
  Also: RFC3172

• BCP0053 - GLOP Addressing in 233/8
  Authors: D. Meyer, P. Lothberg
  Date: September 2001
  Format: TXT=8225 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC2770
  Also: RFC3180

• BCP0054 - IETF Guidelines for Conduct
  Author: S. Harris
  Date: October 2001
  Format: TXT=7413 bytes
  Also: RFC3184

• BCP0055 - Guidelines for Evidence Collection and Archiving
  Authors: D. Brezinski, T. Killalea
  Date: February 2002
  Format: TXT=18468 bytes
  Also: RFC3227

• BCP0056 - On the use of HTTP as a Substrate
  Author: K. Moore
  Date: February 2002
  Format: TXT=34785 bytes
  Also: RFC3205

• BCP0057 - IANA Considerations for IPv4 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
  Author: B. Fenner
  Date: February 2002
  Format: TXT=6473 bytes
  Also: RFC3228

• BCP0058 - Defining the IETF
  Authors: P. Hoffman, S. Bradner
  Date: February 2002
  Format: TXT=6401 bytes
  Also: RFC3233

• BCP0059 - A Transient Prefix for Identifying Profiles under Development
  Author: M. Rose
  Date: July 2002
  Format: TXT=7916 bytes
  Also: RFC3349

• BCP0060 - Inappropriate TCP Resets Considered Harmful
  Author: S. Floyd
  Date: August 2002
  Format: TXT=46748 bytes
  Also: RFC3360

• BCP0061 - Strong Security Requirements for Internet Engineering Task Force Standard Protocols
  Author: J. Schiller
  Date: August 2002
  Format: TXT=16411 bytes
  Also: RFC3365

• BCP0062 - Advice to link designers on link Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ)
  Authors: G. Fairhurst, L. Wood
  Date: August 2002
  Format: TXT=66097 bytes
  Also: RFC3366

• BCP0063 - Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Telephones (SIP-T): Context and Architectures
  Authors: A. Vemuri, J. Peterson
  Date: September 2002
  Format: TXT=49893 bytes
  Also: RFC3372

• BCP0064 - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  Author: K. Zeilenga
  Date: September 2002
  Format: TXT=45893 bytes
  Also: RFC3383

• BCP0065 - Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Five: URI.ARPA Assignment Procedures
  Author: M. Mealling
  Date: October 2002
  Format: TXT=19469 bytes
  Also: RFC3405

• BCP0066 - Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanisms
  Authors: L. Daigle, D. van Gulik, R. Iannella, P. Faltstrom
  Date: October 2002
  Format: TXT=43707 bytes
  Also: RFC3406

• BCP0067 - Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
  Authors: A. Mankin, S. Bradner, R. Mahy, D. Willis, J. Ott, B. Rosen
  Date: December 2002
  Format: TXT=26234 bytes
  Also: RFC3427

• BCP0068 - Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations Update
  Author: W. Townsley
  Date: December 2002
  Format: TXT=9135 bytes
  Also: RFC3438

• BCP0069 - TCP Performance Implications of Network Path Asymmetry
  Authors: H. Balakrishnan, V. Padmanabhan, G. Fairhurst, M. Sooriyabandara
  Date: December 2002
  Format: TXT=108839 bytes
  Also: RFC3449

• BCP0070 - Guidelines for the Use of Extensible Markup Language (XML) within IETF Protocols
  Authors: S. Hollenbeck, M. Rose, L. Masinter
  Date: January 2003
  Format: TXT=64252 bytes
  Also: RFC3470

• BCP0071 - TCP over Second (2.5G) and Third (3G) Generation Wireless Networks
  Authors: H. Inamura, Ed., G. Montenegro, Ed., R. Ludwig, A. Gurtov, F. Khafizov
  Date: February 2003
  Format: TXT=61528 bytes
  Also: RFC3481

• BCP0072 - Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security Considerations
  Authors: E. Rescorla, B. Korver
  Date: July 2003
  Format: TXT=110393 bytes
  Also: RFC3552

• BCP0073 - An IETF URN Sub-namespace for Registered Protocol Parameters
  Authors: M. Mealling, L. Masinter, T. Hardie, G. Klyne
  Date: June 2003
  Format: TXT=14815 bytes
  Also: RFC3553

• BCP0074 - Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
  Authors: R. Frye, D. Levi, S. Routhier, B. Wijnen
  Date: August 2003
  Format: TXT=115222 bytes
  Obsoletes: RFC2576
  Also: RFC3584