RFC 8700 on Fifty Years of RFCs

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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

        
        RFC 8700

        Title:      Fifty Years of RFCs 
        Author:     H. Flanagan, Ed.
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IAB
        Date:       December 2019
        Mailbox:    rse@rfc-editor.org
        Pages:      22
        Updates:    RFC 2555, RFC 5540

        I-D Tag:    draft-iab-fiftyyears-01.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8700

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC8700

This RFC marks the fiftieth anniversary for the RFC Series. It
includes both retrospective material from individuals involved at key
inflection points as well as a review of the current state of
affairs. It concludes with thoughts on possibilities for the next
fifty years for the Series. This document updates the perspectives
offered in RFCs 2555 and 5540.

This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board.


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