Hacker News with Generative AI: RFC

A brief history of the RFC format (2021) (apnic.net)
Geoff Huston recently discussed the processes behind putting together an RFC, and the history of why they came to be, so today we’re going to explore another aspect of what makes RFCs the way they are — their plain text format.

Networking, History, Technical Standards, RFC, Internet

3 points by xeonmc 16 days ago | 0 comments

RFC 9557: Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps with Additional Information (rfc-editor.org)
This document defines an extension to the timestamp format defined in [RFC3339] for representing additional information, including a time zone.

Networking, Time, Standards, RFC

31 points by rdpintqogeogsaa 41 days ago | 23 comments

The “simple” 38 step journey to getting an RFC (benjojo.co.uk)
The Internet is built on the mutual understanding of network protocols and practices, and most of those protocols are defined using Request For Comments (RFC) or Best Common Practices (BCP) documents.

Networking, RFC, Internet Protocols

141 points by greyface- 44 days ago | 30 comments

RFC9659: Window Sizing for Zstandard Content Encoding on the Web (rfc-editor.org)

Web Standards, Compression, Networking, RFC, Zstandard

8 points by mfiguiere 112 days ago | 0 comments

The FIPS Compliance of HKDF (filippo.io)
HKDF is an HMAC-based key-derivation function specified in RFC 5869. It’s nice and we generally like using it. FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) is used generally as a moniker for the set of standards, recommendations, and guidance published by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, and more specifically for FIPS 140, the standard concerning the validation of cryptographic modules.

Cryptography, Standards, Security, Networking, RFC

27 points by mooreds 114 days ago | 0 comments

Evil Bit (wikipedia.org)
The evil bit is a fictional IPv4 packet header field proposed in a humorous April Fools' Day RFC from 2003,[1] authored by Steve Bellovin. The Request for Comments recommended that the last remaining unused bit, the "Reserved Bit"[2] in the IPv4 packet header, be used to indicate whether a packet had been sent with malicious intent, thus making computer security engineering an easy problem – simply ignore any messages with the evil bit set and trust the rest.

Networking, Security, Humor, RFC

4 points by vallassy 124 days ago | 0 comments

RFC: 64-Bit Sequence Numbers for TCP (watersprings.org)

Networking, TCP, RFC

8 points by hyzyla 154 days ago | 3 comments

The End-of-Line Story (2004) (rfc-editor.org)

Internet Standards, RFC, Technical Documents

47 points by susam 210 days ago | 9 comments

RFC 9562: Universally Unique IDentifiers (May 2024) (rfc-editor.org)

RFC, Standards, UUID, Identifiers

48 points by htunnicliff 250 days ago | 43 comments