- RFC Editor - Collates Request For Comments documents. Explains the RFC process, and includes a searchable database of RFCs.
- IETF Internet Drafts - List of documents organized by alphabetized subjects.
- Active IETF Working Groups - A directory of the Internet Engineering Task Force groups and their web pages.
- 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.
- Port Numbers and Services Database - Well known port numbers for TCP and UDP, from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
- RFC Sourcebook - Description of protocols, file formats, glossary of terms, RFCs.
- Protocols.com - Features an overview of various networking and mobile communications protocols, white papers, and links of interest.
- 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.
- Internet Encyclopedia - Overview of Internet protocols.
- 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.
- Free Protocols Foundation - Independent public forum supporting patent-free protocols. Includes policies, papers, a mission statement, and a list of free protocols.
- 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.
- Internet2 - A consortium led by universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.
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