RFCs and Internet Drafts
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When talking about a RFC in terms of networking it is a memorandum which is written by the IETF which describes methods, behaviors, innovations and research in the field of the internet and internet connected systems. Computer scientists and members of the internet society publish such documents in the form of an RFC to inform users of any new innovation or discovery. These are widely accept as intent standards after they have been peer reviewed and found suitable for acceptance by the IETF the RFC is used to record internet specifications, protocols and events in internet development.
A request for content can be prepared in series and submitted for approval. The serial number records the internet protocol series as issued by the IETF and this shows the evolution of internet practices over period of time. The RFC 2026 is a piece on the rise of internet standards. This document is compiled of exerts from different working groups within the field of internet technology and related activities. The internet draft which is the initial document has to be prepared first before the RFC is submitted. The RFC is said to be the final version of an accepted and reviewed internet practice. These RFC working groups are generally experts in the field of internet and computer engineering. These requests for content are simple and easy to understand documents. Any working group can publish a request for content which is then peer reviewed by the IETF before it becomes an accepted internet protocol.
Internet Drafts are the working documents of the IETF. While making an internet draft and during the development of specifications, the different versions of the draft are thrown open for informal reviews so that people can review it by placing these drafts on the IETF’s internet drafts directory. These drafts are shown to a wide audience for review and opinion. Since they are informal documents, these documents cannot be used for any formal purposes or cited. These documents can be revised or removed from the IETF’s directory any time. The internet draft is a precursor to the request for content these drafts are work in progress and therefore are subject to validation at any time. Since these are valid only for six months they have to either be replaced or revalidated. There are certain basic requirements for internet drafts imposed by the IETF and the RFC’s. An internet draft can be created by any organization working exclusively on the internet and using the various reference tools as approved by the IETF. The supervision of these drafts is done by the IETF naming conventions which have to be strictly followed.

References http://www.ietf.org/ietf-ftp/1id-guidelines.html http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ia_rfc.htm
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5741