Internetstandard

An Internet Standard is a specification that is a great advantage for the Internet, has demonstrated the highest, and is supported by a broad public. This name is proposed by the Internet Engineering Steering Group assigned by the Internet Architecture Board, even if the second body of the public consensus finds it.

The standardization procedure was introduced in late 1988. The whole process takes at least several months and often several years. In many cases it remains indefinitely in limbo.

Any Internet standard is a selected Request for Comments, or a collection of several. The latter was made possible by the higher-level numbering of the Internet standards, which was introduced in 1992. A Request for Comments without such a number of standards is not one of the standards.

Example

This specification is a big advantage for the Internet, and if it were not very mature, there could hardly be used with today's self-evident, which in turn has a broad public consensus causes to support this specification.

Nevertheless, no one is encouraged to register its IP addresses in the Domain Name System, only because this is an Internet standard.

Precursors

Proposal

In order to be able to Internet standard, must be explicitly published with this goal, a Request for Comments. Proposed Standard, German proposed standard is then, its status. In contrast to the publication with the status of experimental (experimental) or informational (informative) must first be apparent usefulness and some public support. Proposed standard does not require any implementation and is far from any Internet standard.

Design

Draft Standard, German draft standard is the next higher status, which can only be achieved if several independent implementations exist, their interoperability is proven and extensive experience has been gained. From this state of a specification speaks from the perspective of the Internet Engineering Task Force, no reason not to use on critical systems.

Development

A subsequent extension of an Internet standards is not uncommon. In general, a Request for Comments is drafted on who has only this extension to the content. Such a specification goes through the same standardization process and can ultimately move a par with the older one.

If a specification is superfluous from the standardization process, it is given the status of historic ( historic). Each case this is initiated by a Request for Comments, which is titled as Applicability Statement ( Applicability Statement ).