Overview of the RFC Editor

Who is the RFC Editor?

The RFC series was originated in 1969 by Steve Crocker of UCLA, to organize the working notes of the new ARPAnet research program. For 28 years, this RFC series was managed and edited by the Internet pioneer Jon Postel. For more information about the series history, see: "30 years of RFCs".

Today the RFC Editor is a project at the USC Information Sciences Institute in Marina del Rey, California. RFC Editor operation was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US government until 1988. Since 1988, the RFC Editor at ISI has been funded by a contract with the Internet Society, to continue to edit, publish, and catalog RFCs. The current contract covers the period 2007-2008.

• RFCs governing RFC Editor function.
• Final Report on RFC Editor contract with ISOC, January 2002 through March 2007.

The RFC Editorial Board

The RFC Editorial Board provides policy advice and independent submission review for the RFC Editor.

Statistics and Reports

• Publication Queue Statistics
• Annual Publication Rate since 1969
• Index of Monthly Statistics
• Monthly Statistics for the Past 6 Months
• RFC Editor Reports to IETF Meetings