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" and "40 Years of RFCs".

RFC Editor operation was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US government until 1988. From 1988, the RFC Editor was funded by a contract with the Internet Society, to continue to edit, publish, and catalog RFCs. The RFC Editor was a project at the USC Information Sciences Institute in Marina del Rey, California, through 2009. Currently, it's a project at Association Management Solutions, LLC (AMS).

• The RFC Editor Function at ISI (January 2009).
• RFCs governing RFC Editor function
• RFC 5620: RFC Editor Model (Version 1)

The RFC Editorial Board

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

Statistics and Reports

• Final Report to ISOC on RFC Editor contract, January 2002 through March 2007.
• 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
• RFC Editor Reports to the IAD