RFC 1958

Architectural Principles of the Internet, June 1996

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Status:
INFORMATIONAL
Updated by:
RFC 3439
Author:
B. Carpenter, Ed.
Stream:
IAB

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC1958

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Abstract

The Internet and its architecture have grown in evolutionary fashion from modest beginnings, rather than from a Grand Plan. While this process of evolution is one of the main reasons for the technology's success, it nevertheless seems useful to record a snapshot of the current principles of the Internet architecture. This is intended for general guidance and general interest, and is in no way intended to be a formal or invariant reference model. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.


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