RFC 1958: Architectural Principles of the Internet

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…

Read RFC 1958 on the RFC Editor

Incoming relationships (30 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 3439: Some Internet Architectural Guidelines and Philosophy
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6589: Considerations for Transitioning Content to IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6227: Design Goals for Scalable Internet Routing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5996: Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6550: RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5706: Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3175: Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2775: Internet Transparency
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5218: What Makes for a Successful Protocol?
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6740: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Architectural Description
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2130: The Report of the IAB Character Set Workshop held 29 February - 1 March, 1996
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6620: FCFS SAVI: First-Come, First-Served Source Address Validation Improvement for Locally Assigned IPv6 Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6606: Problem Statement and Requirements for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6077: Open Research Issues in Internet Congestion Control
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8404: Effects of Pervasive Encryption on Operators
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4831: Goals for Network-Based Localized Mobility Management (NETLMM)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4197: Requirements for Edge-to-Edge Emulation of Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Circuits over Packet Switching Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5338: Using the Host Identity Protocol with Legacy Applications
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5211: An Internet Transition Plan
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5505: Principles of Internet Host Configuration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6097: Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) Discovery for Proxy Mobile IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6670: The Reasons for Selecting a Single Solution for MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5290: Comments on the Usefulness of Simple Best-Effort Traffic
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8280: Research into Human Rights Protocol Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9340: Architectural Principles for a Quantum Internet
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4249: Implementer-Friendly Specification of Message and MIME-Part Header Fields and Field Components
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6385: General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) Experiences
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7452: Architectural Considerations in Smart Object Networking
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7681: Email Exchange of Secondary School Transcripts