rfc 3091,3092,3098
J.D. Falk
jdfalk at cybernothing.org
Sat May 19 02:30:29 UTC 2001
On 05/18/01, David Charlap <david.charlap at marconi.com> wrote:
>
> Micah McNelly wrote:
> >
> > I am very unclear about the nature of the following rfcs:
> >
> > 3091 Pi Digit Generation Protocol
> > 3098 How to Advertise Responsibly etc etc.
> > 3092 Etymology of "Foo"
> >
> > Is this some kind of joke? I am seriously confused.
>
> Every year, on April 1st ("April Fool's day"), the IETF approves a small
> number of joke RFCs.
>
> 3098, BTW, is not a joke.
Neither is 3092, for that matter. It may not be about a
serious technical issue, but it's still the answer to a very
common set of questions relating to Internet standards in
general.
Plus, it's a very impressive bit of research.
--
J.D. Falk an ocean refuses no river
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