on Thu, Aug 15, 2002, Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 11:23:28AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > At what point does an "RFC" become a published standard ??
>
> When it is moved into the "standard" category, and published in STD1
> (the current version of "Internet Official Protocol Standards",
> currently RFC2900). Each RFC gives its category in the first couple of
> lines.
False. Though a common error.
Once published, an RFC can't be changed (because it's then not
standard). You have to refer to an external document for current
status. The document describes its own _track_, but not its _status_.
Peace.
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