IP and Related Technologies RFCs
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
TCP/IP and Related Technologies RFCs
The standards for TCP/IP and related technologies are published in a series of documents called Requests for Comments (RFCs). RFCs are an evolving series of reports, proposals for protocols, and protocol standards that describe the internal workings of TCP/IP and the Internet.
Although TCP/IP standards are always published as RFCs, not all RFCs specify standards. RFCs are authored by individuals who voluntarily write and submit a draft proposal for a new protocol or specification to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other working groups. Submitted drafts are first reviewed by a technical expert, a task force, or an RFC editor, and then assigned a status.
If a draft passes this initial review stage, it is circulated to the larger Internet community for a period of further comment and review, and assigned an RFC number. This RFC number remains constant.
If changes are made to the proposed specification, drafts that are revised or updated are circulated by using a new RFC (a number higher than the original RFC number) to identify more recent documents.
There are six status assignments for RFCs in the standards process, as shown in the following table.
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
Standard protocol |
An official standard protocol of the Internet. |
Draft standard protocol |
Under active consideration and review to become a standard protocol. |
Proposed standard protocol |
A protocol that in the future may become a standard protocol. |
Experimental protocol |
A protocol designed for experimental purposes. An experimental protocol is not intended for operational use. |
Informational protocol |
A protocol developed by another standards organization that is included for the convenience of the Internet community. |
Historic protocol |
Protocols that have been superseded or obsoleted by other protocols. |
Windows TCP/IP and Related RFCs
The following table shows the RFCs supported by, and related to, the TCP/IP protocol in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and those supported by Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
RFC Description |
RFC Number and Title |
Supported in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Supported in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 |
System support for IP |
791 - Internet Protocol (1981) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for IP |
950 - Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure (1985) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for IP |
919 - Broadcasting Internet Datagrams (1984) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for IP |
922 - Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets (1984) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for IP |
972 - Password Generator Protocol |
No |
No |
System support for IP |
1112 -Host Extensions for IP Multicasting (1989) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for IP |
894 - Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks (1984) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for ICMP |
1256 - ICMP Router Discovery Messages |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for IGMPv3 |
3376 - Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3 |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for multicast protocols |
2236 - Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2 (1997) |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for IPv4/IPv6 |
Dual stack operation (threshold) Native IPv6 |
Yes |
Yes |
system support QoS features |
2474, 2475, or 3260 |
No |
No |
System support for QoS features |
DIFSERV Code Point (DSCP) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for QoS features |
Traffic classification based on layer 3 and 4 criteria |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for TCP |
793 - TCP (1981) |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for TCP |
2581 - TCP Congestion Control (1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for UDP |
768 - User Datagram Protocol |
Yes |
Yes |
System support for Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP v2) |
1350 - The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2) |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for FTP security extensions |
2228 - FTP Security Extensions |
No |
No |