Protocols

» RFC Editor
   Collates Request For Comments documents. Explains the RFC process, and includes a searchable database of RFCs.
   http://www.rfc-editor.org/

» The Internet Report (IETF Weekly Updates)
   A table of new Internet Drafts and RFC's that come out each week, with synopses. Archived summaries go back to June 1999.
   http://ietfreport.isoc.org/

» Active IETF Working Groups
   A directory of the Internet Engineering Task Force groups and their web pages.

   
   http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/wg-dir.html

» Free Protocols Foundation
   Independent public forum supporting patent-free protocols. Includes policies, papers, a mission statement, and a list of free protocols.

   
   http://www.freeprotocols.org/

» IETF Internet Drafts
   List of documents organized by alphabetized subjects.

   
   http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html

» Internet Encyclopedia
   Overview of Internet protocols.

   
   http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Topics/73.htm

» Internet protocols
   General comments on protocol design, and good reference material on a few protocols (especially mail-related; also ftp, time, and misc) by Dan Bernstein.

   
   ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/proto.html

» Internet2
   A consortium led by universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.

   
   http://internet2.edu/

» Port Numbers and Services Database
   Well known port numbers for TCP and UDP, from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

   
   http://www.sockets.com/services.htm

» RFC Sourcebook
   Description of protocols, file formats, glossary of terms, RFCs.

   
   http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/

» The Kermit Project
   A protocol that transfers text and binary files without errors between diverse types of computers over potentially hostile communication links, and a suite of communications software programs; Columbia University.

   
   http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/

» XNS.org
   Independent organization managing the eXtensible Name Service, an open protocol and open-source platform for universal addressing, automated data exchange, and privacy control. Includes an overview, charter, history, and specifications.

   
   http://www.xns.org/