Where to get RFC docs

Donald Cameron

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Aug 24, 1994, 12:52:31 PM8/24/94

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Hi, I thought there was an ftp site somewhere where I could grab RFC docs.
Unfortunately my memory 'aint what it used to be'. If anyone knows where to get
RFCs could you post or email me directly? What I'm after are the RFCs that
discuss 'Simple Network Management Protocal Agents'. Why do I need to know about SNMPAs? well I want to talk to the SNMP daemon so I can find out
what resources are available to me on a given compute node on a LAN. (This is under HPUX 9) I've come up with some distributed software but its not smart
enough to know when odd things happen like a disk filling up, hence my wanting
to chat with 'snmpd'. The RFCs I'm after are:

RFC 1155, RFC 1157, RFC 1212, RFC 1213.

So if you know where to get them, or have any other ideas please post or let me
know directly.

Thanks for any help!

mike.
(zot!)

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Ron Chittaro

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Aug 24, 1994, 1:09:41 PM8/24/94

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You might want to have a look at 'nic.ddn.mil'. They have an RFC repository
there.

Ron Chittaro

Adam Ashby

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Aug 24, 1994, 2:49:59 PM8/24/94

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>>>>> "DC" == Donald Cameron <mga...@bmerha06.bnr.ca> writes:
In article <33ftsf$i...@bmerha64.bnr.ca> mga...@bmerha06.bnr.ca (Donald Cameron) writes:

DC> Hi, I thought there was an ftp site somewhere where I could grab RFC
DC> docs. Unfortunately my memory 'aint what it used to be'. If anyone

Jerry Leslie

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Aug 24, 1994, 7:29:00 PM8/24/94

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Donald Cameron (mga...@bmerha06.bnr.ca) wrote:
: Hi, I thought there was an ftp site somewhere where I could grab RFC docs.

: Thanks for any help!

: mike.
: (zot!)

Ftp to ds.internic.net, cd to rfc if you know which one you want;
e.g., rfc1123.txt. The same directory has some index files:

ftp> dir *-index*
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
-r--r--r-- 1 welcome ftpguest 5996 Aug 23 12:54 fyi-index.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 welcome ftpguest 229660 Aug 24 04:08 rfc-index.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 welcome ftpguest 8023 Aug 23 12:54 std-index.txt
226 Transfer complete.

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Al Sparks

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Aug 27, 1994, 6:12:11 PM8/27/94

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>>>>> "M" == Matthew D Healy <he...@seviche.med.yale.edu> writes:

M> Note to Net Gods: isn't it high time to set up _one_ local site
M> for such things at each institution, with automatic mirroring
M> of the main sites? Then users at each institution could be
M> pointed to the local archive. Only if the local site is down
M> would they have to use WAN bandwidth...

Eventually, the backbone won't be free. That means that Saving
bandwidth will be economical. However, there is a system that can be
used that is built in. We're using it right now. Simply create a
moderated newsgroup of rfc's and post them; similar to new.answers.
WALLAH, you've got lots of mirror sites, at least in those cases where
newsadmins accept the newsgroup.

Btw, that's how the pictures of the comet crashing into Jupiter should
have been set up. Apparently, it strained the net when they were
posted at one site, with all those WWW browsers trying to grab them at
once. Eventually, mirror sites were created, but here we have a
built-in resource for disseminating something like that, and it was
neglected.
=== Al