Request for Comments (RFC)
- Date
- 1969 · confidence high
- Place
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States
- Credited to
- Steve Crocker
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Crocker devised the RFC format to informally and collaboratively document the development of ARPANET, publishing RFC 1 on April 7, 1969. The system, designed to encourage open discussion rather than closed decisions, became the official channel for publishing Internet standards.
What it led to
- Standardization of Internet protocols
- IETF and IAB working process
Built on
- ARPANET project