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Re: rfc 3091,3092,3098

  • From: J.D. Falk
  • Date: Fri May 18 22:35:45 2001 
On 05/18/01, David Charlap <[email protected]> wrote: 

> 
> Micah McNelly wrote:
> > 
> > I am very unclear about the nature of the following rfcs:
> > 
> > 3091 Pi Digit Generation Protocol
> > 3098 How to Advertise Responsibly etc etc.
> > 3092 Etymology of "Foo"
> > 
> > Is this some kind of joke?  I am seriously confused.
> 
> Every year, on April 1st ("April Fool's day"), the IETF approves a small
> number of joke RFCs.
> 
> 3098, BTW, is not a joke.

	Neither is 3092, for that matter.  It may not be about a
	serious technical issue, but it's still the answer to a very
	common set of questions relating to Internet standards in
	general.

	Plus, it's a very impressive bit of research.

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J.D. Falk                                     an ocean refuses no river
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