|
April 1969 |
First RFC published |
|
April 1971 |
First distribution of RFCs over the network |
|
December 1972 |
First mention of the Czar of Socket Numbers and the proposal for a formal registry |
|
June 1975 |
Relationship starts between the Information Sciences
Institute (ISI) and the RFC Editor (judging by Jon Postel's affiliation change) |
|
April 1977 |
First April 1st RFC published |
|
January 1986 |
First Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting |
|
July 1988 |
IAB approved the creation of an Internet-Draft series |
|
December 1988 |
First major effort to review key specifications and write applicability statements |
|
October 1989 |
Three-stage standards process first defined |
|
March 1990 |
FYI sub-series started |
|
March 1992 |
STD sub-series started |
|
August 1995 |
BCP sub-series started |
|
approx. 1998 |
RFC Online Project to restore early RFCs
that were "lost" started |
|
15 October 1998 |
Jon Postel's death |
|
July 2007 |
RFC Series administrative structure documented |
|
July 2007 |
Independent Submission document stream is formalized |
|
August 2009 |
RFC Editor organization officially established as
RFC Series Editor, Independent Submission Editor, RFC
Production Center, and RFC Publisher |
|
October 2009 |
Transition of RFC Production Center and RFC Publisher
starts from Information Sciences Institute (ISI) to
Association Management Solutions (AMS) |
|
January 2010 |
Bob Braden retires from RFC Editor |
|
December 2009 |
Internet Research Task Force document stream formalized |
|
approx. 2010 |
RFC Online Project to restore early RFCs that
were "lost" finished |
|
August 2011 |
FYI sub-series ended |
|
October 2011 |
Two-stage standards process formalized |
|
June 2012 |
Updated responsibilities of RFC Series allocated
to RFC Series Editor, RFC Production Center, and RFC
Publisher |
|
May 2013 |
RFC format change project started |
|
April 2017 |
RFCs no longer printed to paper upon publication |