RFC 2131
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RFC 2131 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) used for automatic IP address and configuration assignment in IP networks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 2131 canonical | 11 |
| DHCP specification | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T270470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 2131 Context triple: [DHCP, definedIn, RFC 2131]
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A.
RFC 9113
RFC 9113 is the Internet standards document that specifies the HTTP/2 protocol, defining its framing, semantics, and operational behavior on the web.
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B.
RFC 791
RFC 791 is the foundational Internet standard that specifies the design, structure, and operation of the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4).
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C.
RFC 4252
RFC 4252 is an Internet standard that specifies the authentication protocol used by Secure Shell (SSH) for secure remote login and other network services.
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D.
RFC 9112
RFC 9112 is the IETF specification that standardizes the semantics and behavior of HTTP/1.1.
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E.
RFC 9111
RFC 9111 is an IETF specification that defines HTTP caching semantics, detailing how responses can be stored, reused, and validated to improve web performance and efficiency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 2131 Target entity description: RFC 2131 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) used for automatic IP address and configuration assignment in IP networks.
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A.
RFC 9113
RFC 9113 is the Internet standards document that specifies the HTTP/2 protocol, defining its framing, semantics, and operational behavior on the web.
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B.
RFC 791
RFC 791 is the foundational Internet standard that specifies the design, structure, and operation of the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4).
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C.
RFC 4252
RFC 4252 is an Internet standard that specifies the authentication protocol used by Secure Shell (SSH) for secure remote login and other network services.
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D.
RFC 9112
RFC 9112 is the IETF specification that standardizes the semantics and behavior of HTTP/1.1.
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E.
RFC 9111
RFC 9111 is an IETF specification that defines HTTP caching semantics, detailing how responses can be stored, reused, and validated to improve web performance and efficiency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet standard
ⓘ
Request for Comments ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
RFC 2131
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
DHCP specification
|
| addressAssignmentType |
automatic IP address assignment
ⓘ
dynamic IP address assignment ⓘ manual IP address assignment ⓘ |
| appliesTo | IPv4 networks ⓘ |
| area |
the internet
ⓘ
surface form:
Internet
|
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| definesConcept |
BOOTP relay agent usage
ⓘ
address pool ⓘ lease ⓘ lease time ⓘ rebinding (T2) time ⓘ renewal (T1) time ⓘ subnet selection ⓘ |
| definesMessageType |
DHCPACK
ⓘ
DHCPDECLINE ⓘ DHCPDISCOVER ⓘ DHCPINFORM ⓘ DHCPNAK ⓘ DHCP ⓘ
surface form:
DHCPOFFER
DHCP ⓘ
surface form:
DHCPRELEASE
DHCPREQUEST ⓘ |
| definesOperation | four-way DHCP handshake ⓘ |
| definesProtocol |
DHCP
ⓘ
surface form:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|
| definesRole |
DHCP
ⓘ
surface form:
DHCP client
DHCP ⓘ
surface form:
DHCP relay agent
DHCP server ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| obsoletes | RFC 1541 ⓘ |
| protocolLayer | application layer ⓘ |
| protocolType | network management protocol ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| relatedTo | RFC 2132 ⓘ |
| specifies |
client-server interaction for IP configuration
ⓘ
state machine for DHCP clients ⓘ state machine for DHCP servers ⓘ use of broadcast in DHCP ⓘ |
| status | Internet Standard ⓘ |
| stdNumber | STD 7 ⓘ |
| title |
DHCP
ⓘ
surface form:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|
| updates | BOOTP protocol behavior for dynamic configuration ⓘ |
| useCase | automatic host configuration on IP networks ⓘ |
| usesPort |
67
ⓘ
68 ⓘ |
| usesTransportProtocol | UDP ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RFC 2131 Description of subject: RFC 2131 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) used for automatic IP address and configuration assignment in IP networks.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DHCP specification