RFC 791

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RFC 791 is the foundational Internet standard that specifies the design, structure, and operation of the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4).


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard
Request for Comments
Technical specification
abbreviation IPv4 specification
appliesTo IPv4 networks
Internet hosts
Internet routers
area Internet
category Standards Track
defines IP datagram routing model
IPv4 addressing
IPv4 checksum
IPv4 datagram structure
IPv4 destination address field
IPv4 flags field
IPv4 fragment offset field
IPv4 fragmentation
IPv4 header format
IPv4 header length field
IPv4 identification field
IPv4 options
IPv4 precedence and delay parameters
IPv4 protocol field
IPv4 source address field
IPv4 time to live field
IPv4 total length field
IPv4 type of service field
IPv4 version field
handling of IP options for routing
handling of IP options for security
handling of IP options for timestamp
language English
obsoletedBy RFC 8200
partOf Internet Protocol Suite
protocolNumberSpace IP protocol numbers
publishedBy Internet Activities Board
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Society
relatedTo RFC 792
RFC 793
RFC 950
replaces Internet Experiment Note 41
series STD 5
specifies Internet Protocol version 4
standardizes best-effort delivery model
connectionless datagram service
packet switching for IP
status Internet Standard
title Internet Protocol


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