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Revision as of 11:15, 4 October 2022
This page keeps track of ARPANET protocols, classified by status, and RFC and year.
Used on ARPANET (1969-1981)
This section covers protocols that were at one used or tested on ARPANET. This list is not considered to be comprehensive, but should cover any protocol predating RFC 791 or 1981, which defined IP. These protocols, by and later cover
Remote Access
TELNET
Originally defined in RFC 15
FTP
Login
NETCRT
NETJSQ
Mail Protocols
Due to an influx of different systems and needs, a large number of email systems were to exchange mail between systems. How much these were used is a matter of some debate.
SENDMSG
Mailbox
Network Utilities
Network utilities represents testing protocols, or infrastructure ones
Host-IMP Protocol (1822)
Documented in RFC 7, the Host-IMP protocol is the set of commands that a given computer would use to talk to ARPANET directly. It's comparable to the AT commands used in Hayes modems.
Echo Protocol
Provides a loopback service to determine if a given host is available or not. Considered obsolete on modern systems, originally documented as RFC 347.
Discord Protocol
Discards all incoming data; intended to use for diagnostic and testing. Documented as RFC 348