 Port Numbers and Services Database - http://www.sockets.com/services.htm Well known port numbers for TCP and UDP, from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). |
 The Kermit Project - http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ A protocol that transfers text and binary files without errors between diverse types of computers over potentially hostile communication links, and a suite of communications software programs; Columbia University. |
 XNS.org - http://www.xns.org/ Independent organization managing the eXtensible Name Service, an open protocol and open-source platform for universal addressing, automated data exchange, and privacy control. Includes an overview, charter, history, and specifications. |
 RFC Sourcebook - http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/ Description of protocols, file formats, glossary of terms, RFCs. |
 Internet Encyclopedia - http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Topics/73.htm Overview of Internet protocols. |
 Internet protocols - ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/proto.html General comments on protocol design, and good reference material on a few protocols (especially mail-related; also ftp, time, and misc) by Dan Bernstein. |
 The Internet Report (IETF Weekly Updates) - http://ietfreport.isoc.org/ A table of new Internet Drafts and RFC's that come out each week, with synopses. Archived summaries go back to June 1999. |
 IETF Internet Drafts - http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html List of documents organized by alphabetized subjects. |
 Active IETF Working Groups - http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/wg-dir.html A directory of the Internet Engineering Task Force groups and their web pages. |
 Free Protocols Foundation - http://www.freeprotocols.org/ Independent public forum supporting patent-free protocols. Includes policies, papers, a mission statement, and a list of free protocols. |
 RFC Editor - http://www.rfc-editor.org/ Collates Request For Comments documents. Explains the RFC process, and includes a searchable database of RFCs. |
 Internet2 - http://internet2.edu/ A consortium led by universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. |