A directory of the Internet Engineering Task Force groups and their web pages.

Independent public forum supporting patent-free protocols. Includes policies, papers, a mission statement, and a list of free protocols.

List of documents organized by alphabetized subjects.

Overview of Internet protocols.

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.

Well known port numbers for TCP and UDP, from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

Collates Request For Comments documents. Explains the RFC process, and includes a searchable database of RFCs.

Description of protocols, file formats, glossary of terms, RFCs.

A table of new Internet Drafts and RFC's that come out each week, with synopses. Archived summaries go back to June 1999.

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.

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.