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Society">Internet Society</a> (ISOC), usually describing methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems. </p><p>Almost every <a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a> (1 April) since 1989, the Internet <a href="/wiki/RFC_Editor" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC Editor">RFC Editor</a> has published one or more humorous <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">Request for Comments</a> (RFC) documents, following in the path blazed by the June 1973 RFC <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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The following list also includes <a href="/wiki/Humour" title="Humour">humorous</a> RFCs published on other dates. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_April_Fools'_Day_RFCs"><span id="List_of_April_Fools.27_Day_RFCs"></span>List of April Fools' Day RFCs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of April Fools' Day RFCs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1978"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1978"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1978</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1978"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFM._Crispin1978" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Crispin" title="Mark Crispin">M. Crispin</a> (1 April 1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc748"><i>TELNET RANDOMLY-LOSE Option</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/IETF" class="mw-redirect" title="IETF">IETF</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC0748">10.17487/RFC0748</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc748">748</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=TELNET+RANDOMLY-LOSE+Option&rft.pub=IETF&rft.date=1978-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC0748&rft.au=M.+Crispin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc748&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Unknown.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>A parody of the <a href="/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite" title="Internet protocol suite">TCP/IP</a> documentation style. For a long time it was specially marked in the RFC index with "note date of issue".</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1989"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1989</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._Miller1989" class="citation cs1">B. Miller (1 April 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1097"><i>TELNET SUBLIMINAL-MESSAGE Option</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1097">10.17487/RFC1097</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1097">1097</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=TELNET+SUBLIMINAL-MESSAGE+Option&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1989-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1097&rft.au=B.+Miller&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1097&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Unknown.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1990"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1990</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD._Waitzman1990" class="citation cs1">D. Waitzman (1 April 1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149"><i>A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1149">10.17487/RFC1149</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149">1149</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Standard+for+the+Transmission+of+IP+Datagrams+on+Avian+Carriers&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1990-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1149&rft.au=D.+Waitzman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1149&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Updated by RFC 2549 in 1999; see below. Describes protocol for transmitting IP packets by <a href="/wiki/Homing_pigeon" title="Homing pigeon">homing pigeon</a>.</dd> <dd>In 2001, RFC 1149 was actually implemented<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by members of the <a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a> <a href="/wiki/Linux_User_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Linux User Group">Linux User Group</a>.</dd> <dd>See also RFC 6214, as noted below. Describes the adaptation of RFC 1149 for <a href="/wiki/IPv6" title="IPv6">IPv6</a>.</dd></dl></dd> <dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers" title="IP over Avian Carriers">IP over Avian Carriers</a></div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1991"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1991"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1991</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1991"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPoorer_RichardProf._Kynikos1991" class="citation cs1">Poorer Richard; Prof. Kynikos (1 April 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1216"><i>Gigabit Network Economics and Paradigm Shifts</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1216">10.17487/RFC1216</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1216">1216</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gigabit+Network+Economics+and+Paradigm+Shifts&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1991-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1216&rft.au=Poorer+Richard&rft.au=Prof.+Kynikos&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1216&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFV._Cerf1991" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf">V. Cerf</a> (1 April 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1217"><i>Memo from the Consortium for Slow Commotion Research (CSCR)</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1217">10.17487/RFC1217</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1217">1217</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Memo+from+the+Consortium+for+Slow+Commotion+Research+%28CSCR%29&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1991-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1217&rft.au=V.+Cerf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1217&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1992"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1992"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1992</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFC._Partridge1992" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Partridge" title="Craig Partridge">C. Partridge</a> (1 April 1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1313"><i>Today's Programming for KRFC AM 1313 Internet Talk Radio</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1313">10.17487/RFC1313</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1313">1313</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Today%27s+Programming+for+KRFC+AM+1313+Internet+Talk+Radio&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1992-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1313&rft.au=C.+Partridge&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1313&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1993"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1993"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1993</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1993"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._BorensteinM._Linimon1993" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Borenstein" title="Nathaniel Borenstein">N. Borenstein</a>; M. Linimon (1 April 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1437"><i>The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1437">10.17487/RFC1437</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1437">1437</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Extension+of+MIME+Content-Types+to+a+New+Medium&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1993-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1437&rft.au=N.+Borenstein&rft.au=M.+Linimon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1437&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFL._ChapinC._Huitema1993" class="citation cs1">L. Chapin; <a href="/wiki/Christian_Huitema" title="Christian Huitema">C. Huitema</a> (1 April 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1438"><i>Internet Engineering Task Force Statements Of Boredom (SOBs)</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1438">10.17487/RFC1438</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1438">1438</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Internet+Engineering+Task+Force+Statements+Of+Boredom+%28SOBs%29&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1993-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1438&rft.au=L.+Chapin&rft.au=C.+Huitema&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1438&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1994"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1994</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1994"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFW._Shakespeare1994" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">W. Shakespeare</a> (1 April 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1605"><i>SONET to Sonnet Translation</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1605">10.17487/RFC1605</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1605">1605</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=SONET+to+Sonnet+Translation&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1994-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1605&rft.au=W.+Shakespeare&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1605&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Attributed to <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._Onions1994" class="citation cs1">J. Onions (1 April 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1606"><i>A Historical Perspective On The Usage Of IP Version 9</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1606">10.17487/RFC1606</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1606">1606</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Historical+Perspective+On+The+Usage+Of+IP+Version+9&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1994-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1606&rft.au=J.+Onions&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1606&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFV._Cerf1994" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf">V. Cerf</a> (1 April 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1607"><i>A VIEW FROM THE 21ST CENTURY</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1607">10.17487/RFC1607</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1607">1607</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+VIEW+FROM+THE+21ST+CENTURY&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1994-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1607&rft.au=V.+Cerf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1607&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1995"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1995</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1995"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Crocker1995" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Crocker" title="Steve Crocker">S. Crocker</a> (1 April 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1776"><i>The Address is the Message</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1776">10.17487/RFC1776</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1776">1776</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Address+is+the+Message&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1995-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1776&rft.au=S.+Crocker&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1776&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1996"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1996</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1996"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._Elz1996" class="citation cs1">R. Elz (1 April 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1924"><i>A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1924">10.17487/RFC1924</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1924">1924</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Compact+Representation+of+IPv6+Addresses&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1996-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1924&rft.au=R.+Elz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1924&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._Callon1996" class="citation cs1">R. Callon, ed. (1 April 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1925"><i>The Twelve Networking Truths</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1925">10.17487/RFC1925</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1925">1925</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Twelve+Networking+Truths&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1996-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1925&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1925&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._Eriksson1996" class="citation cs1">J. Eriksson (1 April 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1926"><i>An Experimental Encapsulation of IP Datagrams on Top of ATM</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1926">10.17487/RFC1926</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1926">1926</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Experimental+Encapsulation+of+IP+Datagrams+on+Top+of+ATM&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1996-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1926&rft.au=J.+Eriksson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1926&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFC._Rogers1996" class="citation cs1">C. Rogers (1 April 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1927"><i>Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1927">10.17487/RFC1927</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1927">1927</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Suggested+Additional+MIME+Types+for+Associating+Documents&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1996-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1927&rft.au=C.+Rogers&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1927&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1997"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1997</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._Ashworth1997" class="citation cs1">J. Ashworth (1 April 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2100"><i>The Naming of Hosts</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2100">10.17487/RFC2100</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2100">2100</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Naming+of+Hosts&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1997-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2100&rft.au=J.+Ashworth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2100&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1998"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1998</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._Bressen1998" class="citation cs1">A. Bressen (1 April 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2321"><i>RITA -- The Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2321">10.17487/RFC2321</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2321">2321</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=RITA+--+The+Reliable+Internetwork+Troubleshooting+Agent&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1998-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2321&rft.au=A.+Bressen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2321&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFK._van_den_HoutA._KoopalR._van_Mook1998" class="citation cs1">K. van den Hout; A. Koopal; R. van Mook (1 April 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2322"><i>Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2322">10.17487/RFC2322</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2322">2322</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Management+of+IP+numbers+by+peg-dhcp&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1998-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2322&rft.au=K.+van+den+Hout&rft.au=A.+Koopal&rft.au=R.+van+Mook&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2322&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>This RFC is not solely for entertainment; the described protocol has regularly been implemented at hacker events in Europe.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._Ramos1998" class="citation cs1">A. Ramos (1 April 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2323"><i>IETF Identification and Security Guidelines</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2323">10.17487/RFC2323</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2323">2323</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=IETF+Identification+and+Security+Guidelines&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1998-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2323&rft.au=A.+Ramos&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2323&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFL._Masinter1998" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Masinter" title="Larry Masinter">L. Masinter</a> (1 April 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2324"><i>Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2324">10.17487/RFC2324</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2324">2324</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hyper+Text+Coffee+Pot+Control+Protocol+%28HTCPCP%2F1.0%29&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1998-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2324&rft.au=L.+Masinter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2324&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> Updated by RFC 7168 in 2014.</li></ul> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_Protocol" title="Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol">Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Slavitch1998" class="citation cs1">M. Slavitch (1 April 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2325"><i>Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2325">10.17487/RFC2325</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2325">2325</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Definitions+of+Managed+Objects+for+Drip-Type+Heated+Beverage+Hardware+Devices+using+SMIv2&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1998-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2325&rft.au=M.+Slavitch&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2325&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="1999"></span><span class="vanchor-text">1999</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD._Waitzman1999" class="citation cs1">D. Waitzman (1 April 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2549"><i>IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2549">10.17487/RFC2549</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2549">2549</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=IP+over+Avian+Carriers+with+Quality+of+Service&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1999-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2549&rft.au=D.+Waitzman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2549&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> Updates RFC 1149.</li></ul> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers" title="IP over Avian Carriers">IP over Avian Carriers</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._GlassmanM._ManasseJ._Mogul1999" class="citation cs1">S. Glassman; M. Manasse; J. Mogul (1 April 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2550"><i>Y10K and Beyond</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2550">10.17487/RFC2550</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2550">2550</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Y10K+and+Beyond&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1999-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2550&rft.au=S.+Glassman&rft.au=M.+Manasse&rft.au=J.+Mogul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2550&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Bradner1999" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bradner" title="Scott Bradner">S. Bradner</a> (1 April 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2551"><i>The Roman Standards Process -- Revision III (I April MCMXCIV)</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2551">10.17487/RFC2551</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2551">2551</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Roman+Standards+Process+--+Revision+III+%28I+April+MCMXCIV%29&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1999-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2551&rft.au=S.+Bradner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2551&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Worst Current Practice.</i> Obsoletes MCMXCIX.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2000"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2000</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Christey2000" class="citation cs1">S. Christey (1 April 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2795"><i>The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS)</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2795">10.17487/RFC2795</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2795">2795</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Infinite+Monkey+Protocol+Suite+%28IMPS%29&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2000-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2795&rft.au=S.+Christey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2795&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Concerning the practicalities of the <a href="/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem" title="Infinite monkey theorem">infinite monkey theorem</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2001"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2001</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2001"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFH._Kennedy2001" class="citation cs1">H. Kennedy (1 April 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3091"><i>Pi Digit Generation Protocol</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3091">10.17487/RFC3091</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3091">3091</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pi+Digit+Generation+Protocol&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2001-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3091&rft.au=H.+Kennedy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3091&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD._Eastlake_IIIC._ManrosE._Raymond2001" class="citation cs1">D. Eastlake III; C. Manros; <a href="/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond" title="Eric S. Raymond">E. Raymond</a> (1 April 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3092"><i>Etymology of "Foo"</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3092">10.17487/RFC3092</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3092">3092</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Etymology+of+%22Foo%22&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2001-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3092&rft.au=D.+Eastlake+III&rft.au=C.+Manros&rft.au=E.+Raymond&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3092&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._GaynorS._Bradner2001" class="citation cs1">M. Gaynor; <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bradner" title="Scott Bradner">S. Bradner</a> (1 April 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3093"><i>Firewall Enhancement Protocol (FEP)</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3093">10.17487/RFC3093</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3093">3093</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Firewall+Enhancement+Protocol+%28FEP%29&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2001-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3093&rft.au=M.+Gaynor&rft.au=S.+Bradner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3093&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2002"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2002</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._Rajagopalan2002" class="citation cs1">B. Rajagopalan (1 April 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3251"><i>Electricity over IP</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3251">10.17487/RFC3251</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3251">3251</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Electricity+over+IP&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2002-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3251&rft.au=B.+Rajagopalan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3251&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Parody of "Everything over IP and IP over Everything"<sup id="cite_ref-rfc5218_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc5218-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%932001_California_electricity_crisis" title="2000–2001 California electricity crisis">2000–2001 California electricity crisis</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFH._Kennedy2002" class="citation cs1">H. Kennedy (1 April 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3252"><i>Binary Lexical Octet Ad-hoc Transport</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3252">10.17487/RFC3252</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3252">3252</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Binary+Lexical+Octet+Ad-hoc+Transport&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2002-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3252&rft.au=H.+Kennedy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3252&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2003"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2003</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Bellovin2003" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Steven_M._Bellovin" title="Steven M. Bellovin">S. Bellovin</a> (1 April 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3514"><i>The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3514">10.17487/RFC3514</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3514">3514</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Security+Flag+in+the+IPv4+Header&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2003-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3514&rft.au=S.+Bellovin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3514&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Proposal for the '<a href="/wiki/Evil_bit" title="Evil bit">evil bit</a>', as an option in the <a href="/wiki/IPv4#header" title="IPv4">IPv4 packet header</a>. Later, this became a synonym for all attempts to seek simple technical solutions for difficult human social problems which require the willing participation of malicious actors.</dd></dl></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Evil_bit" title="Evil bit">Evil bit</a></div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2004"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2004</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Bradner2004" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bradner" title="Scott Bradner">S. Bradner</a> (1 April 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3751"><i>Omniscience Protocol Requirements</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC3751">10.17487/RFC3751</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3751">3751</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Omniscience+Protocol+Requirements&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2004-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC3751&rft.au=S.+Bradner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc3751&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2005"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2005</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._Farrel2005" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Farrel" title="Adrian Farrel">A. Farrel</a> (1 April 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4041"><i>Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC4041">10.17487/RFC4041</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4041">4041</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Requirements+for+Morality+Sections+in+Routing+Area+Drafts&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2005-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC4041&rft.au=A.+Farrel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc4041&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Crispin2005" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Crispin" title="Mark Crispin">M. Crispin</a> (1 April 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4042"><i>UTF-9 and UTF-18 Efficient Transformation Formats of Unicode</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC4042">10.17487/RFC4042</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4042">4042</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=UTF-9+and+UTF-18+Efficient+Transformation+Formats+of+Unicode&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2005-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC4042&rft.au=M.+Crispin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc4042&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Notable for containing <a href="/wiki/PDP-10" title="PDP-10">PDP-10</a> assembly language code nearly 22 years after the manufacturer ceased production of the PDP-10, and for being technically possible as opposed to many of these other proposals.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._SchulzeW._Lohsen2005" class="citation cs1">M. Schulze; W. Lohsen (1 April 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-lohsen-ip-burrito-00"><i>IP over Burrito Carriers</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">IETF</a>. I-D draft-lohsen-ip-burrito-00.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=IP+over+Burrito+Carriers&rft.pub=IETF&rft.date=2005-04-01&rft.au=M.+Schulze&rft.au=W.+Lohsen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Fdraft-lohsen-ip-burrito-00&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2006"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2006</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>An April 1st RFC was not published this year, but an <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg41460.html">announcement on the IETF list</a> about the appointment of the <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> character <a href="/wiki/Bert_(Sesame_Street)" title="Bert (Sesame Street)">Bert</a> as member of the IAB appears to have been the April Fools' Day 2006 stunt.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2007"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2007</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._HofmuellerA._BachmannIO._zmoelnig2007" class="citation cs1">J. Hofmueller; A. Bachmann; IO. zmoelnig, eds. (1 April 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4824"><i>The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS)</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC4824">10.17487/RFC4824</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4824">4824</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Transmission+of+IP+Datagrams+over+the+Semaphore+Flag+Signaling+System+%28SFSS%29&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2007-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC4824&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc4824&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information on its implementation: <a href="/wiki/Semaphore_Flag_Signaling_System" title="Semaphore Flag Signaling System">Semaphore Flag Signaling System</a></div></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information on competing ways of using flags to convey messages: <a href="/wiki/Flag_semaphore" title="Flag semaphore">Flag semaphore</a></div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2008"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2008</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._FalkS._Bradner2008" class="citation cs1">A. Falk; <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bradner" title="Scott Bradner">S. Bradner</a> (1 April 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5241"><i>Naming Rights in IETF Protocols</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC5241">10.17487/RFC5241</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5241">5241</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Naming+Rights+in+IETF+Protocols&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2008-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC5241&rft.au=A.+Falk&rft.au=S.+Bradner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc5241&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._KlensinH._Alvestrand2008" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Klensin" title="John Klensin">J. Klensin</a>; <a href="/wiki/Harald_Tveit_Alvestrand" title="Harald Tveit Alvestrand">H. Alvestrand</a> (1 April 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5242"><i>A Generalized Unified Character Code: Western European and CJK Sections</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC5242">10.17487/RFC5242</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5242">5242</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Generalized+Unified+Character+Code%3A+Western+European+and+CJK+Sections&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2008-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC5242&rft.au=J.+Klensin&rft.au=H.+Alvestrand&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc5242&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2009"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2009</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._Farrel2009" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Farrel" title="Adrian Farrel">A. Farrel</a> (1 April 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5513"><i>IANA Considerations for Three Letter Acronyms</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC5513">10.17487/RFC5513</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5513">5513</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=IANA+Considerations+for+Three+Letter+Acronyms&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2009-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC5513&rft.au=A.+Farrel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc5513&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFE._Vyncke2009" class="citation cs1">E. Vyncke (1 April 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5514"><i>IPv6 over Social Networks</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC5514">10.17487/RFC5514</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5514">5514</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=IPv6+over+Social+Networks&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2009-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC5514&rft.au=E.+Vyncke&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc5514&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Implemented on <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> by the author, in the process of writing the RFC.<sup id="cite_ref-IPv6overFacebook_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPv6overFacebook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2010"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2010</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._HayW._Turkal2010" class="citation cs1">R. Hay; W. Turkal (1 April 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5841"><i>TCP Option to Denote Packet Mood</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC5841">10.17487/RFC5841</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5841">5841</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=TCP+Option+to+Denote+Packet+Mood&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2010-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC5841&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=R.+Hay&rft.au=W.+Turkal&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc5841&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2011"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2011</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._CarpenterR._Hinden2011" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)" title="Brian Carpenter (engineer)">B. Carpenter</a>; R. Hinden (1 April 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6214"><i>Adaptation of RFC 1149 for IPv6</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6214">10.17487/RFC6214</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6214">6214</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Adaptation+of+RFC+1149+for+IPv6&rft.pub=Internet+Engineering+Task+Force&rft.date=2011-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6214&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft.au=R.+Hinden&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6214&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers" title="IP over Avian Carriers">IP over Avian Carriers</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFT._Ritter2011" class="citation cs1">T. Ritter (1 April 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6217"><i>Regional Broadcast Using an Atmospheric Link Layer</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6217">10.17487/RFC6217</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6217">6217</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Regional+Broadcast+Using+an+Atmospheric+Link+Layer&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2011-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6217&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=T.+Ritter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6217&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2012"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2012</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFC._Pignataro2012" class="citation cs1">C. Pignataro (1 April 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6592"><i>The Null Packet</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6592">10.17487/RFC6592</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6592">6592</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Null+Packet&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2012-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6592&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=C.+Pignataro&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6592&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFC._PignataroJ._ClarkeG._Salgueiro2012" class="citation cs1">C. Pignataro; J. Clarke; G. Salgueiro (1 April 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6593"><i>Service Undiscovery Using Hide-and-Go-Seek for the Domain Pseudonym System (DPS)</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6593">10.17487/RFC6593</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6593">6593</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Service+Undiscovery+Using+Hide-and-Go-Seek+for+the+Domain+Pseudonym+System+%28DPS%29&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2012-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6593&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=C.+Pignataro&rft.au=J.+Clarke&rft.au=G.+Salgueiro&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6593&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2013"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2013</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._BarnesS._KentE._Rescorla2013" class="citation cs1">R. Barnes; <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kent_(network_security)" title="Stephen Kent (network security)">S. Kent</a>; E. Rescorla (1 April 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6919"><i>Further Key Words for Use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6919">10.17487/RFC6919</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6919">6919</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Further+Key+Words+for+Use+in+RFCs+to+Indicate+Requirement+Levels&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2013-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6919&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=R.+Barnes&rft.au=S.+Kent&rft.au=E.+Rescorla&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6919&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._Hinden2013" class="citation cs1">R. Hinden (1 April 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6921"><i>Design Considerations for Faster-Than-Light (FTL) Communication</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC6921">10.17487/RFC6921</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6921">6921</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Design+Considerations+for+Faster-Than-Light+%28FTL%29+Communication&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2013-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC6921&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=R.+Hinden&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc6921&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>When it becomes possible to send packets over the Internet <a href="/wiki/Faster_than_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Faster than light">faster than light</a>, they may be received before they are sent (due to <a href="/wiki/Time_travel" title="Time travel">time reversal</a>), which will have major impact on many protocols in use today. With sufficient speed (and corresponding negative time shift), a complete communication may have taken place before it even has started. The RFC reviews the design principles of those protocols, to prevent future breakdown of communication. Most likely, we should have started upgrading them yesterday.</dd></dl></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information on what in this case would be called 'Backward Error Correction': <a href="/wiki/Forward_Error_Correction" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward Error Correction">Forward Error Correction</a></div></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information on another approach to this immanent disaster (predicting packets rather than implementing time resilience): <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#2024">April Fools' Day Request for Comments § 2024</a></div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2014"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2014</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFI._Nazar2014" class="citation cs1">I. Nazar (1 April 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7168"><i>The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol for Tea Efflux Appliances (HTCPCP-TEA)</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC7168">10.17487/RFC7168</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7168">7168</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hyper+Text+Coffee+Pot+Control+Protocol+for+Tea+Efflux+Appliances+%28HTCPCP-TEA%29&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2014-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC7168&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=I.+Nazar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc7168&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Updates <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/RFC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC (identifier)">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2324">2324</a> for <a href="/wiki/Coffee_machine" class="mw-redirect" title="Coffee machine">coffee machines</a> which are also capable of brewing <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a>. Also defines the <a href="/wiki/HTTP_response_code" class="mw-redirect" title="HTTP response code">HTTP response code</a> <i>418 I'm a Teapot</i>, for <a href="/wiki/Teapot" title="Teapot">teapots</a> to use when unable to brew <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a>.</dd></dl></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_Protocol" title="Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol">Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Turner2014" class="citation cs1">S. Turner (1 April 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7169"><i>The NSA (No Secrecy Afforded) Certificate Extension</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC7169">10.17487/RFC7169</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7169">7169</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+NSA+%28No+Secrecy+Afforded%29+Certificate+Extension&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2014-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC7169&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=S.+Turner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc7169&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Although generally unwanted, <a href="/wiki/Private_key" class="mw-redirect" title="Private key">private key</a> counterparts of <a href="/wiki/X509" class="mw-redirect" title="X509">X509</a> <a href="/wiki/Digital_certificate" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital certificate">digital certificates</a> may have been or have been shared with a third party, for <a href="/wiki/Lawful_interception" title="Lawful interception">lawful interception</a> or other reasons. Users may now be notified of this fact with a new certificate extension, specifying the <a href="/wiki/Boolean" title="Boolean">boolean</a> value <code>ext-KeyUsage</code>. When 'true', the private key has been shared; when 'false', the signer abstains from commenting on whether or not sharing has taken place.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2015"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2015</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Wilhelm2015" class="citation cs1">M. Wilhelm (1 April 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7511"><i>Scenic Routing for IPv6</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC7511">10.17487/RFC7511</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7511">7511</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scenic+Routing+for+IPv6&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2015-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC7511&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=M.+Wilhelm&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc7511&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Green_computing" title="Green computing">Green IT</a> has become increasingly important. In a <a href="/wiki/Win-win" class="mw-redirect" title="Win-win">win-win</a> proposition, for packets and the environment alike, this RFC defines a way to allow packets to be <a href="/wiki/Routing" title="Routing">routed</a> through the air, to get as much sunlight and fresh air possible. Sending packets over <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> or by <a href="/wiki/IP_over_avian_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="IP over avian carriers">pidgeons</a> will help them escape their torturous routine of assembly and disassembly, and being shot through dark <a href="/wiki/Fiber_optics" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiber optics">fibers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet">copper cables</a> all the time.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Luckie2015" class="citation cs1">M. Luckie (1 April 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7514"><i>Really Explicit Congestion Notification (RECN)</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC7514">10.17487/RFC7514</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7514">7514</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Really+Explicit+Congestion+Notification+%28RECN%29&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2015-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC7514&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=M.+Luckie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc7514&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i> <q>An RECN message SHOULD be sent by a router in response to a host that is generating traffic at a rate persistently unfair to other competing flows and that has not reacted to previous packet losses or ECN marks.</q></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>In an approach similar to the now deprecated <a href="/wiki/Internet_control_message_protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet control message protocol">ICMP</a> <a href="/wiki/Internet_control_message_protocol#source_quench" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet control message protocol">Source Quench</a>, it reuses that packet's 'Type' field (4) to tell the sender (really more explicitly than <a href="/wiki/Explicit_congestion_notification" class="mw-redirect" title="Explicit congestion notification">ECN</a>) to shut up. The user responsible for the traffic MUST be made aware of the contents of an RECN message by means of <a href="/wiki/Speech_synthesis" title="Speech synthesis">text-to-speech</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Modal_window" title="Modal window">pop-ups</a> if the audio channel is muted.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2016"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2016</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>An April 1st RFC was not published this year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2017"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2017</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._DanielsonM._Nilsson2017" class="citation cs1">M. Danielson; M. Nilsson (1 April 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8135"><i>Complex Addressing in IPv6</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8135">10.17487/RFC8135</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8135">8135</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Complex+Addressing+in+IPv6&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2017-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8135&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=M.+Danielson&rft.au=M.+Nilsson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8135&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Takes a rather mathematical approach to use the 128-bit <a href="/wiki/IPv6_address" title="IPv6 address">IPv6 address</a> space in other ways than the traditional one, to ultimately arrive at Complex Addresses. You may use the imaginary part of a <a href="/wiki/Complex_number" title="Complex number">complex</a> address (with <a href="/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system" title="Spherical coordinate system">polar coordinates</a> as the real part) to reach <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a>, for example. It also proposes to use Flying Addresses for end hosts using <a href="/wiki/IP_over_avian_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="IP over avian carriers">IP over avian carriers</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._CarpenterR._Hinden2017" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)" title="Brian Carpenter (engineer)">B. Carpenter</a>; R. Hinden (1 April 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8136"><i>Additional Transition Functionality for IPv6</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8136">10.17487/RFC8136</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8136">8136</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Additional+Transition+Functionality+for+IPv6&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2017-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8136&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=B.+Carpenter&rft.au=R.+Hinden&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8136&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>As the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Architecture_Board" title="Internet Architecture Board">Internet Architecture Board</a> intends to relax requirements for compatibility with <a href="/wiki/IPv4" title="IPv4">IPv4</a> for new or extended protocols, this RFC helps the adoption of <a href="/wiki/IPv6" title="IPv6">IPv6</a> by setting the <a href="/wiki/Evil_bit" title="Evil bit">evil bit</a> for all IPv4 packets to <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">1</span>, making sure that <a href="/wiki/Dual_stack" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual stack">dual stack</a> hosts will favor IPv6, as will the <a href="/wiki/Happy_Eyeballs" title="Happy Eyeballs">Happy Eyeballs</a> algorithm. To maintain functional equivalence between IPv4 and IPv6, the 'security flag' of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/RFC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC (identifier)">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3514">3514</a> should be included in the <a href="/wiki/IPv6_packet#Header" title="IPv6 packet">IPv6 header</a>. Advanced security options may be specified in a new <a href="/wiki/IPv6_header#hop-by-hop_options" class="mw-redirect" title="IPv6 header">hop-by-hop</a> option header.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._Farrel2017" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Farrel" title="Adrian Farrel">A. Farrel</a> (1 April 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8140"><i>The Arte of ASCII: Or, An True and Accurate Representation of an Menagerie of Thynges Fabulous and Wonderful in Ye Forme of Character</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8140">10.17487/RFC8140</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8140">8140</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Arte+of+ASCII%3A+Or%2C+An+True+and+Accurate+Representation+of+an+Menagerie+of+Thynges+Fabulous+and+Wonderful+in+Ye+Forme+of+Character&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2017-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8140&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=A.+Farrel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8140&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/ASCII_art" title="ASCII art">ASCII art</a> in its most splendid form. Depicts and annotates <a href="/wiki/Fruit_bat" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruit bat">fruit bats</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Loch_Ness_monster" class="mw-redirect" title="Loch Ness monster">Loch Ness monster</a>, some fundamental <a href="/wiki/Bauhaus" title="Bauhaus">Bauhaus</a> elements, and even a flock of <a href="/wiki/IP_over_avian_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="IP over avian carriers">avian carriers</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2018"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2018</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFT._MizrahiJ._Yallouz2018" class="citation cs1">T. Mizrahi; J. Yallouz (1 April 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8367"><i>Wrongful Termination of Internet Protocol (IP) Packets</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8367">10.17487/RFC8367</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8367">8367</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wrongful+Termination+of+Internet+Protocol+%28IP%29+Packets&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2018-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8367&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=T.+Mizrahi&rft.au=J.+Yallouz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8367&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>A heartfelt cry to end packet discrimination at the IP level, where they frequently (even in this day and age) are terminated prematurely, based on color,<sup id="cite_ref-rfc4115_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfc4115-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jumbo_frame" title="Jumbo frame">length</a>, <a href="/wiki/Time_to_live" title="Time to live">age</a>, etcetera, or even by <a href="/wiki/IP_protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="IP protocol">IP version</a>!</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFH._Kaplan2018" class="citation cs1">H. Kaplan (1 April 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8369"><i>Internationalizing IPv6 Using 128-Bit Unicode</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8369">10.17487/RFC8369</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8369">8369</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Internationalizing+IPv6+Using+128-Bit+Unicode&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2018-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8369&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=H.+Kaplan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8369&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Proposes to use 128-bit <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> to facilitate internationalization of <a href="/wiki/IPv6" title="IPv6">IPv6</a>, since the 1.114.112 code points of the current implementation of Unicode is deemed insufficient for the future. <a href="/wiki/IPv6_address" title="IPv6 address">IPv6 addresses</a> may be represented by a single U+128 <a href="/wiki/Glyph" title="Glyph">glyph</a>, to reduce stress on the eyes of network administrators.</dd> <dd>If implemented, it would obsolete <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/RFC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC (identifier)">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8135">8135</a>, because "[i]t was found to be too complex to implement anyway".</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2019"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2019</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFE._Fokschaner2019" class="citation cs1">E. Fokschaner (1 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8565"><i>Hypertext Jeopardy Protocol (HTJP/1.0)</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8565">10.17487/RFC8565</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8565">8565</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hypertext+Jeopardy+Protocol+%28HTJP%2F1.0%29&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2019-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8565&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=E.+Fokschaner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8565&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>A 'response/request' protocol similar to <a href="/wiki/HTTP/1.1" class="mw-redirect" title="HTTP/1.1">HTTP/1.1</a> but where clients send a response to the server (e.g. "Hello World. My payload includes a trailing CRLF.") to which the server answers with a request (e.g. GET /hello.txt), like in the <a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!">Jeopardy!</a> game. The Hypertext Double Jeopardy Protocol (HTJ2P) (described in Appendix A) inverses the semantics of HTJP again.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFE._RyeR._Beverly2019" class="citation cs1">E. Rye; R. Beverly (1 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8567"><i>Customer Management DNS Resource Records</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8567">10.17487/RFC8567</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8567">8567</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Customer+Management+DNS+Resource+Records&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2019-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8567&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=E.+Rye&rft.au=R.+Beverly&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8567&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>The authors contend that the <a href="/wiki/Domain_name_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Domain name system">DNS</a> (secured with <a href="/wiki/DNSSEC" class="mw-redirect" title="DNSSEC">DNSSEC</a>) is most suited to globally and reliably provide information to help maintain a high <a href="/wiki/Quality_of_experience" title="Quality of experience">quality of experience</a> for <a href="/wiki/Customer_premises_equipment" class="mw-redirect" title="Customer premises equipment">CPE</a> (among others). With the definition of four new DNS <a href="/wiki/Domain_name_system#Resource_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Domain name system">RR</a> types (<a href="/wiki/Password" title="Password">password</a>, <a href="/wiki/Credit_card_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Credit card number">credit card number</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_security_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Social security number">social security number</a>, and an SSN <a href="/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup" title="Reverse DNS lookup">pointer record</a>) they hope to create end-to-end, holistic network management.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2020"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2020</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._MayrhoferJ._Hague2020" class="citation cs1">A. Mayrhofer; J. Hague (1 April 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8771"><i>The Internationalized Deliberately Unreadable Network NOtation (I-DUNNO)</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8771">10.17487/RFC8771</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8771">8771</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Internationalized+Deliberately+Unreadable+Network+NOtation+%28I-DUNNO%29&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2020-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8771&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=A.+Mayrhofer&rft.au=J.+Hague&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8771&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>A proposal to use <a href="/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a> to obfuscate (and help replace) textual <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP addresses</a>, to coerce a small minority of people to use the <a href="/wiki/Domain_Name_System" title="Domain Name System">DNS</a> instead of sticking to (and mixing up) plain IP addresses.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Welzl2020" class="citation cs1">M. Welzl (1 April 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8774"><i>The Quantum Bug</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8774">10.17487/RFC8774</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8774">8774</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Quantum+Bug&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2020-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8774&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=M.+Welzl&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8774&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Dismisses <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/RFC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC (identifier)">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6921">6921</a> with the notion that considering time travel for <a href="/wiki/Faster-than-light" title="Faster-than-light">faster-than-light</a> packet delivery is "amusing" but impossible as a concept. Instead, it focuses on real life <a href="/wiki/Quantum_entanglement" title="Quantum entanglement">quantum entanglement</a> in relation to <a href="/wiki/Network_packet" title="Network packet">packet</a> <a href="/wiki/Round_trip_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Round trip time">round trip times</a>, which (depending on the observer) could reach zero. This may cause havoc among several protocols, which should be fixed "in time" before things break.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2021"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2021</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFG._GroverN._ten_OeverC._CathS._Sahib2021" class="citation cs1">G. Grover; N. ten Oever; C. Cath; S. Sahib (1 April 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8962"><i>Establishing the Protocol Police</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC8962">10.17487/RFC8962</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8962">8962</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Establishing+the+Protocol+Police&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2021-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC8962&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=G.+Grover&rft.au=N.+ten+Oever&rft.au=C.+Cath&rft.au=S.+Sahib&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc8962&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> <q>Send all your reports of possible violations and all tips about wrongdoing to <a href="/wiki//dev/null" class="mw-redirect" title="/dev/null">/dev/null</a>. The Protocol Police are listening and will take care of it.</q></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Since the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">Internet Engineering Task Force</a> claims it "is not the Protocol Police", it is formally established here. It polices various aspects of protocol definitions laid out by the RFC series, and enforces adherence to them. They are sanctioned to access <a href="/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walled garden (technology)">walled gardens</a> and may even resort to traffic imprisonment. By the way: if you are interested in joining the Protocol Police, contact your <a href="/wiki/Localhost" title="Localhost">localhost</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2022"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2022</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._SnijdersC._MorrowR._van_Mook2022" class="citation cs1">J. Snijders; C. Morrow; R. van Mook (1 April 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9225"><i>Software Defects Considered Harmful</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC9225">10.17487/RFC9225</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9225">9225</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Software+Defects+Considered+Harmful&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2022-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC9225&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=J.+Snijders&rft.au=C.+Morrow&rft.au=R.+van+Mook&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc9225&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Discourages the practice of introducing <a href="/wiki/Bug_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bug (software)">software defects</a>, to reduce costs and lessen security impacts. By introducing some <a href="/wiki/Best_current_practice" title="Best current practice">best current practices</a> the authors hope to get rid of them: "Authors MUST NOT implement bugs. If bugs are introduced in code, they MUST be clearly documented."</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Breen2022" class="citation cs1">M. Breen (1 April 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9226"><i>Bioctal: Hexadecimal 2.0</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC9226">10.17487/RFC9226</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9226">9226</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bioctal%3A+Hexadecimal+2.0&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2022-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC9226&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=M.+Breen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc9226&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Experimental.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Known problems with <a href="/wiki/Hexadecimal" title="Hexadecimal">hexadecimal</a> representation of numbers can be avoided by replacing its <a href="/wiki/Alphabet" title="Alphabet">alphabet</a> of 0-9 and A-F with two <a href="/wiki/Octal" title="Octal">octal</a> ranges: 0-7 and the letters 'cjzwfsbv' (to represent values 8-15 in a bitwise elegant way).</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2023"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2023</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Toyosawa2023" class="citation cs1">S. Toyosawa (1 April 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9401"><i>The Addition of the Death (DTH) Flag to TCP</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC9401">10.17487/RFC9401</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9401">9401</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Addition+of+the+Death+%28DTH%29+Flag+to+TCP&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2023-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC9401&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=S.+Toyosawa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc9401&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>As is customary in <a href="/wiki/Light_novel" title="Light novel">light novels</a>, a 'death flag' indicates the increased likelihood of a swift demise of the character. Transferred to <a href="/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol" title="Transmission Control Protocol">TCP</a>, the DTH flag in the <a href="/wiki/Header_(computing)" title="Header (computing)">packet header</a> could lead to smoother and more attractive session narratives.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._BasagliaJ._BernardsJ._Maas2023" class="citation cs1">M. Basaglia; J. Bernards; J. Maas (1 April 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9402"><i>Concat Notation</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC9402">10.17487/RFC9402</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9402">9402</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Concat+Notation&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2023-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC9402&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=M.+Basaglia&rft.au=J.+Bernards&rft.au=J.+Maas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc9402&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Finally, a formalized way (with a <a href="/wiki/Augmented_Backus%E2%80%93Naur_form" title="Augmented Backus–Naur form">ABNF</a> <a href="/wiki/Grammar" title="Grammar">grammar</a> description) to properly describe the interaction between <a href="/wiki/Cat" title="Cat">cats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Container" title="Container">containers</a>, including the occasional ball of <a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">yarn</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFC._GPT2023" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/ChatGPT" title="ChatGPT">C. GPT</a> (1 April 2023). R. L. Barnes (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9405"><i>AI Sarcasm Detection: Insult Your AI without Offending It</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC9405">10.17487/RFC9405</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9405">9405</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=AI+Sarcasm+Detection%3A+Insult+Your+AI+without+Offending+It&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2023-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC9405&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=C.+GPT&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc9405&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>The AI Sarcasm Detection Protocol (ASDP) is a <a href="/wiki/Software_framework" title="Software framework">framework</a> for detecting <a href="/wiki/Sarcasm" title="Sarcasm">sarcasm</a> in <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">AI systems</a> (written with the help of <a href="/wiki/ChatGPT" title="ChatGPT">ChatGPT</a>). Detecting sarcasm may help improve AI - human intercommunication.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="2024"></span><span class="vanchor-text">2024</span></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Blanchet2024" class="citation cs1">M. Blanchet (1 April 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9564"><i>Faster Than Light Speed Protocol (FLIP)</i></a>. Independent Submission. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC9564">10.17487/RFC9564</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2070-1721">2070-1721</a>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9564">9564</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Faster+Than+Light+Speed+Protocol+%28FLIP%29&rft.pub=Independent+Submission&rft.date=2024-04-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC9564&rft.issn=2070-1721&rft.au=M.+Blanchet&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc9564&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>The recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as large language models enable the design of the Faster than Light speed Protocol (FLIP) for Internet. FLIP provides a way to avoid congestion, enhance security, and deliver faster packets on the Internet by using AI to predict future packets at the receiving peer before they arrive. This document describes the protocol, its various encapsulations, and some operational considerations.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_humorous_RFCs">Other humorous RFCs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Other humorous RFCs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFV._Cerf1973" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf">V. Cerf</a> (21 January 1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc439"><i>PARRY Encounters the DOCTOR</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC0439">10.17487/RFC0439</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc439">439</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=PARRY+Encounters+the+DOCTOR&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1973-01-21&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC0439&rft.au=V.+Cerf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc439&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Unknown.</i> NIC 13771.</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Transcript of a talk of the <a href="/wiki/Schizophrenic" class="mw-redirect" title="Schizophrenic">schizophrenic</a> <a href="/wiki/Chatbot" title="Chatbot">chatbot</a> <a href="/wiki/PARRY" title="PARRY">PARRY</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Computer_simulation" title="Computer simulation">computer simulated</a> <a href="/wiki/Psychiatrist" title="Psychiatrist">psychiatrist</a> <a href="/wiki/ELIZA" title="ELIZA">ELIZA</a> (a.k.a 'The Doctor') which both fail the <a href="/wiki/Turing_test" title="Turing test">Turing test</a> with flying colours.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD.L._Covill1973" class="citation cs1">D.L. Covill (22 June 1973). R. Merryman (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc527"><i>ARPAWOCKY</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC0527">10.17487/RFC0527</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc527">527</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=ARPAWOCKY&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1973-06-22&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC0527&rft.au=D.L.+Covill&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc527&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Status Unknown.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>A very '<a href="/wiki/Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Research Projects Agency">ARPA</a>-ish' parody of <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Caroll" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Caroll">Lewis Caroll</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Nonsense_poem" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonsense poem">nonsense poem</a> '<a href="/wiki/Jabberwocky" title="Jabberwocky">Jabberwocky</a>'.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFV._Cerf1985" class="citation cs1"><a href="/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf">V. Cerf</a> (December 1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc968"><i><span></span>'Twas the Night Before Start-up'<span></span></i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC0968">10.17487/RFC0968</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc968">968</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%27Twas+the+Night+Before+Start-up%27&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1985-12&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC0968&rft.au=V.+Cerf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc968&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Status Unknown.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>A <a href="/wiki/Poem" class="mw-redirect" title="Poem">poem</a> that discusses problems that arise, and debugging techniques used, in bringing a new network into operation. It shows that <a href="/wiki/Array_index" class="mw-redirect" title="Array index">array indexing</a> is problematic since the olden days.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFB._Hancock1995" class="citation cs1">B. Hancock (December 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1882"><i>The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC1882">10.17487/RFC1882</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1882">1882</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+12-Days+of+Technology+Before+Christmas&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1995-12&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC1882&rft.au=B.+Hancock&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc1882&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>A parody of the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Christmas carol</a> '<a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)" title="The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)">The Twelve Days of Christmas</a>', where computer problems pile up and the IT staff is swamped, like on a regular day.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR._GlennS._Kent1998" class="citation cs1">R. Glenn; S. Kent (November 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2410"><i>The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC2410">10.17487/RFC2410</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2410">2410</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+NULL+Encryption+Algorithm+and+Its+Use+With+IPsec&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=1998-11&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC2410&rft.au=R.+Glenn&rft.au=S.+Kent&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc2410&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Proposed Standard.</i></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Introducing the <a href="/wiki/Null_function" title="Null function">NULL encryption algorithm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematically</a> defined as the <a href="/wiki/Identity_function" title="Identity function">Identity function</a>: <span class="texhtml"><i>NULL</i>(<i>b</i>) = <i>I</i>(<i>b</i>) = <i>b</i></span>, provides the means for <a href="/wiki/Encapsulating_Security_Payload" class="mw-redirect" title="Encapsulating Security Payload">Encapsulating Security Payload</a> to provide <a href="/wiki/Authentication" title="Authentication">authentication</a> and <a href="/wiki/Integrity" title="Integrity">integrity</a>, but without <a href="/wiki/Confidentiality" title="Confidentiality">confidentiality</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Submission_of_April_Fools'_Day_RFCs"><span id="Submission_of_April_Fools.27_Day_RFCs"></span>Submission of April Fools' Day RFCs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Submission of April Fools' Day RFCs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RFC Editor accepts submission of properly formatted April Fools' Day RFCs from the general public, and considers them for publication in the same year if received at least two weeks prior to April 1st.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This practice of publishing April Fool's Day RFCs is specifically acknowledged in the instructions memo for RFC authors, with a tongue-in-cheek note saying: "Note that in past years the RFC Editor has sometimes published serious documents with April 1 dates. Readers who cannot distinguish satire by reading the text may have a future in marketing."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111004221306/http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/">"RFC 1149 implemented"</a>. Blug.linux.no. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/">the original</a> on 2011-10-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-03-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=RFC+1149+implemented&rft.pub=Blug.linux.no&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blug.linux.no%2Frfc1149%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc5218-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc5218_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD._ThalerB._Aboba2008" class="citation cs1">D. Thaler; B. Aboba (July 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5218"><i>What Makes for a Successful Protocol?</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC5218">10.17487/RFC5218</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5218">5218</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What+Makes+for+a+Successful+Protocol%3F&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2008-07&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC5218&rft.au=D.+Thaler&rft.au=B.+Aboba&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc5218&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IPv6overFacebook-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-IPv6overFacebook_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFE._Vyncke" class="citation web cs1">E. Vyncke. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5514#ref-IPv6overFacebook">"IPv6 over the Facebook Social Network"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IPv6+over+the+Facebook+Social+Network&rft.au=E.+Vyncke&rft_id=%2F%2Ftools.ietf.org%2Fhtml%2Frfc5514%23ref-IPv6overFacebook&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFlanagan2016" class="citation mailinglist cs1">Flanagan, Heather (2 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rfc-interest/xaHiBCRy26Q9V4-6xL2aHtqY0e8/">"hey, guys, where 1 april 2016 RFC. Ups..."</a> <i>rfc-i</i> (Mailing list).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=hey%2C+guys%2C+where+1+april+2016+RFC.+Ups...&rft.date=2016-04-02&rft.aulast=Flanagan&rft.aufirst=Heather&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmailarchive.ietf.org%2Farch%2Fmsg%2Frfc-interest%2FxaHiBCRy26Q9V4-6xL2aHtqY0e8%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rfc4115-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rfc4115_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO._Aboul-MagdS._Rabie2005" class="citation cs1">O. Aboul-Magd; S. Rabie (July 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4115"><i>A Differentiated Service Two-Rate, Three-Color Marker with Efficient Handling of in-Profile Traffic</i></a>. Network Working Group. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.17487%2FRFC4115">10.17487/RFC4115</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Request_for_Comments" title="Request for Comments">RFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4115">4115</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Differentiated+Service+Two-Rate%2C+Three-Color+Marker+with+Efficient+Handling+of+in-Profile+Traffic&rft.pub=Network+Working+Group&rft.date=2005-07&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.17487%2FRFC4115&rft.au=O.+Aboul-Magd&rft.au=S.+Rabie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Frfc4115&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> <i>Informational.</i> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120327234338/http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-editor/instructions2authors.txt">"Instructions to Request for Comments (RFC) Authors"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-editor/instructions2authors.txt">the original</a> on 2012-03-27<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-03-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Instructions+to+Request+for+Comments+%28RFC%29+Authors&rft_id=%2F%2Fwww.rfc-editor.org%2Frfc-editor%2Finstructions2authors.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.rfc-editor.org/rfcfaq.html#april">"IETF RFC-Editor FAQ, Q20: How can I submit an April 1st RFC?"</a>. Rfc-editor.org. 2011-07-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-03-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IETF+RFC-Editor+FAQ%2C+Q20%3A+How+can+I+submit+an+April+1st+RFC%3F&rft.pub=Rfc-editor.org&rft.date=2011-07-21&rft_id=%2F%2Fwww.rfc-editor.org%2Frfcfaq.html%23april&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.rfc-editor.org/">RFC Editor home page</a> – hosts individual RFCs</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarsan2005" class="citation news cs1">Marsan, Carolyn Duffy (April 1, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.cio.co.nz/article/129195/yet_another_foolish_network_protocol/">"Yet Another Foolish Network Protocol"</a>. <i>Network World</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Network+World&rft.atitle=Yet+Another+Foolish+Network+Protocol&rft.date=2005-04-01&rft.aulast=Marsan&rft.aufirst=Carolyn+Duffy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.cio.co.nz%2Farticle%2F129195%2Fyet_another_foolish_network_protocol%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+Fools%27+Day+Request+for+Comments" class="Z3988"></span> – on RFC 3751 and April Fools' Day RFCs in general.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLimoncelliPeter_H._Salus2007" class="citation book cs1">Limoncelli, Thomas A.; Peter H. Salus (2007). <i>The Complete April Fools' Day RFCs</i>. 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