[garaetjjte]

These are only informational RFCs, which can be published by anyone.

>This RFC is not a candidate for any level of Internet Standard. The IETF disclaims any knowledge of the fitness of this RFC for any purpose

[SAI_Peregrinus]

RFC stands for "Request For Comments". Some of them get turned into standards, but most are just the IETF equivalent of a forum thread. They're a way to start a discussion about a network engineering design.