Well, one thing we need to be VERY aware of and will need to refer to a lot are the various RFC's that relate to networking. The list below isn't meant to be extensive, but I think we should try to keep a list of the RFC's we use so we can all play from the same game book (US reference intended to help those on that side of the water) :) These can all be obtained by going to... http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html There are a lot here, and they tend to be very dry, so you've been warned! No real ordering and not a complete list by any means, but it's a starting point. david 2119 Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels. S. Bradner. March 1997. (Format: TXT=4723 bytes) (Also BCP0014) (Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE) 0791 Internet Protocol. J. Postel. Sep-01-1981. (Format: TXT=97779 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0760) (Also STD0005) (Status: STANDARD) 0792 Internet Control Message Protocol. J. Postel. Sep-01-1981. (Format: TXT=30404 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0777) (Updated by RFC0950) (Also STD0005) (Status: STANDARD) 0793 Transmission Control Protocol. J. Postel. Sep-01-1981. (Format: TXT=172710 bytes) (Updated by RFC3168) (Also STD0007) (Status: STANDARD) 0826 Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or converting network protocol addresses to 48.bit Ethernet address for transmission on Ethernet hardware. D.C. Plummer. Nov-01-1982. (Format: TXT=22026 bytes) (Also STD0037) (Status: STANDARD) 1034 Domain names - concepts and facilities. P.V. Mockapetris. Nov-01-1987. (Format: TXT=129180 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0973, RFC0882, RFC0883) (Updated by RFC1101, RFC1183, RFC1348, RFC1876, RFC1982, RFC2065, RFC2181, RFC2308, RFC2535) (Also STD0013) (Status: STANDARD) 1035 Domain names - implementation and specification. P.V. Mockapetris. Nov-01-1987. (Format: TXT=125626 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0973, RFC0882, RFC0883) (Updated by RFC1101, RFC1183, RFC1348, RFC1876, RFC1982, RFC1995, RFC1996, RFC2065, RFC2136, RFC2181, RFC2137, RFC2308, RFC2535, RFC2845) (Also STD0013) (Status: STANDARD) 1122 Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers. R. Braden, Ed.. October 1989. (Format: TXT=295992 bytes) (Also STD0003) (Status: STANDARD) 1123 Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support. R. Braden, Ed.. October 1989. (Format: TXT=245503 bytes) (Updates RFC0822) (Updated by RFC2181) (Also STD0003) (Status: STANDARD) 1321 The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm. R. Rivest. April 1992. (Format: TXT=35222 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL) 1661 The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). W. Simpson, Editor. July 1994. (Format: TXT=103026 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1548) (Updated by RFC2153) (Also STD0051) (Status: STANDARD) 2153 PPP Vendor Extensions. W. Simpson. May 1997. (Format: TXT=10780 bytes) (Updates RFC1661, RFC1962) (Status: INFORMATIONAL) 2401 Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol. S. Kent, R. Atkinson. November 1998. (Format: TXT=168162 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1825) (Updated by RFC3168) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) 2402 IP Authentication Header. S. Kent, R. Atkinson. November 1998. (Format: TXT=52831 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1826) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) 2406 IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP). S. Kent, R. Atkinson. November 1998. (Format: TXT=54202 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1827) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) IPv6 1981 Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6. J. McCann, S. Deering, J. Mogul. August 1996. (Format: TXT=34088 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) 2373 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture. R. Hinden, S. Deering. July 1998. (Format: TXT=52526 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1884) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) 2374 An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format. R. Hinden, M. O'Dell, S. Deering. July 1998. (Format: TXT=25068 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2073) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) 2375 IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments. R. Hinden, S. Deering. July 1998. (Format: TXT=14356 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL) 2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. S. Deering, R. Hinden. December 1998. (Format: TXT=85490 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1883) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) 2461 Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6). T. Narten, E. Nordmark, W. Simpson. December 1998. (Format: TXT=222516 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1970) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration. S. Thomson, T. Narten. December 1998. (Format: TXT=61210 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1971) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) 2463 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. A. Conta, S. Deering. December 1998. (Format: TXT=34190 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1885) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD) 2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks. M. Crawford. December 1998. (Format: TXT=12725 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1972) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)