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Every RFC belongs to one of eleven areas. Each area page lists its RFCs, with the AI ELI5 explainers first.

948 RFCs Core Protocols IP, ICMP, ARP and the link-layer glue everything else rides on. 948 with AI ELI5 411 RFCs DNS Names to addresses: resolvers, zones, DNSSEC. 411 with AI ELI5 195 RFCs HTTP & Web The web: HTTP, URIs, WebSockets and friends. 195 with AI ELI5 831 RFCs Transport TCP, UDP, QUIC and congestion control. 831 with AI ELI5 1,384 RFCs Security TLS, PKI, authentication and cryptography. 1384 with AI ELI5 565 RFCs Email SMTP, MIME, IMAP and message formats. 565 with AI ELI5 1,667 RFCs Routing BGP, OSPF, MPLS and multicast. 1667 with AI ELI5 1,427 RFCs Applications Protocols for applications, real-time media and the web at large. 1427 with AI ELI5 844 RFCs Infrastructure Operations, management and network plumbing. 844 with AI ELI5 377 RFCs Data & Encoding Encodings and data models: ASN.1, JSON, CBOR, YANG. 377 with AI ELI5 1,199 RFCs Meta & Culture Process, policy and culture of the Internet standards. 1199 with AI ELI5