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RFC Search
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2008-06-22 13:44
When diagnosing interoperability problems in Internet protocols, it is often necessary to consult the original standard text. Unless you are particularly organised, looking for an RFC may often just involve doing a Google search, which can quickly find the required RFC, but often just in a simple text format. For example, have a look at the results for a search for "RFC 2798".
The IETF provide a set of HTML formatted RFCs on their tools website, which allow you to quickly get to the appropriate page, section or related RFC. It would be much more efficient if there was a way to simply enter an RFC number and go directly to this nicely formatted version.
Both Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 are OpenSearch search clients. They allow additional search engines tobe added to the searches in the top right of each browser, through a simple XML configuration file.
The SMHS web site provides two additional search engines - one for RFCs and another one for ITU X-Series ASN.1 modules. To use them, just select the search engines drop-down list when on any of the SMHS pages and you will be able to add them to your list. In both cases the searches just take a number e.g. "2798" or "400" and take you directly to the appropriate page.