Reference Documents

Listed below are documents that provide reference information regarding ARIN's operations, resources, and additional background on Internet number resource-related standards.

Regional Internet Registry Geographical Areas

All the listings below include each country's name, country code, and the name of the Regional Internet Registry which represents its area.

RFCs Related to Internet Number Resources

  • RFC 791 Internet Protocol BGP and AS
  • RFC 1700 Assigned Numbers
  • RFC 1771 A Border Gateway Protocol 4 IP Network Numbers
  • RFC 1772 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet
  • RFC 1773 Experience with the BGP-4 protocol
  • RFC 1812 Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
  • RFC 1878 Variable Length Subnet Table For IPv4
  • RFC 1887 An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation
  • RFC 1918 Address Allocation for Private Internets
  • RFC 1930 Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)
  • RFC 1965 Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
  • RFC 2050 Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines
  • RFC 2071 Network Renumbering Overview: Why would I want it...
  • RFC 2072 Router Renumbering Guide
  • RFC 2167 Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5
  • RFC 2185 Routing Aspects of IPv6 Transition
  • RFC 2373 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
  • RFC 2374 An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format
  • RFC 2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
  • RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet
  • RFC 2500 Internet Official Protocol Standards
  • RFC 2622 Routing Policy Specification Language
  • RFC 2650 Using RPSL in Practice
  • RFC 3194 The Host-Density Ratio for Address Assignment Efficiency
  • RFC 4632 Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation Plan

Additional Information