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Every April 1st since 1989, the Internet Engineering Task Force has published one or more humorous RFC documents, following in the path blazed by the June 1973 RFC titled ARPAWOCKY.

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RFC 527 - ARPAWOCKY R. Merryman, UCSD; 22 June 1973; a Lewis Carroll pastiche
RFC 748 - Telnet randomly-lose option. M.R. Crispin. Apr-01-1978. (Format: TXT=2741 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN); a parody of the TCP/IP documentation style
RFC 852 - ARPANET short blocking feature. A.G. Malis. Apr-01-1983. (Format: TXT=17151 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN)
RFC 968 - Twas the night before start-up. V.G. Cerf, Dec-01-1985
RFC 1097 - Telnet subliminal-message option. B. Miller. Apr-01-1989. (Format: TXT=5490 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN)
RFC 1149 - Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on Avian Carriers. D. Waitzman. Apr-01-1990. (Format: TXT=3329 bytes) (Updated by RFC 2549) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL); a deadpan skewering of standards-document legalese, describing protocols for transmitting Internet data packets by carrier pigeon, actually implemented by the Bergen Linux User group
RFC 1216 - Gigabit Network Economics and Paradigm Shifts. Poorer Richard, Prof. Kynikos. Apr-01-1991. (Format: TXT=8130 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1217 - Memo from the Consortium for Slow Commotion Research (CSCR). Vint Cerf. Apr-01-1991. (Format: TXT=11079 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1313 - Today's Programming for KRFC AM 1313 Internet Talk Radio. C. Partridge. Apr-01-1992. (Format: TXT=5444 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1437 - The Extension of MIME Content-Types to a New Medium. N. Borenstein, M. Linimon. Apr-01-1993. (Format: TXT=13356 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1438 - Internet Engineering Task Force Statements Of Boredom (SOBs). A. Lyman Chapin, C. Huitema. Apr-01-1993. (Format: TXT=3044 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1605 - SONET to Sonnet Translation. William Shakespeare. Apr-01-1994. (Format: TXT=4451 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1606 - A Historical Perspective On The Usage Of IP Version 9. J. Onions. Apr-01-1994. (Format: TXT=8398 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1607 - A VIEW FROM THE 21ST CENTURY. Vint Cerf. Apr-01-1994. (Format: TXT=28165 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1776 - The Address is the Message. Steve Crocker. Apr-01-1995. (Format: TXT=2051 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1924 - A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses. R. Elz. Apr-01-1996. (Format: TXT=10409 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1925 - The Twelve Networking Truths. R. Callon. Apr-01-1996. (Format: TXT=4294 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1926 - An Experimental Encapsulation of IP Datagrams on Top of ATM. J. Eriksson. Apr-01-1996. (Format: TXT=2969 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 1927 - Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents. C. Rogers. Apr-01-1996. (Format: TXT=5254 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2100 - The Naming of Hosts. J. Ashworth. Apr-01-1997. (Format: TXT=4077 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2321 - RITA -- The Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent. A. Bressen. Apr-01-1998. (Format: TXT=12302 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2322 - Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp. K. van den Hout, A. Koopal, R. van Mook. Apr-01-1998. (Format: TXT=12665 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2323 - IETF Identification and Security Guidelines. A. Ramos. Apr-01-1998. (Format: TXT=9257 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0). L. Masinter. Apr-01-1998. (Format: TXT=19610 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2325 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Drip-Type Heated Beverage Hardware Devices using SMIv2. M. Slavitch. Apr-01-1998. (Format: TXT=12726 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2549 - IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service. D. Waitzman. Apr-01-1999. (Format: TXT=9519 bytes) (Updates RFC 1149) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2550 - Y10K and Beyond. S. Glassman, M. Manasse, J. Mogul. Apr-01-1999. (Format: TXT=28011 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2551 - The Roman Standards Process -- Revision III. S. Bradner. Apr-01-1999. (Format: TXT=28054 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 2795 - The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS). S. Christey. Apr-01-2000. (Format: TXT=42902 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 3091 - Pi Digit Generation Protocol. H. Kennedy. Apr-01-2001
RFC 3092 - Etymology of "Foo". D. Eastlake 3rd, C. Manros, E. Raymond. Apr-01-2001
RFC 3093 - Firewall Enhancement Protocol (FEP). M. Gaynor, S. Bradner. Apr-01-2001
RFC 3251 - Electricity over IP. B. Rajagopalan. Apr-01-2002 (Format: TXT=18941 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
RFC 3252 - Binary Lexical Octet Ad-hoc Transport. H. Kennedy. Apr-01-2002
RFC 3514 - The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header. S. Bellovin. Apr-01-2003
RFC 3751 - Omniscience Protocol Requirements. S. Bradner Apr-01-2004

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April 1st RFCEvery April 1st since 1989, the Internet Engineering Task Force has published one or more humorous RFC documents, following in the path blazed by the June 1973 RFC titled ARPAWOCKY . List RFC 527 ARPAWOCKY R. Merryman, UCSD; 22 June 1973; a Lewis Carroll	AprilApril is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. Derived from the Latin aprilis either from the Latin word aperire which means "to open", probably referring to growing plants in spring, or from the Etruscan name Apru for Aphr	April 4April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). There are 271 days remaining. Events 1581 Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. 1721 Sir Robert Walpole enters office as
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