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The term ''Request For Comments'' was first used by [[Steve Crocker]] when he volunteered to organize the notes written by the Network Working Group to give emphasis to their basic ground rule that ''anyone can say anything and nothing was official.'' Crocker wrote the first RFC entitled ''Host Software'' on April 7, 1969.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1.txt RFC 1:Host Software]</ref> Crocker was part of the UCLA Team along with [[Vinton Cerf]], [[Jon Postel]], [[Bill Naylor]], and [[Mike Wingfield]] responsible in creating the protocols of the ARPANET which became the foundation of the internet today.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm www.livinginternet.com]</ref>
The term ''Request For Comments'' was first used by [[Steve Crocker]] when he volunteered to organize the notes written by the Network Working Group to give emphasis to their basic ground rule that ''anyone can say anything and nothing was official.'' Crocker wrote the first RFC entitled ''Host Software'' on April 7, 1969.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1.txt RFC 1:Host Software]</ref> Crocker was part of the UCLA Team along with [[Vinton Cerf]], [[Jon Postel]], [[Bill Naylor]], and [[Mike Wingfield]] responsible in creating the protocols of the ARPANET which became the foundation of the internet today.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm www.livinginternet.com]</ref>
The RFC became a very convenient and useful method in recording the all the details and technical information carried out by the Network Working Group in their research. The RFC became the official document of the Network Working Group.Jon Postel, Director of the Computer Networks Divison became the first editor of RFC Series. He was the RFC editor for 28 years. He was succeeded by [[Joyce Reynolds]], who started working with Postel in editing the RFC's and managing the IANA since 1983. Other individuals who made important contributions to the RFCs are [[Robert Braden]],Chairman of the IRTF End to End Research Group and [[Elizabeth Feinler]], who lead the Stanford Research Institute Network Information Center ([[SRI-NIC]]) responsible in distributing the RFCs.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ia_rfc_invent.htm RFC History]</ref>
The RFC became a very convenient and useful method in recording the all the details and technical information carried out by the Network Working Group in their research.Since then, the RFC became the official document of the Network Working Group.
==RFC Editor==
The RFC Editor is responsible in editing and publishing the RFCs online.The operations was originally funded by the Defense Advanced research Project Agency ([[DARPA]])until 1988. The Internet Society([[ISOC]]) took over the funding for the RFC Editor in 1988. The RFC Editor is a Project of the University of California Information Sciences Institute(USC-ISI) until 2009.The Association Management Solutions, LLC (AMS). is the current entity which handles the RFC Editor project.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/RFCeditor.html RFC Editor]</ref>
Jon Postel, was the first Editor of RFC Series. He was the RFC editor for 28 years. He was succeeded in 1998 by [[Joyce Reynolds]], who has been working with Postel in editing the RFC's and managing the IANA since 1983.<ref>[http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ia_rfc_invent.htm RFC History]</ref>
==RFC Categories==
The RFCs has different categories which include:<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/RFCoverview.html RFC Categories]</ref>
*Standard, Draft Standard and Proposed Standard
* Best Current Practice
* Informational/Experimental
* HIstoric
==References==
==References==