Classless Inter-Domain Routing is an effective method to stem the tide of IP address allocation as well as routing table overflow. The CIDR FAQ (edited by Hank Nussbacher)
Links to the relevant RFCs about CIDR implementation - RFC1517/1518/1519/1520.
Internet Request for Comments (RFC)
The Internet Request for Comments
(RFC) documents are the written definitions of the protocols and policies
of the Internet. This page provides entry points to get at the RFCs.
What's
that site running? - From Netcraft. Find out web
server, operating system, netblock owner and
historical site data (if available) for web sites.
Books, Documents and Reference Materials
A
Brief History of the Internet - by Barry Leiner, Vinton
Cerf, David Clark, Robert Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel
Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry Roberts, and Stephen Wolff.
"The
December List" - a collection of information sources
about the Internet and computer-mediated communication.
Global Engineering
Documents - Global Engineering Documents was established
in 1968 as a clearinghouse for frequently requested
engineering specifications, standards, and other technical
publications.
The Scout Report - A collection of weekly reports summarizing valuable resources on the Internet.
Dictonaries and Glossaries
Acronym
Finder - Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or
initialism stands for. Contains over 600,000
definitions.
The
Cook Report Glossary - The guide is categorized by the
various groups of technology that make up the Internet and
all of the terms are arranged both alphabetically and in a
narrative form.
RFC
1983: Internet Users Glossary - This document is the
work of the User Glossary Working Group of the User Services
Area of the Internet Engineering Task Force (1996).
