April Fool's Rfc's

by P. Salus, Tom Limoncelli

A Request for Comments (RFC) is an informational document that describes standards followed by both commercial software and freeware in the Internet and Unix communities. In recent years on April Fool's Day, the Internet Engineering Task Force has published fake RFCs that strike the funny bone of anyone involved in creating "what's next" on the Internet. Well-known April Fool's RFCs include a definition for transmitting TCP/IP data via carrier pigeon and Lewis Carroll's "Jaberwocky" poem rewritten about the Internet. This book is a collection of the best and funniest April Fool's RFCs along with witty commentary by the editors.

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005