| 760 | DoD standard Internet ProtocolJ. Postel · obsoleted by RFC 791 | Unknown | January 1980 |
| 791 | Internet ProtocolJ. Postel | Internet Standard | September 1981 |
| 793 | Transmission Control ProtocolJ. Postel · obsoleted by RFC 9293 | Internet Standard | September 1981 |
| 894 | A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet NetworksC. Hornig | Internet Standard | April 1984 |
| 1035 | Domain names - implementation and specificationP. Mockapetris | Internet Standard | November 1987 |
| 1122 | Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication LayersR. Braden, Ed. | Internet Standard | October 1989 |
| 1958 | Architectural Principles of the InternetB. Carpenter, Ed. | Informational | June 1996 |
| 1984 | IAB and IESG Statement on Cryptographic Technology and the InternetIAB, IESG | Best Current Practice | August 1996 |
| 2026 | The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3S. Bradner | Best Current Practice | October 1996 |
| 2277 | IETF Policy on Character Sets and LanguagesH. Alvestrand | Best Current Practice | January 1998 |
| 2775 | Internet TransparencyB. Carpenter | Informational | February 2000 |
| 3022 | Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT)P. Srisuresh, K. Egevang | Informational | January 2001 |
| 3365 | Strong Security Requirements for Internet Engineering Task Force Standard ProtocolsJ. Schiller | Best Current Practice | August 2002 |
| 3439 | Some Internet Architectural Guidelines and PhilosophyR. Bush, D. Meyer | Informational | December 2002 |
| 3536 | Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETFP. Hoffman · obsoleted by RFC 6365 | Informational | May 2003 |
| 3552 | Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security ConsiderationsE. Rescorla, B. Korver | Best Current Practice | July 2003 |
| 3724 | The Rise of the Middle and the Future of End-to-End: Reflections on the Evolution of the Internet ArchitectureJ. Kempf, Ed., R. Austein, Ed., IAB | Informational | March 2004 |
| 3935 | A Mission Statement for the IETFH. Alvestrand | Best Current Practice | October 2004 |
| 4033 | DNS Security Introduction and RequirementsR. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |
| 4084 | Terminology for Describing Internet ConnectivityJ. Klensin | Best Current Practice | May 2005 |
| 4101 | Writing Protocol ModelsE. Rescorla, IAB | Informational | June 2005 |
| 4941 | Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6T. Narten, R. Draves, S. Krishnan · obsoleted by RFC 8981 | Draft Standard | September 2007 |
| 4949 | Internet Security Glossary, Version 2R. Shirey | Informational | August 2007 |
| 5246 | The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2T. Dierks, E. Rescorla · obsoleted by RFC 8446, RFC 9846 | Proposed Standard | August 2008 |
| 5321 | Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolJ. Klensin | Draft Standard | October 2008 |
| 5646 | Tags for Identifying LanguagesA. Phillips, Ed., M. Davis, Ed. | Best Current Practice | September 2009 |
| 5694 | Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Architecture: Definition, Taxonomies, Examples, and ApplicabilityG. Camarillo, Ed., IAB | Informational | November 2009 |
| 5944 | IP Mobility Support for IPv4, RevisedC. Perkins, Ed. | Proposed Standard | November 2010 |
| 6101 | The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Protocol Version 3.0A. Freier, P. Karlton, P. Kocher | Historic | August 2011 |
| 6108 | Comcast's Web Notification System DesignC. Chung, A. Kasyanov, J. Livingood, N. Mody, B. Van Lieu | Historic | February 2011 |
| 6120 | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): CoreP. Saint-Andre | Proposed Standard | March 2011 |
| 6365 | Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETFP. Hoffman, J. Klensin | Best Current Practice | September 2011 |
| 6698 | The DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol: TLSAP. Hoffman, J. Schlyter | Proposed Standard | August 2012 |
| 6701 | Sanctions Available for Application to Violators of IETF IPR PolicyA. Farrel, P. Resnick | Informational | August 2012 |
| 6797 | HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)J. Hodges, C. Jackson, A. Barth | Proposed Standard | November 2012 |
| 6973 | Privacy Considerations for Internet ProtocolsA. Cooper, H. Tschofenig, B. Aboba, J. Peterson, J. Morris, M. Hansen, R. Smith | Informational | July 2013 |
| 7230 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and RoutingR. Fielding, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9110, RFC 9112 | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7231 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and ContentR. Fielding, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9110 | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7232 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Conditional RequestsR. Fielding, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9110 | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7233 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Range RequestsR. Fielding, Ed., Y. Lafon, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9110 | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7234 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): CachingR. Fielding, Ed., M. Nottingham, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9111 | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7235 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): AuthenticationR. Fielding, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9110 | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7236 | Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Authentication Scheme RegistrationsJ. Reschke | Informational | June 2014 |
| 7237 | Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method RegistrationsJ. Reschke | Informational | June 2014 |
| 7258 | Pervasive Monitoring Is an AttackS. Farrell, H. Tschofenig | Best Current Practice | May 2014 |
| 7469 | Public Key Pinning Extension for HTTPC. Evans, C. Palmer, R. Sleevi | Proposed Standard | April 2015 |
| 7540 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)M. Belshe, R. Peon, M. Thomson, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9113 | Proposed Standard | May 2015 |
| 7574 | Peer-to-Peer Streaming Peer Protocol (PPSPP)A. Bakker, R. Petrocco, V. Grishchenko | Proposed Standard | July 2015 |
| 7624 | Confidentiality in the Face of Pervasive Surveillance: A Threat Model and Problem StatementR. Barnes, B. Schneier, C. Jennings, T. Hardie, B. Trammell, C. Huitema, D. Borkmann | Informational | August 2015 |
| 7626 | DNS Privacy ConsiderationsS. Bortzmeyer · obsoleted by RFC 9076 | Informational | August 2015 |
| 7725 | An HTTP Status Code to Report Legal ObstaclesT. Bray | Proposed Standard | February 2016 |
| 7754 | Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking and FilteringR. Barnes, A. Cooper, O. Kolkman, D. Thaler, E. Nordmark | Informational | March 2016 |
| 7841 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesJ. Halpern, Ed., L. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed. | Informational | May 2016 |
| 7858 | Specification for DNS over Transport Layer Security (TLS)Z. Hu, L. Zhu, J. Heidemann, A. Mankin, D. Wessels, P. Hoffman | Proposed Standard | May 2016 |
| 8164 | Opportunistic Security for HTTP/2M. Nottingham, M. Thomson | Historic | May 2017 |
| 8179 | Intellectual Property Rights in IETF TechnologyS. Bradner, J. Contreras | Best Current Practice | May 2017 |
| 8200 | Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationS. Deering, R. Hinden | Internet Standard | July 2017 |