| 1 | Host SoftwareS. Crocker | Unknown | April 1969 |
| 3 | Documentation conventionsS.D. Crocker · obsoleted by RFC 10 | Unknown | April 1969 |
| 10 | Documentation conventionsS.D. Crocker · obsoleted by RFC 16 | Unknown | July 1969 |
| 114 | File Transfer ProtocolA.K. Bhushan | Unknown | April 1971 |
| 433 | Socket number listJ. Postel · obsoleted by RFC 503 | Unknown | December 1972 |
| 690 | Comments on the proposed Host/IMP Protocol changesJ. Postel | Unknown | June 1975 |
| 748 | Telnet randomly-lose optionM.R. Crispin | Unknown | 1 April 1978 |
| 902 | ARPA Internet Protocol policyJ.K. Reynolds, J. Postel | Unknown | July 1984 |
| 1000 | Request For Comments reference guideJ.K. Reynolds, J. Postel | Unknown | August 1987 |
| 1083 | IAB official protocol standardsInternet Activities Board · obsoleted by RFC 1100 | Historic | December 1988 |
| 1122 | Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication LayersR. Braden, Ed. | Internet Standard | October 1989 |
| 1123 | Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and SupportR. Braden, Ed. | Internet Standard | October 1989 |
| 1150 | FYI on FYI: Introduction to the FYI NotesG.S. Malkin, J.K. Reynolds · obsoleted by RFC 6360 | Historic | March 1990 |
| 1311 | Introduction to the STD NotesJ. Postel | Informational | March 1992 |
| 1818 | Best Current PracticesJ. Postel, T. Li, Y. Rekhter | Historic | August 1995 |
| 2441 | Working with Jon, Tribute delivered at UCLA, October 30, 1998D. Cohen | Informational | November 1998 |
| 2468 | I REMEMBER IANAV. Cerf | Informational | October 1998 |
| 2555 | 30 Years of RFCsRFC Editor, et al. | Informational | April 1999 |
| 4714 | Requirements for IETF Technical Publication ServiceA. Mankin, S. Hayes | Informational | October 2006 |
| 4844 | The RFC Series and RFC EditorL. Daigle, Ed., Internet Architecture Board · obsoleted by RFC 8729 | Informational | July 2007 |
| 4845 | Process for Publication of IAB RFCsL. Daigle, Ed., Internet Architecture Board | Informational | July 2007 |
| 4846 | Independent Submissions to the RFC EditorJ. Klensin, Ed., D. Thaler, Ed. | Informational | July 2007 |
| 5540 | 40 Years of RFCsRFC Editor | Informational | April 2009 |
| 5620 | RFC Editor Model (Version 1)O. Kolkman, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 6548, RFC 6635 | Informational | August 2009 |
| 5742 | IESG Procedures for Handling of Independent and IRTF Stream SubmissionsH. Alvestrand, R. Housley | Best Current Practice | December 2009 |
| 5743 | Definition of an Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Document StreamA. Falk | Informational | December 2009 |
| 6360 | Conclusion of FYI RFC Sub-SeriesR. Housley | Informational | August 2011 |
| 6410 | Reducing the Standards Track to Two Maturity LevelsR. Housley, D. Crocker, E. Burger | Best Current Practice | October 2011 |
| 6548 | Independent Submission Editor ModelN. Brownlee, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 8730 | Informational | June 2012 |
| 6635 | RFC Editor Model (Version 2)O. Kolkman, Ed., J. Halpern, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 8728 | Informational | June 2012 |
| 6949 | RFC Series Format Requirements and Future DevelopmentH. Flanagan, N. Brownlee | Informational | May 2013 |
| 7841 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesJ. Halpern, Ed., L. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed. | Informational | May 2016 |
| 7990 | RFC Format FrameworkH. Flanagan · obsoleted by RFC 9720 | Informational | December 2016 |
| 8126 | Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsM. Cotton, B. Leiba, T. Narten | Best Current Practice | June 2017 |
| 8153 | Digital Preservation Considerations for the RFC SeriesH. Flanagan | Informational | April 2017 |