In message <874rftl6s6.fsf@snark.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" 
writes:
> 
> Aidan Cully <aidan@kublai.com> writes:
> > On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:02:15PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > > I'm not sure I was even aware of that RFC before now. Are we sure the
> > > IETF still considers it to be a standards track document?
> > 
> > Can you un-RFC something except by superseding it?
> 
> Just because something is an RFC doesn't mean it is a standard or
> going to be one. Anything can be published as an RFC. See rfc1796,
> "Not All RFCs Are Standards". Quoting from that document:
> 
>    It is a regrettably well spread misconception that publication as an
>    RFC provides some level of recognition.  It does not, or at least not
>    any more than the publication in a regular journal. 

RFC 1149 and RFC 2549 also illustrate the point.


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