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Network Working Group                                         L. ChapinRequest for Comments: 1438                                          BBN                                                             C. Huitema                                                                  INRIA                                                           1 April 1993Internet Engineering Task ForceStatements Of Boredom (SOBs)Status of this Memo   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does   not specify an Internet standard.  Distribution of this memo is   unlimited.Discussion   The current IETF process has two types of RFCs: standards track   documents and other RFCs (e.g., informational, experimental, FYIs).   The intent of the standards track documents is clear, and culminates   in an official Internet Standard.  Informational RFCs can be   published on a less formal basis, subject to the reasonable   constraints of the RFC Editor.  Informational RFCs are not subject to   peer review and carry no significance whatsoever within the IETF   process.   The IETF currently has no mechanism or means of publishing documents   that express its deep concern about something important, but   otherwise contain absolutely no useful information whatsoever.  This   document creates a new subseries of RFCs, entitled, IETF Statements   Of Boredom (SOBs).  The SOB process is similar to that of the normal   standards track.  The SOB is submitted to the IAB, the IRSG, the   IESG, the SOB Editor (Morpheus), and the Academie Francais for   review, analysis, reproduction in triplicate, translation into ASN.1,   and distribution to Internet insomniacs.  However, once everyone has   approved the document by falling asleep over it, the process ends and   the document is discarded.  The resulting vacuum is viewed as having   the technical approval of the IETF, but it is not, and cannot become,   an official Internet Standard.Chapin & Huitema                                                [Page 1]

RFC 1438                       IETF SOBs                    1 April 1993References   [1] Internet Activities Board, "The Internet Standards Process",RFC1310, IAB, March 1992.   [2] Postel, J., Editor, "IAB OFFICIAL PROTOCOL STANDARDS",RFC 1410,       IAB, March 1993.Security Considerations   Security issues are not discussed in this memo, but then again, no   other issues of any importance are discussed in this memo either.Authors' Addresses   A. Lyman Chapin   Bolt, Beranek & Newman   Mail Stop 20/5b   150 Cambridge Park Drive   Cambridge, MA 02140   USA   Phone: 1 617 873 3133   EMail: Lyman@BBN.COM   Christian Huitema   INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis   2004 Route des Lucioles   BP 109   F-06561 Valbonne Cedex   France   Phone: +33 93 65 77 15   EMail: Christian.Huitema@MIRSA.INRIA.FRChapin & Huitema                                                [Page 2]