File Transfer Protocol RFCs

File transfer was one of the first applications designed for the
Internet, and it is still a significant protocol. The current
standard, RFC 959, was published in 1985; the most recent RFC updating
that standard (RFC 2640) was published in 1999. The earliest RFC
listed here was published in 1971 – which is pretty dang early, if you
ask me. Not much use if you’re interested in doing FTP right now, but
I’ve included a few of these early ones for historical interest so you
can see how different the early RFCs are from more recent ones.

Number	Title	More Info (Obs & Upd)	Status
RFC0238	Comments on DTP and FTP proposals	Updates RFC0171, RFC0172, Updated by RFC0269	UNKNOWN
RFC0294	The Use of Set Data Type Transaction in File Transfer Protocol	Updates RFC0265	UNKNOWN
RFC0412	User FTP Documentation		UNKNOWN
RFC0906	Bootstrap Loading using TFTP		UNKNOWN
RFC0949	FTP unique-named store command		UNKNOWN
RFC0959	File Transfer Protocol	Obsoletes RFC0765 , Updated by RFC2228, RFC2640	STANDARD
RFC1415	FTP-FTAM Gateway Specification		PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1440	SIFT/UFT		EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1545	FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR)	Obsoleted by RFC1639	EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1579	Firewall-Friendly FTP		INFORMATIONAL
RFC1635	How to Use Anonymous FTP		FYI 24
RFC1639	FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR)	Obsoletes RFC1545	EXPERIMENTAL
RFC0172	The File Transfer Protocol	Obsoleted by RFC0265, Updates RFC0114, Updated by RFC0238	UNKNOWN
RFC1739	A Primer On Internet and TCP/IP Tools	Obsoleted by RFC2151, FYI0030	INFORMATIONAL
RFC2204	ODETTE File Transfer Protocol		INFORMATIONAL
RFC2228	FTP Security Extensions	Updates RFC0959	PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC2389	Feature negotiation mechanism for the File Transfer Protocol		PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC2428	FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs		PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC2577	FTP Security Considerations		INFORMATIONAL
RFC2640	Internationalization of the File Transfer Protocol	Updates 959	PROPOSED STANDARD