IETF standards for network device configuration
The IETF has defined a set of Proposed Standards for managing the configuration of network devices.
| RFC Number | Name | Authors | Date |
| RFC 6241 | Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) | R. Enns, M. Bjorklund, J. Schoenwaelder, A. Bierman | June 2011 |
| RFC 8341 | Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Access Control Model | A. Bierman, M. Bjorklund | March 2012 |
| RFC 5277 | NETCONF Event Notifications | S. Chisholm, H. Trevino | July 2008 |
| RFC 5717 | Partial Lock Remote Procedure Call (RPC) for NETCONF | B. Lengyel, M. Bjorklund | December 2009 |
| RFC 6242 | Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH) | M. Wasserman | June 2011 |
| RFC 6470 | Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Base Notifications | A. Bierman | February 2012 |
| RFC 7589 | Using the NETCONF Protocol over Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Mutual X.509 Authentication | M. Badra, J Schoenwalder | June 2015 |
| RFC 6243 | With-defaults Capability for NETCONF | A. Bierman, B. Lengyel | September 2004 |
| RFC 8071 | NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home | K. Watsen | February 2017 |