RFC - 3091

Pi Digit Generation Protocol

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3091.txt
Authors:	H. Kennedy [University of Michigan]
Date:
Category:	Informational

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Referred by:	1 RFC
Refers to:	4 RFC

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Status

This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This memo defines a protocol to provide the Pi digit generation service (PIgen) used between clients and servers on host computers.

Introduction

This protocol is intended to provide the Pi digit generation service (PIgen), and be used between clients and servers on host computers. Typically the clients are on workstation hosts lacking local Pi support, and the servers are more capable machines with greater Pi calculation capabilities. The essential tradeoff is the use of network resources and time instead of local computational cycles.

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

Note

All digits supplied by implementations of this service are ASCII [US-ASCII] representations of decimal (base 10) numbers following the decimal point in values or approximations of Pi. There MUST be an implied decimal value of 3 (three) preceding the values provided by the service defined by this protocol.

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