Architecture and Coding Standards

Useful references for ISOs (International Organization for Standardization) and RFCs (Request for Comments) related to architecture and coding standards.

• Cryptography && Hashing && Security
• Datatypes && Representations
• Formatting
• Networking
  • REST APIs && Backend
• Software && Product
• References

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Cryptography && Hashing && Security

Subject	RFC
MD2	RFC 1319 - The MD2 Message-Digest Algorithm
MD4	RFC 1320 - The MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm
MD5	RFC 1321 - The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm RFC 6151 - Updated Security Considerations for the MD5 Message-Digest and the HMAC-MD5 Algorithms
HMAC	RFC 2104 - HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
SHA1	RFC 3174 - US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1)
AES	RFC 3394 - Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Key Wrap Algorithm
SHA2	RFC 6234 - US Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA and SHA-based HMAC and HKDF)
Argon2	RFC 9106 - Argon2 Memory-Hard Function for Password Hashing and Proof-of-Work Applications
Hashing and encoding algorithms	RFC 9380 - Hashing to Elliptic Curves
JWT	RFC 7519 - JSON Web Token (JWT) RFC 8725 - JSON Web Token Best Current Practices
OAuth2	RFC 6749 - The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework RFC 6750 - The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: Bearer Token Usage RFC 9207 - OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Issuer Identification
HSTS	RFC 6797 - HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
Files	RFC 9116 - A File Format to Aid in Security Vulnerability Disclosure

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Datatypes && Representations

Subject	RFC
Datetime representation	ISO 8601 - Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange Representation of dates and times RFC 3339 - Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps RFC 9557 - Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps with Additional Information
Representation of currencies	ISO 4217 - Codes for the representation of currencies

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Formatting

Subject	RFC
JSON	RFC 8259 - The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
YAML	RFC 9512 - YAML Media Type

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Networking

Subject	RFC
UDP	RFC 768 - User Datagram Protocol
IPV4	RFC 791 - Internet Protocol
Email	RFC 5322 - Internet Message Format
WebSocket	RFC 6455 - The WebSocket Protocol
IPV6	RFC 8200 - Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
TCP	RFC 9293 - Transmission Control Protocol
SMTP	RFC 5321 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
LDAP	RFC 2253 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names RFC 4515 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Search Filters

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REST APIs && Backend

Subject	RFC
URI Syntax	RFC 2396 - Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax RFC 3986 - Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
URI Design	RFC 8820 - URI Design and Ownership
PATCH	RFC 5789 - PATCH Method for HTTP
HTTP/1.0	RFC 1945 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
HTTP/1.1	RFC 2616 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 RFC 7230 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing RFC 7231 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content RFC 7232 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Conditional Requests RFC 7233 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Range Requests RFC 7234 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Caching RFC 7235 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Authentication RFC 9112 - HTTP/1.1
HTTP/2	RFC 7540 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2) RFC 9113 - HTTP/2
HTTP/3	RFC 9114 - HTTP/3
HTTPS	RFC 2660 - The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTP Standards	RFC 9110 - HTTP Semantics ALT RFC 9111 - HTTP Caching
HTTP Protocols and Security	RFC 9205 - Building Protocols with HTTP
HTTP State Management	RFC 2109 - HTTP State Management Mechanism RFC 2965 - HTTP State Management Mechanism RFC 6265 - HTTP State Management Mechanism
HTTP APIs Problem Details	RFC 7807 - Problem Details for HTTP APIs RFC 9457 - Problem Details for HTTP APIs
TLS	RFC 2246 - The TLS Protocol Version 1.0 RFC 4346 - The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1 RFC 5246 - The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2 RFC 6353 - Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) RFC 9325 - Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) RFC 7507 - TLS Fallback Signaling Cipher Suite Value (SCSV) for Preventing Protocol Downgrade Attacks RFC 7919 - Negotiated Finite Field Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Parameters for Transport Layer Security (TLS)

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Software && Product

• ISO 25xxx
• ISO 27xxx

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References

• Data Tracker
• ISO
• RFC Editor

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