ZLIB, DEFLATE, and GZIP documentation

These documents are available at a number of sites around the world. See below.

RFC 1950: ZLIB 3.3 specification


RFC 1951: DEFLATE 1.3 specification


RFC 1952: GZIP 4.3 specification


These documents are available in text and PostScript format at a number of sites around the world. Please select one close to you. (More sites will be added soon; it takes a few days for the new RFCs to appear on the mirrors) SWRI and its mirrors and JPL also have HTML and A4-sized PostScript formats.
This file last updated 1600 EDT July 14, 1996 by
Glenn Randers-Pehrson <randeg@alumni.rpi.edu>