RFC 1263: TCP Extensions Considered Harmful

This RFC comments on recent proposals to extend TCP. It argues that the backward compatible extensions proposed in RFC's 1072 and 1185 should not be pursued,…

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Outgoing relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 1045: VMTP: Versatile Message Transaction Protocol: Protocol specification
Informative reference — RFC 1072: TCP extensions for long-delay paths
Informative reference — RFC 1185: TCP Extension for High-Speed Paths

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6709: Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1379: Extending TCP for Transactions -- Concepts
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1337: TIME-WAIT Assassination Hazards in TCP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1693: An Extension to TCP : Partial Order Service
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7452: Architectural Considerations in Smart Object Networking