RFC 3360: Inappropriate TCP Resets Considered Harmful

This document is being written because there are a number of firewalls in the Internet that inappropriately reset a TCP connection upon receiving…

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Outgoing relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 2026: The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Normative reference — RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Normative reference — RFC 2979: Behavior of and Requirements for Internet Firewalls
Normative reference — RFC 2481: A Proposal to add Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 2873: TCP Processing of the IPv4 Precedence Field

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3871: Operational Security Requirements for Large Internet Service Provider (ISP) IP Network Infrastructure
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4782: Quick-Start for TCP and IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5562: Adding Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Capability to TCP's SYN/ACK Packets