RFC 5461: TCP's Reaction to Soft Errors

This document describes a non-standard, but widely implemented, modification to TCP's handling of ICMP soft error messages that rejects pending…

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Outgoing relationships (11 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support
Informative reference — RFC 5382: NAT Behavioral Requirements for TCP
Informative reference — RFC 816: Fault isolation and recovery
Informative reference — RFC 4943: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery On-Link Assumption Considered Harmful

Incoming relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6888: Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs (CGNs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6733: Diameter Base Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5927: ICMP Attacks against TCP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8303: On the Usage of Transport Features Provided by IETF Transport Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8803: 0-RTT TCP Convert Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7123: Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6556: Testing Eyeball Happiness
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7805: Moving Outdated TCP Extensions and TCP-Related Documents to Historic or Informational Status