RFC 6814: Formally Deprecating Some IPv4 Options

A number of IPv4 options have become obsolete in practice, but have never been formally deprecated. This document deprecates such IPv4 options, thus cleaning…

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Outgoing relationships (11 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1393: Traceroute Using an IP Option
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1475: TP/IX: The Next Internet
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1385: EIP: The Extended Internet Protocol
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 1770: IPv4 Option for Sender Directed Multi-Destination Delivery
Normative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Informative reference — RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Informative reference — RFC 5015: Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
Informative reference — RFC 1063: IP MTU discovery options

Incoming relationships (2 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7126: Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 Options
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6918: Formally Deprecating Some ICMPv4 Message Types