RFC 8684: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses

TCP/IP communication is currently restricted to a single path per connection, yet multiple paths often exist between peers. The simultaneous use of these…

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Outgoing relationships (27 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 6824: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 2104: HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
Normative reference — RFC 6234: US Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA and SHA-based HMAC and HKDF)
Normative reference — RFC 5961: Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks
Informative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Informative reference — RFC 4086: Randomness Requirements for Security
Informative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informative reference — RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
Informative reference — RFC 3022: Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT)
Informative reference — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Informative reference — RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options
Informative reference — RFC 7413: TCP Fast Open
Informative reference — RFC 7323: TCP Extensions for High Performance
Informative reference — RFC 3135: Performance Enhancing Proxies Intended to Mitigate Link-Related Degradations
Informative reference — RFC 4987: TCP SYN Flooding Attacks and Common Mitigations
Informative reference — RFC 2979: Behavior of and Requirements for Internet Firewalls
Informative reference — RFC 6528: Defending against Sequence Number Attacks
Informative reference — RFC 6181: Threat Analysis for TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 6182: Architectural Guidelines for Multipath TCP Development
Informative reference — RFC 6356: Coupled Congestion Control for Multipath Transport Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 2992: Analysis of an Equal-Cost Multi-Path Algorithm
Informative reference — RFC 6897: Multipath TCP (MPTCP) Application Interface Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 8041: Use Cases and Operational Experience with Multipath TCP
Informative reference — RFC 7430: Analysis of Residual Threats and Possible Fixes for Multipath TCP (MPTCP)

Incoming relationships (11 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8803: 0-RTT TCP Convert Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9040: TCP Control Block Interdependence
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9522: Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic Engineering
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9170: Long-Term Viability of Protocol Extension Mechanisms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9473: A Vocabulary of Path Properties
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9648: YANG Data Model for TCP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9079: Source-Specific Routing in the Babel Routing Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9365: IPv6 Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (IPWAVE): Problem Statement and Use Cases
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9768: More Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification (AccECN) Feedback in TCP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9897: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses