RFC 879: The TCP Maximum Segment Size and Related Topics

This RFC discusses the TCP Maximum Segment Size Option and related topics. The purposes is to clarify some aspects of TCP and its interaction with IP. This…

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Incoming relationships (22 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 6691: TCP Options and Maximum Segment Size (MSS)
Obsoleted by — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Obsoleted by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 7805: Moving Outdated TCP Extensions and TCP-Related Documents to Historic or Informational Status
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1042: Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802 networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7597: Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 894: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1063: IP MTU discovery options
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7599: Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4828: TCP Friendly Rate Control (TFRC): The Small-Packet (SP) Variant
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1011: Official Internet protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 948: Two methods for the transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802.3 networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1188: Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over FDDI Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1171: Point-to-Point Protocol for the transmission of multi-protocol datagrams over Point-to-Point links
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1390: Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1051: Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams and ARP packets over ARCNET networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 961: Official ARPA-Internet protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 991: Official ARPA-Internet protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1103: Proposed standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over FDDI Networks