RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports

This document specifies Datagram Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery (DPLPMTUD). This is a robust method for Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) for datagram…

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Outgoing relationships (23 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Updates, Informative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Updates — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 6951: UDP Encapsulation of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Packets for End-Host to End-Host Communication
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 8261: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Encapsulation of SCTP Packets
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 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Normative reference — RFC 3828: The Lightweight User Datagram Protocol (UDP-Lite)
Normative reference — RFC 4820: Padding Chunk and Parameter for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Informative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 2923: TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 4890: Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in Firewalls
Informative reference — RFC 5508: NAT Behavioral Requirements for ICMP
Informative reference — RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile

Incoming relationships (18 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9260: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9869: Datagram Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery (DPLPMTUD) for UDP Options
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9715: IP Fragmentation Avoidance in DNS over UDP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9946: The UDP Speed Test Protocol (UDPSTP) for One-Way IP Capacity Metric Measurement
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10001: Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 Environments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9300: The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9298: Proxying UDP in HTTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9297: HTTP Datagrams and the Capsule Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9347: Aggregation and Fragmentation Mode for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Its Use for IP Traffic Flow Security (IP-TFS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9484: Proxying IP in HTTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9622: An Abstract Application Programming Interface (API) for Transport Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9868: Transport Options for UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9028: Native NAT Traversal Mode for the Host Identity Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9312: Manageability of the QUIC Transport Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9268: IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9289: Towards Remote Procedure Call Encryption by Default
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9365: IPv6 Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (IPWAVE): Problem Statement and Use Cases