RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery

This memo describes a technique for dynamically discovering the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of an arbitrary internet path. It specifies a small change to…

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Outgoing relationships (7 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 1063: IP MTU discovery options
Informative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 879: The TCP Maximum Segment Size and Related Topics
Informative reference — RFC 905: ISO Transport Protocol specification ISO DP 8073
Informative reference — RFC 1057: RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol specification: Version 2

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Normatively referenced by — RFC 5382: NAT Behavioral Requirements for TCP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5405: Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application Designers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
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Informatively referenced by — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
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Informatively referenced by — RFC 2003: IP Encapsulation within IP
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Informatively referenced by — RFC 1981: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
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Informatively referenced by — RFC 2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
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Informatively referenced by — RFC 3819: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2004: Minimal Encapsulation within IP
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Informatively referenced by — RFC 3124: The Congestion Manager