RFC 2525: Known TCP Implementation Problems

This memo catalogs a number of known TCP implementation problems. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Informative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Informative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Informative reference — RFC 1323: TCP Extensions for High Performance
Informative reference — RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options
Informative reference — RFC 896: Congestion Control in IP/TCP Internetworks
Informative reference — RFC 813: Window and Acknowledgement Strategy in TCP
Informative reference — RFC 2001: TCP Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit, and Fast Recovery Algorithms
Informative reference — RFC 2414: Increasing TCP's Initial Window

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5681: TCP Congestion Control
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2581: TCP Congestion Control
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9293: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3449: TCP Performance Implications of Network Path Asymmetry
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3148: A Framework for Defining Empirical Bulk Transfer Capacity Metrics
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2760: Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents