RFC 4963: IPv4 Reassembly Errors at High Data Rates

IPv4 fragmentation is not sufficiently robust for use under some conditions in today's Internet. At high data rates, the 16-bit IP identification field is not…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Informative reference — RFC 4302: IP Authentication Header
Informative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 4251: The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2923: TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery
Informative reference — RFC 4459: MTU and Fragmentation Issues with In-the-Network Tunneling

Incoming relationships (12 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6888: Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs (CGNs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5415: Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol Specification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5405: Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application Designers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6936: Applicability Statement for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7597: Mapping of Address and Port with Encapsulation (MAP-E)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8900: IP Fragmentation Considered Fragile
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5320: The Subnetwork Encapsulation and Adaptation Layer (SEAL)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8930: On Forwarding 6LoWPAN Fragments over a Multi-Hop IPv6 Network
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6256: Using Self-Delimiting Numeric Values in Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9354: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Power Line Communication (PLC) Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9415: On the Generation of Transient Numeric Identifiers