RFC 6181: Threat Analysis for TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses

Multipath TCP (MPTCP for short) describes the extensions proposed for TCP so that endpoints of a given TCP connection can use multiple paths to exchange data.…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 3972: Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)
Informative reference — RFC 5533: Shim6: Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 5535: Hash-Based Addresses (HBA)
Informative reference — RFC 4225: Mobile IP Version 6 Route Optimization Security Design Background
Informative reference — RFC 4218: Threats Relating to IPv6 Multihoming Solutions
Informative reference — RFC 5062: Security Attacks Found Against the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) and Current Countermeasures

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7414: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6897: Multipath TCP (MPTCP) Application Interface Considerations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6824: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8684: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6182: Architectural Guidelines for Multipath TCP Development
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6356: Coupled Congestion Control for Multipath Transport Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7430: Analysis of Residual Threats and Possible Fixes for Multipath TCP (MPTCP)