RFC 6951: UDP Encapsulation of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Packets for End-Host to End-Host Communication

This document describes a simple method of encapsulating Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) packets into UDP packets and its limitations. This allows…

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Outgoing relationships (15 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4821: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
Normative reference — RFC 4895: Authenticated Chunks for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Normative reference — RFC 5061: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Dynamic Address Reconfiguration
Normative reference — RFC 4820: Padding Chunk and Parameter for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Informative reference — RFC 6335: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry
Informative reference — RFC 3424: IAB Considerations for UNilateral Self-Address Fixing (UNSAF) Across Network Address Translation
Informative reference — RFC 6936: Applicability Statement for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums
Informative reference — RFC 6458: Sockets API Extensions for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 8899: Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram Transports
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7657: Differentiated Services (Diffserv) and Real-Time Communication
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8303: On the Usage of Transport Features Provided by IETF Transport Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9260: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8095: Services Provided by IETF Transport Protocols and Congestion Control Mechanisms
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8261: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Encapsulation of SCTP Packets
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8855: The Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9897: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses