RFC 8170: Planning for Protocol Adoption and Subsequent Transitions

Over the many years since the introduction of the Internet Protocol, we have seen a number of transitions throughout the protocol stack, such as deploying a…

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Outgoing relationships (27 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Informative reference — RFC 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
Informative reference — RFC 4380: Teredo: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through Network Address Translations (NATs)
Informative reference — RFC 7228: Terminology for Constrained-Node Networks
Informative reference — RFC 3692: Assigning Experimental and Testing Numbers Considered Useful
Informative reference — RFC 1945: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
Informative reference — RFC 4632: Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation Plan
Informative reference — RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
Informative reference — RFC 6269: Issues with IP Address Sharing
Informative reference — RFC 7301: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation Extension
Informative reference — RFC 1883: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3424: IAB Considerations for UNilateral Self-Address Fixing (UNSAF) Across Network Address Translation
Informative reference — RFC 5894: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Background, Explanation, and Rationale
Informative reference — RFC 6709: Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 7540: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)
Informative reference — RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5895: Mapping Characters for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) 2008
Informative reference — RFC 4690: Review and Recommendations for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Informative reference — RFC 1933: Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers
Informative reference — RFC 5218: What Makes for a Successful Protocol?
Informative reference — RFC 6055: IAB Thoughts on Encodings for Internationalized Domain Names
Informative reference — RFC 7541: HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2
Informative reference — RFC 7754: Technical Considerations for Internet Service Blocking and Filtering
Informative reference — RFC 2145: Use and Interpretation of HTTP Version Numbers
Informative reference — RFC 7305: Report from the IAB Workshop on Internet Technology Adoption and Transition (ITAT)
Informative reference — RFC 5211: An Internet Transition Plan
Informative reference — RFC 7021: Assessing the Impact of Carrier-Grade NAT on Network Applications

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9330: Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9621: Architecture and Requirements for Transport Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9170: Long-Term Viability of Protocol Extension Mechanisms