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RFC 2474

"Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers", December 1998

Canonical URL:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2474.txt
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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Obsoletes:
RFC 1455, RFC 1349
Updates:
RFC 791
Updated by:
RFC 3168, RFC 3260
Authors:
K. Nichols
S. Blake
F. Baker
D. Black
Stream:
IETF
Source:
diffserv (tsv)

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Abstract

This document defines the IP header field, called the DS (for differentiated services) field. [STANDARDS-TRACK]


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.


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