RFC 6691

"TCP Options and Maximum Segment Size (MSS)", July 2012

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6691.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Updates:

RFC 879, RFC 2385

Author:

D. Borman

Stream:

IETF

Source:

tcpm (tsv)

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Abstract

This memo discusses what value to use with the TCP Maximum Segment Size (MSS) option, and updates RFC 879 and RFC 2385. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.