File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 2675

Author:

D. Borman

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipngwg (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2147

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Abstract

IPv6 supports datagrams larger than 65535 bytes long, often referred to as jumbograms, through use of the Jumbo Payload hop-by-hop option. The UDP protocol has a 16-bit length field that keeps it from being able to make use of jumbograms, and though TCP does not have a length field, both the MSS option and the Urgent field are constrained by 16-bits. This document describes some simple changes that can be made to allow TCP and UDP to make use of IPv6 jumbograms. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.