RFC 2923

TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery, September 2000

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Status:
INFORMATIONAL
Author:
K. Lahey
Stream:
IETF
Source:
tcpimpl (tsv)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2923

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Abstract

This memo catalogs several known Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) implementation problems dealing with Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery (PMTUD), including the long-standing black hole problem, stretch acknowlegements (ACKs) due to confusion between Maximum Segment Size (MSS) and segment size, and MSS advertisement based on PMTU. This memo provides information for the Internet community.


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