RFC 4727
Experimental Values In IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv4, ICMPv6, UDP, and TCP Headers, November 2006
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Author:
- B. Fenner
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4727
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Abstract
When experimenting with or extending protocols, it is often necessary to use some sort of protocol number or constant in order to actually test or experiment with the new function, even when testing in a closed environment. This document reserves some ranges of numbers for experimentation purposes in specific protocols where the need to support experimentation has been identified, and it describes the numbers that have already been reserved by other documents. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.