RFC 4821
Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery, March 2007
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updated by:
- RFC 8899
- Authors:
- M. Mathis
J. Heffner - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- pmtud (tsv)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4821
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Abstract
This document describes a robust method for Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) that relies on TCP or some other Packetization Layer to probe an Internet path with progressively larger packets. This method is described as an extension to RFC 1191 and RFC 1981, which specify ICMP-based Path MTU Discovery for IP versions 4 and 6, respectively. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.