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RFC 1106: TCP big window and NAK options

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6247.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 2018 — TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options; RFC 6247 — Moving the Undeployed TCP Extensions RFC 1072, RFC 1106, RFC 1110, RFC 1145, RFC 1146, RFC 1379, RFC 1644, and RFC 1693 to Historic Status; RFC 7323 — TCP Extensions for High Performance

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo discusses two extensions to the TCP protocol to provide a more efficient operation over a network with a high bandwidth*delay product. The extensions described in this document have been implemented and shown to work using resources at NASA. This memo describes an Experimental Protocol, these extensions are not proposed as an Internet standard, but as a starting point for further research.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1106
Published
June 1989
Authors
R. Fox
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
13
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6247

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 13 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1072 (1988)
  2. RFC 1106 (1989)
  3. RFC 1110 (1989)
  4. RFC 1145 (1990)
  5. RFC 1146 (1990)
  6. RFC 1185 (1990)
  7. RFC 1323 (1992)
  8. RFC 1379 (1992)
  9. RFC 1644 (1994)
  10. RFC 1693 (1994)
  11. RFC 2018 (1996)
  12. RFC 6247 (2011)
  13. RFC 7323 (2014) ✓

Read the full history of TCP Extensions for High Performance →

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