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RFC 1393: Traceroute Using an IP Option

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6814.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 6814 — Formally Deprecating Some IPv4 Options

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

This document specifies a new IP option and ICMP message type which duplicates the functionality of the existing traceroute method while generating fewer packets and completing in a shorter time. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1393
Published
January 1993
Authors
G. Malkin
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
7
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6814

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 5 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1385 (1992)
  2. RFC 1393 (1993)
  3. RFC 1475 (1993)
  4. RFC 1770 (1995)
  5. RFC 6814 (2012) ✓

Read the full history of Formally Deprecating Some IPv4 Options →

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