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RFC 2018: TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options

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

This memo proposes an implementation of SACK and discusses its performance and related issues. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2018
Published
October 1996
Authors
M. Mathis; J. Mahdavi; S. Floyd; A. Romanow
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
12
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1072

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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) ✓

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