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RFC 2147: TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2675.

Current version: RFC 2675 — IPv6 Jumbograms

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IPv6 supports datagrams larger than 65535 bytes long, often referred to as jumbograms, through use of the Jumbo Payload hop-by-hop option. The UDP protocol has a 16-bit length field that keeps it from being able to make use of jumbograms, and though TCP does not have a length field, both the MSS option and the Urgent field are constrained by 16-bits. This document describes some simple changes that can be made to allow TCP and UDP to make use of IPv6 jumbograms. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC2147
Published
May 1997
Authors
D. Borman
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
3
Also known as
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 2675

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