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RFC 2414: Increasing TCP's Initial Window

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3390.

Current version: RFC 3390 — Increasing TCP's Initial Window

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This document specifies an increase in the permitted initial window for TCP from one segment to roughly 4K bytes. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC2414
Published
September 1998
Authors
M. Allman; S. Floyd; C. Partridge
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
14
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 3390

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