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RFC 2556: OSI connectionless transport services on top of UDP Applicability Statement for Historic Status

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

RFC 1240, "OSI connectionless transport services on top of UDP", was published as a Proposed Standard in June 1991 but at this time there do not seem to be any implementations which follow RFC 1240. In addition there is a growing concern over using UDP-based transport protocols in environments where congestion is a possibility This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC2556
Published
March 1999
Authors
S. Bradner
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
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Pages
4
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