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RFC 2582: The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3782.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 6582 — The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm

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

This document describes a specific algorithm for responding to partial acknowledgments, referred to as NewReno. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID
RFC2582
Published
April 1999
Authors
S. Floyd; T. Henderson
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
12
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3782

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2582 (1999)
  2. RFC 3782 (2004)
  3. RFC 6582 (2012) ✓

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