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RFC 4820: Padding Chunk and Parameter for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

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This document defines a padding chunk and a padding parameter and describes the required receiver side procedures. The padding chunk is used to pad a Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) packet to an arbitrary size. The padding parameter is used to pad an SCTP INIT chunk to an arbitrary size. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC4820
Published
March 2007
Authors
M. Tuexen; R. Stewart; P. Lei
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
wit
Pages
6
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