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RFC 7805: Moving Outdated TCP Extensions and TCP-Related Documents to Historic or Informational Status

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This document reclassifies several TCP extensions and TCP-related documents that either have been superseded, have never seen widespread use, or are no longer recommended for use to "Historic" status. The affected documents are RFCs 675, 721, 761, 813, 816, 879, 896, 1078, and 6013. Additionally, this document reclassifies RFCs 700, 794, 814, 817, 872, 889, 964, and 1071 to "Informational" status.

Document record

Document ID
RFC7805
Published
April 2016
Authors
A. Zimmermann; W. Eddy; L. Eggert
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
wit
Pages
8
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 675, RFC 721, RFC 761, RFC 813, RFC 816, RFC 879, RFC 896, RFC 1078, RFC 6013
Updates:
RFC 7414

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 18 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 675 (1974)
  2. RFC 721 (1976)
  3. RFC 761 (1980)
  4. RFC 793 (1981)
  5. RFC 813 (1982)
  6. RFC 816 (1982)
  7. RFC 879 (1983)
  8. RFC 896 (1984)
  9. RFC 1078 (1988)
  10. RFC 1948 (1996)
  11. RFC 2873 (2000)
  12. RFC 6013 (2011)
  13. RFC 6093 (2011)
  14. RFC 6429 (2011)
  15. RFC 6528 (2012)
  16. RFC 6691 (2012)
  17. RFC 7805 (2016)
  18. RFC 9293 (2022) ✓

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