RFC 8540: Stream Control Transmission Protocol: Errata and Issues in RFC 4960
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 9260.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 9260 — Stream Control Transmission Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document is a compilation of issues found since the publication of RFC 4960 in September 2007, based on experience with implementing, testing, and using the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) along with the suggested fixes. This document provides deltas to RFC 4960 and is organized in a time-ordered way. The issues are listed in the order in which they were brought up. Because some text is changed several times, the last delta in the text is the one that should be applied. In addition to the deltas, a description of each problem and the details of the solution for each are also provided.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8540
- Published
- February 2019
- Authors
- R. Stewart; M. Tuexen; M. Proshin
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- wit
- Pages
- 94
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 9260
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 8 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 2960 (2000)
- RFC 3309 (2002)
- RFC 4460 (2006)
- RFC 4960 (2007)
- RFC 6096 (2011)
- RFC 7053 (2013)
- RFC 8540 (2019)
- RFC 9260 (2022) ✓
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