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RFC 9260: Stream Control Transmission Protocol

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

This document describes the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) and obsoletes RFC 4960. It incorporates the specification of the chunk flags registry from RFC 6096 and the specification of the I bit of DATA chunks from RFC 7053. Therefore, RFCs 6096 and 7053 are also obsoleted by this document. In addition, RFCs 4460 and 8540, which describe errata for SCTP, are obsoleted by this document. SCTP was originally designed to transport Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) signaling messages over IP networks. It is also suited to be used for other applications, for example, WebRTC. SCTP is a reliable transport protocol operating on top of a connectionless packet network, such as IP. It offers the following services to its users: The design of SCTP includes appropriate congestion avoidance behavior and resistance to flooding and masquerade attacks.

Document record

Document ID
RFC9260
Published
June 2022
Authors
R. Stewart; M. Tüxen; K. Nielsen
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
wit
Pages
133
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 4460, RFC 4960, RFC 6096, RFC 7053, RFC 8540

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 8 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2960 (2000)
  2. RFC 3309 (2002)
  3. RFC 4460 (2006)
  4. RFC 4960 (2007)
  5. RFC 6096 (2011)
  6. RFC 7053 (2013)
  7. RFC 8540 (2019)
  8. RFC 9260 (2022)

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