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TCP RST Diagnostic Payload
draft-boucadair-tcpm-rst-diagnostic-payload-17

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Authors Mohamed Boucadair , Tirumaleswar Reddy.K , Jason Xing
Last updated 2026-03-16
Replaced by draft-ietf-tcpm-rst-diagnostic-payload
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Wireshark RST diagnostic payload dissector
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Abstract

This document specifies an experimental diagnostic payload format returned in TCP RST segments. Such payloads are used to share with an endpoint the reasons for which a TCP connection has been reset. Sharing this information is meant to ease diagnostic and troubleshooting. This specification builds on provisions that are already present in RFC 9293 "Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)". As such, this document does not require any change to RFC 9293.

Authors

Mohamed Boucadair
Tirumaleswar Reddy.K
Jason Xing

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