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TCP Extended Data Offset Option
draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-edo-10

The information below is for an old version of the document.
Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (tcpm WG)
Authors Dr. Joseph D. Touch , Wesley Eddy
Last updated 2019-01-20 (Latest revision 2018-07-19)
Replaces draft-touch-tcpm-tcp-edo
Stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Nov 2022
Submit document on a TCP Extended Data Offset Option to the IESG as a Proposed Standard RFC
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-edo-10.txt

Abstract

TCP segments include a Data Offset field to indicate space for TCP options but the size of the field can limit the space available for complex options such as SACK and Multipath TCP and can limit the combination of such options supported in a single connection. This document updates RFC 793 with an optional TCP extension to that space to support the use of multiple large options. It also explains why the initial SYN of a connection cannot be extending a single segment.

Authors

Dr. Joseph D. Touch
Wesley Eddy

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