Technical Summary
This document provides a Standards-Track document that formally
deprecates the use of ICMP Source Quench messages by all IETF-defined
transport protocols. This formally updates RFC 792, RFC 1122, and
RFC 1812. Additionally, it recommends against implementation of RFC 1016.
Document Quality
The document standardises current understanding of how congestion
control should be designed and the new language reflects the lack
of actual use of this mechanism in deployed network
and current best practice.
Personnel
Gorry Fairhurst is the document shepherd. Wesley Eddy is the
responsible AD.
RFC Editor Note
In Section 1, under the second paragraph, the first bullet has an
error. Where it says "over 20 years", it should be "nearly 17
years", or something more accurate based on the date of the
reference provided in the sentence.