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PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 9293

Updates:

RFC 793,RFC 1011,RFC 1122

Authors:

F. Gont
A. Yourtchenko

Stream:

IETF

Source:

tcpm (wit)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6093

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Abstract

This document analyzes how current TCP implementations process TCPurgent indications and how the behavior of some widely deployedmiddleboxes affects how end systems process urgent indications.This document updates the relevant specifications such thatthey accommodate current practice in processing TCP urgentindications, raises awareness about the reliability of TCP urgentindications in the Internet, and recommends against the use of urgentindications (but provides advice to applications that do). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.