RFC 6633 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2012
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Deprecation of ICMP Source Quench Messages
Overview
RFC 6633, “Deprecation of ICMP Source Quench Messages”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2012 by F. Gont. It updates RFC 792, RFC 1122, RFC 1812. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document formally deprecates the use of ICMP Source Quench messages by transport protocols, formally updating RFC 792, RFC 1122, and RFC 1812. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
Read this RFC
The canonical text of RFC 6633 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 2012
- RFC 6632 An Overview of the IETF Network Management Standards
- RFC 6631 Password Authenticated Connection Establishment with the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2
- RFC 6635 RFC Editor Model
- RFC 6630 EAP Re-authentication Protocol Extensions for Authenticated Anticipatory Keying
- RFC 6636 Tuning the Behavior of the Internet Group Management Protocol and Multicast Listener Discovery for Routers in Mobile and Wireless Networks
- RFC 6629 Considerations on the Application of the Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6
- RFC 6637 Elliptic Curve Cryptography in OpenPGP
- RFC 6628 Efficient Augmented Password-Only Authentication and Key Exchange for IKEv2