Shared Use of Experimental TCP Options
RFC 6994, “Shared Use of Experimental TCP Options”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2013 by J. Touch. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes how the experimental TCP option codepoints can concurrently support multiple TCP extensions, even within the same connection, using a new IANA TCP experiment identifier. This approach is robust to experiments that are not registered and to those that do not use this sharing mechanism. It is recommended for all new TCP options that use these codepoints.
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.
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