RFC 9040 · INFORMATIONAL · 2021

TCP Control Block Interdependence

Overview

RFC 9040, “TCP Control Block Interdependence”, is an Informational document published in July 2021 by J. Touch, M. Welzl, S. Islam. It obsoletes RFC 2140. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo provides guidance to TCP implementers that is intended to help improve connection convergence to steady-state operation without affecting interoperability. It updates and replaces RFC 2140's description of sharing TCP state, as typically represented in TCP Control Blocks, among similar concurrent or consecutive connections.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2140
Other RFCs from 2021

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