Some problems with the specification of the Military Standard Transmission Control Protocol
RFC 964, “Some problems with the specification of the Military Standard Transmission Control Protocol”, is an Informational document published in November 1985 by D.P. Sidhu, T. Blumer. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The purpose of this RFC is to provide helpful information on the Military Standard Transmission Control Protocol (MIL-STD-1778) so that one can obtain a reliable implementation of this protocol standard. This note points out three errors with this specification. This note also proposes solutions to these problems.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
The canonical text of RFC 964 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
- RFC 963 Some problems with the specification of the Military Standard Internet Protocol
- RFC 965 Format for a graphical communication protocol
- RFC 962 TCP-4 prime
- RFC 966 Host groups: A multicast extension to the Internet Protocol
- RFC 961 Official ARPA-Internet protocols
- RFC 967 All victims together
- RFC 960 Assigned numbers
- RFC 968 Twas the night before start-up