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IETF RFC 879
[SUPERSEDED]

The TCP Maximum Segment Size and Related Topics

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Publisher
IETF
Doc Type
Specification
Pages
11
Abstract
This RFC discusses the TCP Maximum Segment Size Option and related topics. The purposes is to clarify some aspects of TCP and its interaction with IP. This memo is a clarification to the TCP specification, and contains information that may be considered as "advice to implementers".
Publication Date
1983-11-01
Status Note
Historic
DOI
10.17487/RFC879
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC879
Author(s)
Dr. Jon Postel
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  • ▶ IETF RFC 879 (1983-11-01)
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