Internet DRAFT - draft-zimmermann-tcpm-undeployed
draft-zimmermann-tcpm-undeployed
TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions A. Zimmermann
(TCPM) WG NetApp, Inc.
Internet-Draft W. Eddy
Obsoletes: 675 721 879 1078 6013 MTI Systems
(if approved) L. Eggert
Updates: 4614bis (if approved) NetApp, Inc.
Intended status: Informational July 29, 2014
Expires: January 30, 2015
Moving Undeployed TCP Extensions to Historic and Informational Status --
An addition to RFC 6247
draft-zimmermann-tcpm-undeployed-01
Abstract
This document reclassifies several TCP extensions that have either
been superceded or never seen widespread use to Historic status. The
affected RFCs are RFC 675, RFC 721, RFC 879, RFC 1078, and RFC 6013.
Additionally, it reclassifies RFC 813, RFC 814, RFC 816, RFC 817, RFC
872, RFC 896, and RFC 964 to Informational status. Most of those
RFCs are today part of RFC 1122.
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1. Introduction
TCP has a long history. Over time, many RFCs accumulated that
described aspects of the TCP protocol, implementation, and
extensions. Some of these have become outdated or simply have never
seen widespread deployment. Section 6 and 7.1 of the TCP Roadmap
document [I-D.ietf-tcpm-tcp-rfc4614bis] already classifies a number
of TCP extensions as "historic" and describes the reasons for doing
so, but it does not instruct the RFC Editor and IANA to change the
status of these RFCs in the RFC database and the relevant IANA
registries. The sole purpose of this document is to do just that.
Please refer to Section 6 and 7.1 of [I-D.ietf-tcpm-tcp-rfc4614bis]
for justification.
2. RFC Editor Considerations
The RFC Editor is requested to change the status of the following
RFCs to Historic [RFC2026]:
o [RFC0675] on "Specification of Internet Transmission Control
Program"
o [RFC0721] on "Out-of-Band Control Signals in a Host-to-Host
Protocol"
o [RFC0879] on "TCP Maximum Segment Size and Related Topics"
o [RFC1078] on "TCP port service Multiplexer (TCPMUX)"
o [RFC6013] on "TCP Cookie Transactions"
The RFC Editor is requested to change the status of the following
RFCs to Informational [RFC2026]:
o [RFC0813] on "Window and Acknowledgement Strategy in TCP"
o [RFC0814] on "Name, addresses, ports, and routes"
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o [RFC0816] on "Fault Isolation and Recovery
o [RFC0817] on "Modularity and efficiency in protocol
implementation"
o [RFC0872] on "TCP-on-a-LAN"
o [RFC0896] on "Congestion Control in IP/TCP Internetworks"
o [RFC0964] on "Some problems with the specification of the Military
Standard Transmission Control Protocol"
3. Security Considerations
This document introduces no new security considerations. Each RFC
listed in this document attempts to address the security
considerations of the specification it contains.
4. References
4.1. Normative References
[RFC0675] Cerf, V., Dalal, Y., and C. Sunshine, "Specification of
Internet Transmission Control Program", RFC 675,
December 1974.
[RFC0721] Garlick, L., "Out-of-Band Control Signals in a Host-to-
Host Protocol", RFC 721, September 1976.
[RFC0813] Clark, D., "Window and Acknowledgement Strategy in TCP",
RFC 813, July 1982.
[RFC0814] Clark, D., "Name, addresses, ports, and routes", RFC 814,
July 1982.
[RFC0816] Clark, D., "Fault isolation and recovery", RFC 816,
July 1982.
[RFC0817] Clark, D., "Modularity and efficiency in protocol
implementation", RFC 817, July 1982.
[RFC0872] Padlipsky, M., "TCP-on-a-LAN", RFC 872, September 1982.
[RFC0879] Postel, J., "TCP maximum segment size and related topics",
RFC 879, November 1983.
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[RFC0896] Nagle, J., "Congestion control in IP/TCP internetworks",
RFC 896, January 1984.
[RFC0964] Sidhu, D. and T. Blumer, "Some problems with the
specification of the Military Standard Transmission
Control Protocol", RFC 964, November 1985.
[RFC1078] Lottor, M., "TCP port service Multiplexer (TCPMUX)",
RFC 1078, November 1988.
[RFC6013] Simpson, W., "TCP Cookie Transactions (TCPCT)", RFC 6013,
January 2011.
4.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-tcpm-tcp-rfc4614bis]
Duke, M., Braden, R., Eddy, W., Blanton, E., and A.
Zimmermann, "A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP) Specification Documents",
draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-rfc4614bis-05 (work in progress),
April 2014.
[RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
Authors' Addresses
Alexander Zimmermann
NetApp, Inc.
Sonnenallee 1
Kirchheim 85551
Germany
Phone: +49 89 900594712
Email: alexander.zimmermann@netapp.com
Wesley M. Eddy
MTI Systems
3000 Aerospace Parkway
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: 216-433-6682
Email: wes@mti-systems.com
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Lars Eggert
NetApp, Inc.
Sonnenallee 1
Kirchheim 85551
Germany
Phone: +49 89 900594306
Email: lars@netapp.com
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