| 9869 | Datagram Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery (DPLPMTUD) for UDP OptionsG. Fairhurst, T. Jones | Proposed Standard | October 2025 |
| 8900 | IP Fragmentation Considered FragileR. Bonica, F. Baker, G. Huston, R. Hinden, O. Troan, F. Gont | Best Current Practice | September 2020 |
| 8201 | Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6J. McCann, S. Deering, J. Mogul, R. Hinden, Ed. | Internet Standard | July 2017 |
| 8159 | Keyed IPv6 TunnelM. Konstantynowicz, Ed., G. Heron, Ed., R. Schatzmayr, W. Henderickx | Proposed Standard | May 2017 |
| 8095 | Services Provided by IETF Transport Protocols and Congestion Control MechanismsG. Fairhurst, Ed., B. Trammell, Ed., M. Kuehlewind, Ed. | Informational | March 2017 |
| 8085 | UDP Usage GuidelinesL. Eggert, G. Fairhurst, G. Shepherd | Best Current Practice | March 2017 |
| 7925 | Transport Layer Security (TLS) / Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Profiles for the Internet of ThingsH. Tschofenig, Ed., T. Fossati | Proposed Standard | July 2016 |
| 7755 | SIIT-DC: Stateless IP/ICMP Translation for IPv6 Data Center EnvironmentsT. Anderson | Proposed Standard | February 2016 |
| 7739 | Security Implications of Predictable Fragment Identification ValuesF. Gont | Informational | February 2016 |
| 7690 | Close Encounters of the ICMP Type 2 Kind (Near Misses with ICMPv6 Packet Too Big (PTB))M. Byerly, M. Hite, J. Jaeggli | Informational | January 2016 |
| 7676 | IPv6 Support for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)C. Pignataro, R. Bonica, S. Krishnan | Proposed Standard | October 2015 |
| 7588 | A Widely Deployed Solution to the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Fragmentation ProblemR. Bonica, C. Pignataro, J. Touch | Informational | July 2015 |
| 7450 | Automatic Multicast TunnelingG. Bumgardner | Proposed Standard | February 2015 |
| 7414 | A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification DocumentsM. Duke, R. Braden, W. Eddy, E. Blanton, A. Zimmermann | Informational | February 2015 |
| 7383 | Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) Message FragmentationV. Smyslov | Proposed Standard | November 2014 |
| 7365 | Framework for Data Center (DC) Network VirtualizationM. Lasserre, F. Balus, T. Morin, N. Bitar, Y. Rekhter | Informational | October 2014 |
| 7348 | Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN): A Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 NetworksM. Mahalingam, D. Dutt, K. Duda, P. Agarwal, L. Kreeger, T. Sridhar, M. Bursell, C. Wright | Informational | August 2014 |
| 7323 | TCP Extensions for High PerformanceD. Borman, B. Braden, V. Jacobson, R. Scheffenegger, Ed. | Proposed Standard | September 2014 |
| 7122 | Datagram Convergence Layers for the Delay- and Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) Bundle Protocol and Licklider Transmission Protocol (LTP)H. Kruse, S. Jero, S. Ostermann | Experimental | March 2014 |
| 7112 | Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header ChainsF. Gont, V. Manral, R. Bonica | Proposed Standard | January 2014 |
| 7059 | A Comparison of IPv6-over-IPv4 Tunnel MechanismsS. Steffann, I. van Beijnum, R. van Rein | Informational | November 2013 |
| 6752 | Issues with Private IP Addressing in the InternetA. Kirkham | Informational | September 2012 |
| 6732 | 6to4 Provider Managed TunnelsV. Kuarsingh, Ed., Y. Lee, O. Vautrin · obsoleted by RFC 7526 | Historic | September 2012 |
| 6691 | TCP Options and Maximum Segment Size (MSS)D. Borman · obsoleted by RFC 9293 | Informational | July 2012 |
| 6556 | Testing Eyeball HappinessF. Baker | Informational | April 2012 |
| 6434 | IPv6 Node RequirementsE. Jankiewicz, J. Loughney, T. Narten · obsoleted by RFC 8504 | Informational | December 2011 |
| 6250 | Evolution of the IP ModelD. Thaler | Informational | May 2011 |
| 6189 | ZRTP: Media Path Key Agreement for Unicast Secure RTPP. Zimmermann, A. Johnston, Ed., J. Callas | Informational | April 2011 |
| 6180 | Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms during IPv6 DeploymentJ. Arkko, F. Baker | Informational | May 2011 |
| 6092 | Recommended Simple Security Capabilities in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for Providing Residential IPv6 Internet ServiceJ. Woodyatt, Ed. | Informational | January 2011 |
| 5927 | ICMP Attacks against TCPF. Gont | Informational | July 2010 |
| 5505 | Principles of Internet Host ConfigurationB. Aboba, D. Thaler, L. Andersson, S. Cheshire | Informational | May 2009 |
| 5415 | Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol SpecificationP. Calhoun, Ed., M. Montemurro, Ed., D. Stanley, Ed. | Proposed Standard | March 2009 |
| 5405 | Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application DesignersL. Eggert, G. Fairhurst · obsoleted by RFC 8085 | Best Current Practice | November 2008 |
| 5320 | The Subnetwork Encapsulation and Adaptation Layer (SEAL)F. Templin, Ed. | Experimental | February 2010 |
| 5215 | RTP Payload Format for Vorbis Encoded AudioL. Barbato | Proposed Standard | August 2008 |
| 5213 | Proxy Mobile IPv6S. Gundavelli, Ed., K. Leung, V. Devarapalli, K. Chowdhury, B. Patil | Proposed Standard | August 2008 |
| 5121 | Transmission of IPv6 via the IPv6 Convergence Sublayer over IEEE 802.16 NetworksB. Patil, F. Xia, B. Sarikaya, JH. Choi, S. Madanapalli | Proposed Standard | February 2008 |
| 5082 | The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)V. Gill, J. Heasley, D. Meyer, P. Savola, Ed., C. Pignataro | Proposed Standard | October 2007 |
| 4960 | Stream Control Transmission ProtocolR. Stewart, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 9260 | Proposed Standard | September 2007 |
| 4907 | Architectural Implications of Link IndicationsB. Aboba, Ed. | Informational | June 2007 |
| 4890 | Recommendations for Filtering ICMPv6 Messages in FirewallsE. Davies, J. Mohacsi | Informational | May 2007 |
| 4821 | Packetization Layer Path MTU DiscoveryM. Mathis, J. Heffner | Proposed Standard | March 2007 |
| 4623 | Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Fragmentation and ReassemblyA. Malis, M. Townsley | Proposed Standard | August 2006 |
| 4459 | MTU and Fragmentation Issues with In-the-Network TunnelingP. Savola | Informational | April 2006 |
| 4443 | Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationA. Conta, S. Deering, M. Gupta, Ed. | Internet Standard | March 2006 |
| 4413 | TCP/IP Field BehaviorM. West, S. McCann | Informational | March 2006 |
| 4347 | Datagram Transport Layer SecurityE. Rescorla, N. Modadugu · obsoleted by RFC 6347 | Historic | April 2006 |
| 4338 | Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Packets over Fibre ChannelC. DeSanti, C. Carlson, R. Nixon | Proposed Standard | January 2006 |
| 4294 | IPv6 Node RequirementsJ. Loughney, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 6434 | Informational | April 2006 |
| 4213 | Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and RoutersE. Nordmark, R. Gilligan | Proposed Standard | October 2005 |
| 4023 | Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)T. Worster, Y. Rekhter, E. Rosen, Ed. | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |
| 3985 | Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) ArchitectureS. Bryant, Ed., P. Pate, Ed. | Informational | March 2005 |
| 3931 | Layer Two Tunneling Protocol - Version 3 (L2TPv3)J. Lau, Ed., M. Townsley, Ed., I. Goyret, Ed. | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |
| 3831 | Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Fibre ChannelC. DeSanti · obsoleted by RFC 4338 | Proposed Standard | July 2004 |
| 3819 | Advice for Internet Subnetwork DesignersP. Karn, Ed., C. Bormann, G. Fairhurst, D. Grossman, R. Ludwig, J. Mahdavi, G. Montenegro, J. Touch, L. Wood | Best Current Practice | July 2004 |
| 3790 | Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Internet Area Standards Track and Experimental DocumentsC. Mickles, Ed., P. Nesser, II | Informational | June 2004 |
| 3723 | Securing Block Storage Protocols over IPB. Aboba, J. Tseng, J. Walker, V. Rangan, F. Travostino | Proposed Standard | April 2004 |
| 3542 | Advanced Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for IPv6W. Stevens, M. Thomas, E. Nordmark, T. Jinmei | Informational | June 2003 |
| 3481 | TCP over Second (2.5G) and Third (3G) Generation Wireless NetworksH. Inamura, Ed., G. Montenegro, Ed., R. Ludwig, A. Gurtov, F. Khafizov | Best Current Practice | February 2003 |
| 3366 | Advice to link designers on link Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ)G. Fairhurst, L. Wood | Best Current Practice | September 2002 |
| 3316 | Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) for Some Second and Third Generation Cellular HostsJ. Arkko, G. Kuijpers, H. Soliman, J. Loughney, J. Wiljakka · obsoleted by RFC 7066 | Informational | May 2003 |
| 3032 | MPLS Label Stack EncodingE. Rosen, D. Tappan, G. Fedorkow, Y. Rekhter, D. Farinacci, T. Li, A. Conta | Proposed Standard | January 2001 |
| 2960 | Stream Control Transmission ProtocolR. Stewart, Q. Xie, K. Morneault, C. Sharp, H. Schwarzbauer, T. Taylor, I. Rytina, M. Kalla, L. Zhang, V. Paxson · obsoleted by RFC 4960 | Proposed Standard | October 2000 |
| 2923 | TCP Problems with Path MTU DiscoveryK. Lahey | Informational | September 2000 |
| 2765 | Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)E. Nordmark · obsoleted by RFC 6145 | Proposed Standard | February 2000 |
| 2740 | OSPF for IPv6R. Coltun, D. Ferguson, J. Moy · obsoleted by RFC 5340 | Proposed Standard | December 1999 |
| 2675 | IPv6 JumbogramsD. Borman, S. Deering, R. Hinden | Proposed Standard | August 1999 |
| 2626 | The Internet and the Millennium Problem (Year 2000)P. Nesser II | Informational | June 1999 |
| 2492 | IPv6 over ATM NetworksG. Armitage, P. Schulter, M. Jork | Proposed Standard | January 1999 |
| 2491 | IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networksG. Armitage, P. Schulter, M. Jork, G. Harter | Proposed Standard | January 1999 |
| 2473 | Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 SpecificationA. Conta, S. Deering | Proposed Standard | December 1998 |
| 2467 | Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI NetworksM. Crawford | Proposed Standard | December 1998 |
| 2463 | Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationA. Conta, S. Deering · obsoleted by RFC 4443 | Draft Standard | December 1998 |
| 2460 | Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationS. Deering, R. Hinden · obsoleted by RFC 8200 | Draft Standard | December 1998 |
| 2292 | Advanced Sockets API for IPv6W. Stevens, M. Thomas · obsoleted by RFC 3542 | Informational | February 1998 |