| 10001 | Operational Guidelines for DNS Transport in Mixed IPv4/IPv6 EnvironmentsMomoka, T. Fiebig | Best Current Practice | August 2026 |
| 9937 | Proportional Rate Reduction (PRR)M. Mathis, N. Cardwell, Y. Cheng, N. Dukkipati | Proposed Standard | December 2025 |
| 9869 | Datagram Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery (DPLPMTUD) for UDP OptionsG. Fairhurst, T. Jones | Proposed Standard | October 2025 |
| 9406 | HyStart++: Modified Slow Start for TCPP. Balasubramanian, Y. Huang, M. Olson | Proposed Standard | May 2023 |
| 9365 | IPv6 Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (IPWAVE): Problem Statement and Use CasesJ. Jeong, Ed. | Informational | March 2023 |
| 9347 | Aggregation and Fragmentation Mode for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Its Use for IP Traffic Flow Security (IP-TFS)C. Hopps | Proposed Standard | January 2023 |
| 9300 | The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)D. Farinacci, V. Fuller, D. Meyer, D. Lewis, A. Cabellos, Ed. | Proposed Standard | October 2022 |
| 9299 | An Architectural Introduction to the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)A. Cabellos, D. Saucez, Ed. | Informational | October 2022 |
| 9293 | Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)W. Eddy, Ed. | Internet Standard | August 2022 |
| 9268 | IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop OptionR. Hinden, G. Fairhurst | Experimental | August 2022 |
| 9229 | IPv4 Routes with an IPv6 Next Hop in the Babel Routing ProtocolJ. Chroboczek | Experimental | May 2022 |
| 9147 | The Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Protocol Version 1.3E. Rescorla, H. Tschofenig, N. Modadugu | Proposed Standard | April 2022 |
| 9040 | TCP Control Block InterdependenceJ. Touch, M. Welzl, S. Islam | Informational | July 2021 |
| 8900 | IP Fragmentation Considered FragileR. Bonica, F. Baker, G. Huston, R. Hinden, O. Troan, F. Gont | Best Current Practice | September 2020 |
| 8899 | Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery for Datagram TransportsG. Fairhurst, T. Jones, M. Tüxen, I. Rüngeler, T. Völker | Proposed Standard | September 2020 |
| 8883 | ICMPv6 Errors for Discarding Packets Due to Processing LimitsT. Herbert | Proposed Standard | September 2020 |
| 8855 | The Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP)G. Camarillo, K. Drage, T. Kristensen, J. Ott, C. Eckel | Proposed Standard | January 2021 |
| 8831 | WebRTC Data ChannelsR. Jesup, S. Loreto, M. Tüxen | Proposed Standard | January 2021 |
| 8799 | Limited Domains and Internet ProtocolsB. Carpenter, B. Liu | Informational | July 2020 |
| 8656 | Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN): Relay Extensions to Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)T. Reddy, Ed., A. Johnston, Ed., P. Matthews, J. Rosenberg | Proposed Standard | February 2020 |
| 8504 | IPv6 Node RequirementsT. Chown, J. Loughney, T. Winters | Best Current Practice | January 2019 |
| 8468 | IPv4, IPv6, and IPv4-IPv6 Coexistence: Updates for the IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) FrameworkA. Morton, J. Fabini, N. Elkins, M. Ackermann, V. Hegde | Informational | November 2018 |
| 8305 | Happy Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using ConcurrencyD. Schinazi, T. Pauly | Proposed Standard | December 2017 |
| 8304 | Transport Features of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Lightweight UDP (UDP-Lite)G. Fairhurst, T. Jones | Informational | February 2018 |
| 8261 | Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Encapsulation of SCTP PacketsM. Tuexen, R. Stewart, R. Jesup, S. Loreto | Proposed Standard | November 2017 |
| 8201 | Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6J. McCann, S. Deering, J. Mogul, R. Hinden, Ed. | Internet Standard | July 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 |
| 8021 | Generation of IPv6 Atomic Fragments Considered HarmfulF. Gont, W. Liu, T. Anderson | Informational | January 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 |
| 7915 | IP/ICMP Translation AlgorithmC. Bao, X. Li, F. Baker, T. Anderson, F. Gont | Proposed Standard | June 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 |
| 7600 | IPv4 Residual Deployment via IPv6 - A Stateless Solution (4rd)R. Despres, S. Jiang, Ed., R. Penno, Y. Lee, G. Chen, M. Chen | Experimental | July 2015 |
| 7599 | Mapping of Address and Port using Translation (MAP-T)X. Li, C. Bao, W. Dec, Ed., O. Troan, S. Matsushima, T. Murakami | Proposed Standard | July 2015 |
| 7574 | Peer-to-Peer Streaming Peer Protocol (PPSPP)A. Bakker, R. Petrocco, V. Grishchenko | Proposed Standard | July 2015 |
| 7414 | A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification DocumentsM. Duke, R. Braden, W. Eddy, E. Blanton, A. Zimmermann | Informational | February 2015 |
| 7400 | 6LoWPAN-GHC: Generic Header Compression for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)C. Bormann | Proposed Standard | November 2014 |
| 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 |
| 7323 | TCP Extensions for High PerformanceD. Borman, B. Braden, V. Jacobson, R. Scheffenegger, Ed. | Proposed Standard | September 2014 |
| 7252 | The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)Z. Shelby, K. Hartke, C. Bormann | Proposed Standard | June 2014 |
| 7126 | Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 OptionsF. Gont, R. Atkinson, C. Pignataro | Best Current Practice | February 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 |
| 7016 | Adobe's Secure Real-Time Media Flow ProtocolM. Thornburgh | Informational | November 2013 |
| 6951 | UDP Encapsulation of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Packets for End-Host to End-Host CommunicationM. Tuexen, R. Stewart | Proposed Standard | May 2013 |
| 6817 | Low Extra Delay Background Transport (LEDBAT)S. Shalunov, G. Hazel, J. Iyengar, M. Kuehlewind | Experimental | December 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 |
| 6520 | Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Heartbeat ExtensionR. Seggelmann, M. Tuexen, M. Williams | Proposed Standard | February 2012 |
| 6434 | IPv6 Node RequirementsE. Jankiewicz, J. Loughney, T. Narten · obsoleted by RFC 8504 | Informational | December 2011 |
| 6349 | Framework for TCP Throughput TestingB. Constantine, G. Forget, R. Geib, R. Schrage | Informational | August 2011 |
| 6347 | Datagram Transport Layer Security Version 1.2E. Rescorla, N. Modadugu · obsoleted by RFC 9147 | Proposed Standard | January 2012 |
| 6274 | Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol Version 4F. Gont | Informational | July 2011 |
| 6250 | Evolution of the IP ModelD. Thaler | Informational | May 2011 |
| 6158 | RADIUS Design GuidelinesA. DeKok, Ed., G. Weber | Best Current Practice | March 2011 |
| 5948 | Transmission of IPv4 Packets over the IP Convergence Sublayer of IEEE 802.16S. Madanapalli, S. Park, S. Chakrabarti, G. Montenegro | Proposed Standard | August 2010 |
| 5927 | ICMP Attacks against TCPF. Gont | Informational | July 2010 |
| 5766 | Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN): Relay Extensions to Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)R. Mahy, P. Matthews, J. Rosenberg · obsoleted by RFC 8656 | Proposed Standard | April 2010 |
| 5681 | TCP Congestion ControlM. Allman, V. Paxson, E. Blanton | Draft Standard | September 2009 |
| 5634 | Quick-Start for the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)G. Fairhurst, A. Sathiaseelan | Experimental | August 2009 |
| 5533 | Shim6: Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6E. Nordmark, M. Bagnulo | Proposed Standard | June 2009 |
| 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 |
| 5213 | Proxy Mobile IPv6S. Gundavelli, Ed., K. Leung, V. Devarapalli, K. Chowdhury, B. Patil | Proposed Standard | August 2008 |
| 5082 | The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)V. Gill, J. Heasley, D. Meyer, P. Savola, Ed., C. Pignataro | Proposed Standard | October 2007 |
| 4963 | IPv4 Reassembly Errors at High Data RatesJ. Heffner, M. Mathis, B. Chandler | Informational | July 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 |
| 4820 | Padding Chunk and Parameter for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)M. Tuexen, R. Stewart, P. Lei | Proposed Standard | March 2007 |