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<reference anchor='RFC0879'>

<front>
<title abbrev='TCP Maximum Segment Size'>TCP maximum segment size and related topics</title>
<author initials='J.' surname='Postel' fullname='J. Postel'>
<organization>University of Southern California (USC)/Information Sciences Institute</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>4676 Admiralty Way</street>
<city>Marina del Rey</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>90291</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 213 822 1511</phone></address></author>
<date month='November' day='1' year='1983' />
<abstract>
<t>This memo 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".</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='879' />
</reference>
