Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:07:50 -0600 From: Randall Stewart <randall@stewart.chicago.il.us> To: Jim Fleming <jfleming@anet.com> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG, Marco Molteni <molter@tin.it>, romain@cuivre.fr.eu.org Subject: Re: SCTP Message-ID: <3C23A4A6.9EC2D921@stewart.chicago.il.us> References: <20011211190756.A52248@gargantua.dyndns.org> <20011211194248.A54901@gargantua.dyndns.org> <20011212134941.A4544@cobweb.example.org> <3C2356F9.5A160A5@stewart.chicago.il.us> <010801c18a39$7eb75e80$1000a8c0@Unir.com>
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Jim: Comments below :> Jim Fleming wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. Here are a couple of comments. > > We can only fit ICMP, UDP and TCP in IPv4++ > Does SCTP run inside UDP ? > http://www.dot-biz.com/IPv4/Tutorial/ > http://www.RepliGate.net > No, SCTP is IP protocol number 132 (if I remember right). It is a multi-streaming protocol that gets rid of the TCP H-O-L blocking issue. For more details you can check out the following: RFC2960 or Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) a reference guide Publisher addison/wesley > Also, the Unir Project and Virtual Personal Computer (VPC) > uses a concept called Wide-Pipes. It runs in TCP. Those > are 16-bit wide pipes where each byte has a stream number. > It was the cover story in Dr. Dobb's Journal, #88, February 1984 > for those that reference prior art. > > The Netfilter Project: Packet Mangling for Linux 2.4 > http://netfilter.samba.org > http://www.IPv8.info > IPv16....One Better !! > > Jim Fleming > http://www.ddj.com/articles/search/search.cgi?q=fleming > Oct93: The C+@ Programming Language > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randall Stewart" <randall@stewart.chicago.il.us> > To: <net@FreeBSD.ORG> > Cc: "Marco Molteni" <molter@tin.it>; <romain@cuivre.fr.eu.org> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:36 AM > Subject: Re: SCTP > > > Hi all: > > > > Sorry for the delay in responding my head is deep into > > getting this thing out the door :> > > > > Yes, we are very very close... currently I am looking at > > some final testing of a few features and then we have > > a decision to make... your input would be nice ... > > > > 1) We have the UDP model mostly completed > > (draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-02.txt) and > > have just begun the work on the TCP model (note I say mostly because > > we > > do have a few minor tweaks to do before we can be 100% there). > > > > 2) We are thinking we will need about an additional month or two to get > > the TCP model in as well. > > > > > > This leaves us with a choice. Release the code we have now after > > integrating to the current KAME release (we are working with a > > kame snap right now). Then in a month or two release a update > > that includes the TCP model. Or hold off and wait for a couple > > of months and release it all at once. > > > > Your opinions would be most welcome on how you'all would like > > to see it.. > > > > By the way, if anyone wants a private release let me know and > > I can send it to you.. > > > > > > Regards > > > > R > > > > Marco Molteni wrote: > > > > > > On 2001-12-11, Romain Berrendonner wrote: > > > > Le 2001-12-11 19:07 UTC+0100, Romain Berrendonner a ecrit: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > Does anybody know a SCTP (RFC XXXX) implementation in FreeBSD ? > > > > > > > > > Off course, I meant 8) > > > > > > > > RFC 2960 Stream Control Transmission Protocol. R. Stewart, Q. Xie, K. > > > > Morneault, C. Sharp, H. Schwarzbauer, T. Taylor, I. Rytina, M. Kalla, > > > > L. Zhang, V. Paxson. October 2000. (Format: TXT=297757 bytes) > > > > (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) > > > > > > There is the SCTP reference implementation by Stewart and Xie > > > http://www.sctp.org/ > > > > > > I think Randall Stewart (Hi Randall) is on -net too and may chime in. > > > > > > marco > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Randall R. Stewart > > randall@stewart.chicago.il.us 815-342-5222 (cell phone) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > > -- Randall R. Stewart randall@stewart.chicago.il.us 815-342-5222 (cell phone) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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