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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
> > >
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> >
> > --
> > Randall R. Stewart
> > randall@stewart.chicago.il.us 815-342-5222 (cell phone)
> >
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> >

-- 
Randall R. Stewart
randall@stewart.chicago.il.us 815-342-5222 (cell phone)

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