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Re: [SCTP-Discussion] SCTP implementation


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  • From: Andreas Jungmaier <ajung AT exp-math.uni-essen.de>
  • To: discussion AT sctp.de, Yiwen Jiang <Yiwen.Jiang AT tic.siemens.ca>
  • Subject: Re: [SCTP-Discussion] SCTP implementation
  • Date: Mon Mar 12 16:00:01 2001
  • List-id: SCTP Discussions <discussion.sctp.de>
  • Organization: University of Essen, Germany

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On Monday, 12. March 2001 15:32, Yiwen Jiang wrote:
> > It would make sense, but is a LOT harder to implement !
> > There is a lot of research - and corporate - interest on both, though.
>
> What about the kernel implementation from http://www.sctp.refcode.org/ ? Is
> there any relationship between you guys and them?

Nope - that is two entirely separate projects as La Monte already
said. The Linux-Implementation is in the kernel which is a much
more complex thing. Ours is entirely in user-space, and uses the raw
socket interface. Both are Open Source though !

> > Before you start writing a Diameter server, I suggest you get
> > familiar with the SCTP :-)
>
> I would like to do that... I only started working on Diameter a week ago!-(
>
> I don't think one needed to know the fine details of TCP before one uses it
> to implement a daemon... From your comment, it seems that one needs to
> understand the nitty gritty of SCTP before doing Diameter then? What would
> the reason behind this? Or did I misunderstood?

Well SCTP is a transport protocol, so it essentially does similar
things as TCP. However, there is (not yet) a socket API, so each
implementation has sort of its own API (however most complete
implemetations will adhere more or less to section 10 of RFC 2960)

> Thanks for the response! I'll have an eye out for the new release!
>
Sure !

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