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Re: [SCTP-Discussion] SCTP for Windows


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  • From: Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen AT micmac.franken.de>
  • To: Thomas Dreibholz <dreibh AT iem.uni-due.de>
  • Cc: "sctp-discussion AT sctp.de" <sctp-discussion AT sctp.de>, "discussion AT sctp.de" <discussion AT sctp.de>
  • Subject: Re: [SCTP-Discussion] SCTP for Windows
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:52:17 +0200
  • List-archive: <http://lists.franken.de/pipermail/sctp-discussion>
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On Jun 4, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Thomas Dreibholz wrote:

> Dear Eyal,
>
> sorry for the late reply!
>
> If you have the option to develop on Ubuntu 12.04, I would recommend to get
> started with sctplib using Ubuntu first. Most sctplib users are probably
> using
> either Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X or Solaris, so it is much easier to provide
> help. Once you are familar with sctplib under Linux, it should be much
> easier
> to also get it working under Windows, if necessary.
If the focus is on the above mentioned OSes, you can use a kernel
implementation,
which is available.
>
> To use sctplib under Linux, download the packages sctplib and socketapi.
> The
> versions provided should run fine under Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin).
> The
> only thing you need to note is that Linux already provides kernel SCTP. You
> cannot use kernel SCTP and userland SCTP (i.e. sctplib) simultaneously.
> However, what you can do is to tunnel userland SCTP over UDP. In this case,
> it
> is important to know that UDP-tunnelled sctplib userland instances can
> *not*
> communicate with non-UDP-tunnelled SCTP instances. As long as all of your
> test
> programs run UDP-tunnelled sctplib, everything is fine.
>
> To install sctplib in UDP-tunneled mode, unpack sctplib and install it as
> follows:
> cd sctplib-<VERSION>
> ./configure --enable-sctp-over-udp
> make
> sudo make install
>
> Then, install socketapi the same way. Note, that it also needs an option
> for
> UDP-tunnelled SCTP:
> cd socketapi-<VERSION>
> ./configure --enable-sctp-over-udp
> make
> sudo make install
>
> You can have a look into the examples directories of socketapi and sctplib
> to
> find test programs. Also have a look into the documentation.
>
> When developing new software, I would recommend to base it on the socket
> API.
> The socket API of sctplib (in the socketapi package) is mostly RFC 6458
> compliant, i.e. except for the "ext_" prefix of the functions, you can work
> with userland SCTP in the same way as with kernel SCTP. This particularly
> also
> includes calls like poll() and select()! If you decide in the future to
> also
> use your programs with kernel SCTP implementations, it is very easy to
> compile
> your program to do so (by adding a few #defines, provided in ext_socket.h).
>
> For an example on how to write SCTP software that supports kernel as well
> as
> userland SCTP (configurable by compile-time option), see my RSerPool
> implementation rsplib at
> http://www.iem.uni-due.de/~dreibh/rserpool/index.html
> .
>
> However, if you want to use sctplib under Window, there is unfortunately no
> socketapi port yet. You can then either use the callback API of sctplib
> itself, or port socketapi to Windows. This should not be too difficult, but
> I
> have never tried it and no experience with Windows programming.
An alternative might he the usrsctp stack which supports windows and provides
an API similar to the socket API. It is available from
http://code.google.com/p/sctp-refimpl/
in the directory KERN/usrsctp

Best regards
Michael
>
>
> Tirsdag 28. mai 2013 12.57.08 skrev Eyal Savion:
>> Dear Thomas,
>> Thanks for your clarification - It was happened by mistake.
>> Anyway I'm willing to try and use the sctplib, I have the option to develop
>> it upon Win7, or upon Ubunto 12.04 precise Linux OS machineIs the sctplib
>> can work reliably with one of these OS ? Last time you wrote me only the
>> callback API is relevant for windows OS and the socketAPI only for linux ,
>> what is the API ? I downloaded sctplib-1.0.11, socketapi-2.2.5, stt-0.9.6
>> and I read carefully the README.win32 file, How can I use he callback API
>> for windows? What are your recommendations ?
>> Looking forward to your advice,
>> Thanks,Eyal
>
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>
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