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1 | Linux Kernel SCTP |
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3 | This is the current BETA release of the Linux Kernel SCTP reference | |
4 | implementation. | |
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6 | SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a IP based, message oriented, | |
7 | reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for | |
8 | transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages. | |
9 | RFC2960 defines the core protocol. The IETF SIGTRAN working group originally | |
10 | developed the SCTP protocol and later handed the protocol over to the | |
11 | Transport Area (TSVWG) working group for the continued evolvement of SCTP as a | |
12 | general purpose transport. | |
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14 | See the IETF website (http://www.ietf.org) for further documents on SCTP. | |
15 | See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2960.txt | |
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17 | The initial project goal is to create an Linux kernel reference implementation | |
18 | of SCTP that is RFC 2960 compliant and provides an programming interface | |
19 | referred to as the UDP-style API of the Sockets Extensions for SCTP, as | |
20 | proposed in IETF Internet-Drafts. | |
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23 | Caveats: | |
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25 | -lksctp can be built as statically or as a module. However, be aware that | |
26 | module removal of lksctp is not yet a safe activity. | |
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28 | -There is tentative support for IPv6, but most work has gone towards | |
29 | implementation and testing lksctp on IPv4. | |
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32 | For more information, please visit the lksctp project website: | |
33 | http://www.sf.net/projects/lksctp | |
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35 | Or contact the lksctp developers through the mailing list: | |
36 | <lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> | |
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