Hello, On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 09:26:40AM +0000, Dave Cridland wrote: > On Fri Nov 3 22:48:32 2006, Tobias Markmann wrote: > >I didn't know SCTP since you've mentioned it and have some > >questions: > > > > 1. Is SCTP TCP compatible? When a server provides SCTP protocol on > > port 5222 for example normal TCP clients can still connect? > > Nope. Or yes. It depends on what you're asking for. "port 5222" is > transport-protocol specific, so SCTP, TCP, and UDP can all co-exist > on that port, but the server needs to listen to those ports > independently. > > SCTP is also message based, which means it can cope with stanza ACKs > by using one message per N stanzas, but on the other hand it means > it's very different to TCP.
Well, I more thought using one message per stanza, so you do not have to think about where one starts and another ends. It could help the client to apply DOM-parsing on each stanza separately. Maybe even the multi-streaming capability could be nice. > I don't think it's a solution, as such, and the multi-homing/mobility > capabilities that have been mentioned exist in several forms at the > IP layer, such as MIP6, and perhaps most interestingly HIP. > -- You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can make a fool of yourself anytime. Michal "vorner" Vaner
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