> From: Michael Krause [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:21 PM > > Why not just leverage the SDP port mapper protocol already defined in the > RDMAC version and avoid having to provide a new address family? The port > mapper protocol is interconnect independent and will enable sockets > applications to more easily be executed transparently. It seems > counterproductive to continue to pursue a new address family. > > BTW, the new port mapper protocol will also work with the new async > sockets and memory management API that is nearly complete (should be > approved soon within the OpenGroup). This would greatly enhance socket > application design and provide greater performance when operating over a > RDMA interconnect than traditional BSD sockets. >
A while ago, there was some discussion of having transparent port mapping be a bad thing, and a security vulnerability of some sort. Note that I don't personally believe that. - Fab _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
