> On 12 Jun 2016, at 07:11, Jeff Morriss <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Guy Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 11, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Jaap Keuter <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Well, it's surprising it was added (again) the analyze.
> >
> > Historically all items in Telephony were in Analyze, which became too long 
> > to be
> > practical. Therefore all Telephony related items were grouped in their own 
> > menu.
> > This included SCTP.
> 
> So is SCTP a telephony protocol, or is it a protocol intended for general use 
> that's currently primarily used for telephony?
> 
> If the former, I'd put it under Telephony.
> 
> If the latter, however, I'd put it under Analyze.
> 
> The latter.  It was initially developed in the SIGTRAN working group but then 
> moved over to the transport working group (I believe that happened when it 
> was realized that it really was a general-purpose protocol).
It is nowadays also used in WebRTC for data channels...

Best regards
Michael
> 
> I'd /guess/ it's still in the Telephony menu for people expecting to find it 
> there.
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