Re: [openss7] IETF Draft questions

[Chuck Winters <cwinters@atl.lmco.com>]

Brian,
	I would assume that the other implementation is going by the draft.

Chuck

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 03:43:36PM -0500, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote:
> Chuck,
> 
> <ranting>
> 
> I don't agree with Randall Stewart's view of the socket world.
> 
> Also, the IETF is not responsible for the sockets interface.
> If you want some good examples of how the sockets interface
> applies to a wide range of protocols, see the XPG 5.2/XNS at
> 
>     http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009619199
> 
> (You will have to register to take a look...)
> 
> You can also reference the pertinent POSIX documents available
> at ieee.org (and pay money), but the XPG 5.2/XNS was the basis
> for POSIX.
> 
> The OpenGroup and IEEE documents are standards.  They were
> balloted and passed by companies who write operating systems.
> The IETF socket's draft is merely informational and more
> reflects the view of the authors than anything else.
> 
> </ranting>
> 
> --Brian
> 
> Chuck Winters wrote:                                          Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:19:57
> > 	In the IETF draft for the BSD sockets interface for SCTP, they make it sound like
> > the UDP style syntax and the TCP style syntax create different types of sockets.  What
> > is the difference between the two.  The protocol is still the same though.  You still
> > have a connection oriented protocol.
> > 
> > Chuck
> > 
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