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rfc2960.txt  | Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
| Author(s)
| R. Stewart, Q. Xie, K. Morneault, C. Sharp, H. Schwarzbauer, T. Taylor, I. Rytina, M. Kalla, L. Zhang, V. Paxson |
| Organization
| ietf |
| State
| proposed standard |
| Size
| 297757 bytes
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| updated by
| rfc3309.txt |
| Abstract
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This document describes the Stream Control Transmission Protocol
(SCTP). SCTP is designed to transport PSTN signaling messages over
IP networks, but is capable of broader applications.
SCTP is a reliable transport protocol operating on top of a
connectionless packet network such as IP. It offers the following
services to its users:
-- acknowledged error-free non-duplicated transfer of user data,
-- data fragmentation to conform to discovered path MTU size,
-- sequenced delivery of user messages within multiple streams,
with an option for order-of-arrival delivery of individual user
messages,
-- optional bundling of multiple user messages into a single SCTP
packet, and
-- network-level fault tolerance through supporting of multi-
homing at either or both ends of an association.
The design of SCTP includes appropriate congestion avoidance behavior
and resistance to flooding and masquerade attacks.
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