SCTP Stack Implementation
This section lists the details of the
Oracle Solaris implementation of the IETF
standard for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (RFC
4960)
. The table in this section
lists all of the exceptions from RFC
4960. The SCTP protocol in the
Oracle Solaris operating
system fully implements any section
s of RFC
4960 that is not explicitly mentioned in
the table.
Table 7-3 Oracle Solaris SCTP Implementation Exceptions
from RFC 4960
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3. SCTP Packet Format
| 3.2 Chunk Field Descriptions:
Oracle Solaris SCTP does not implement
the optional ECNE and CWR. 3.3.2:
Oracle Solaris
SCTP does not implement the Initiation (INIT) Optional ECN, Host
Name Address, and Cookie Preserving parameters. 3.3.3:
Oracle Solaris
SCTP does not implement the Initiation Acknowledgement, Optional
ECN, and Host Name Address parameters.
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5. Association Initialization
| 5.1.2, Handle Address Parameters: Section (B), Optional Host Name parameter,
is not implemented.
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10. Interface with Upper Layer
| Oracle Solaris
SCTP implements the IETF TSVWG SCTP socket API draft.
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Note - The Oracle Solaris 11 implementation of the TSVWG SCTP socket
API is based on a version of the API draft that was published at the time
when Oracle Solaris 11 was first shipped.