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Using SCTP as a Transport Layer Protocol for HTTP
draft-natarajan-http-over-sctp-02

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Authors Preethi Natarajan , Professor Paul D. Amer , Jonathan Leighton , Fred Baker
Last updated 2009-07-09
Replaces draft-natarajan-httpbis-sctp
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Abstract

Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) [RFC2616] requires a reliable transport for end-to-end communication. While historically TCP has been used for this purpose, this document proposes an alternative -- the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) [RFC4960]. Similar to TCP, SCTP offers a reliable end-to-end transport connection to applications. Additionally, SCTP offers innovative services unavailable in TCP. This draft (i) specifies HTTP over SCTP's multistreaming service, (ii) lists open issues warranting more discussion and/or investigation, and (iii) shares some lessons learned from implementing HTTP over SCTP. Finally, this document highlights SCTP services that better match HTTP's needs than TCP.

Authors

Preethi Natarajan
Professor Paul D. Amer
Jonathan Leighton
Fred Baker

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