Using SCTP as a Transport Layer Protocol for HTTP
draft-natarajan-http-over-sctp-02
| Document | Type | Expired Internet-Draft (individual) | |
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| Authors | Preethi Natarajan , Paul Amer , Jonathan Leighton , Fred Baker | ||
| Last updated | 2009-07-09 | ||
| Replaces | draft-natarajan-httpbis-sctp | ||
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-natarajan-http-over-sctp-02.txt
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
(prenatar@cisco.com)
Paul Amer
(amer@cis.udel.edu)
Jonathan Leighton
(leighton@cis.udel.edu)
Fred Baker
(fred@cisco.com)
(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid.)