Re: COPS : Clarifications

In normal operation, only a single TCP connection is needed, because
multiple COPS Client OPEN can be multiplexed over the same TCP
connection.  But this does not limit the use of multiple TCP connections
if it is necessary.
-- Kwok Ho Chan --

At 09:58 AM 7/24/02 +0200, Dan Davidson wrote:
>Hi,
>
>         In section 2.3 "Communication" of the COPS protocol (RFC 2748) the
>following
>sentences can be encountered:
>
>"The COPS protocol uses a single persistent TCP connection between the PEP
>and a remote PDP"
>
>a little later in the same section":
>
>"If a single PEP can support multiple client-types, it may send multiple
>Client-Open messages, each specifying a particular client-type to a PDP over
>one or more TCP
>connections".
>
>The question is: How many TCP connections are there ? A single one or
>multiples ?
>
>Thanks for the help,
>Best Regards,
>Dan