Re: Re: Traffic handling modes of SGPs

Hello Brian,

here is a quote from RFC 3868
"
1.3.  Signalling Transport Architecture

...
   In general terms, the SUA architecture can be modeled as a peer-to-
   peer architecture.  The first section considers the SS7 to IP
   interworking architectures for connectionless and connection-oriented
   transport.  For this case, it is assumed that the ASP initiates the
   establishment of the SCTP association with SG.
"

I agree that the last sentence of the quoted paragraph does not say
"SHOULD", at the same time it looks like ASPs must act as clients for
establishment of SCTP associations, and there is no statement in the
RFC that would make ASPs to open listening sockets.

On 12/2/05, Brian F. G. Bidulock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ilie,
>
> Ilie Glib wrote:                             (Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:44:35)
> > Brian,
> >
> > I am sorry to bore you with this, and perhaps it does not deserve too
> > much attention, but ASPs which act as clients (according to the RFC
> > they should do so) would never open a listening socket. Therefore SCTP
> > INIT from the SGP will be lost.
>
> Where does it say that?
>
> --brian
>

Regards

Ilie