Re: SCTP: Heartbeat ack recieved without sending Heartbeat
Michael Tuexen <[email protected]>
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Hi,
since it is not from you:
Do not process it.
I would also just drop it and take no further action.
Best regards
Michael
PS: When receiving a HB-ACK in response to an HB I would check if
all fields make sense. You should not be attackable by a peer
which modifies the HB info...
On Jun 16, 2006, at 11:09 AM, ash kat wrote:
> Hi All
>
> What should be the behavior of SCTP when an endpoint recieved a
> Heartbeat-ack from peer when it has not sent any heartbeat to peer?
>
> Is RFC 2960 say anything about this?
>
> If Not then What is the proper solution:
> 1. The Endpoint should drop the message [ ignore the Heartbeat ack ]
> 2. Process the Hearbeat ack as normal.
> 3. Send an Abort to peer.
> 4. Some other option.....
>
> Regards,
> Ashwani Kathuria.
>
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