Re: Abort chunk bundled with data chunk

On Oct 15, 2009, at 12:04 PM, David Laight wrote:

>> I would just start processing the packet, process the DATA chunk,
>> find the ABORT, decide the packet is illegal, discard the  
>> association,
>> and do not send an ABORT since I received one.
>
> That might lead to the application processing the data from
> the DATA chunk ....
... correct. And the problem is? The message was sent from a peer
with a broken SCTP stack.
An SCTP implementation can process a packet from the
beginning and does not need to roll back anything. A prescreening is
not required, I think.

Best regards
Michael
>
> 	David
>
> Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton  
> Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK
> Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
> P Please consider the environment and don't print this e-mail unless  
> you really need to
>