Re: DATA chunks with an invalid length

On Jul 6, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Horsham, Ian wrote:

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> Hello Everyone
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> I wonder if you would be able to help me regarding a question I have about SCTP.
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> How should SCTP DATA chunks should be handled if the chunk length is incorrectly set by the sender? Would I be right in thinking that these chunks should be acknowledged and silently discarded or should they be identified as gaps when sending a SACK in response?
The behavior is not explicitly defined in the RFC... Could you be a bit more explicit what
is wrong with the length of the DATA chunk you are considering?

Best regards
Michael
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> If anyone can help with this I would be very much appreciated.
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> Many Thanks and Kind Regards
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> Ian Horsham
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