Peter Memishian writes: > > > However, it is in fact a special problem for SCTP. For all of the > > previous protocols, you could just do SO_TYPE and you'd know the right > > answer, because there was only one SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM transport > > protocol. Now there isn't. > > True, though most of us would've winced if we saw code doing that sort of > mapping even prior to SCTP -- it's inherently fragile and defeats the > intended abstraction.
Sure. But given that we never bothered to provide a proper interface to retrieve this sort of information, what was a programmer working on deadline to do? :-/ -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
