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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sctp.rst b/Documentation/networking/sctp.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9f4d9c8a925b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/sctp.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================= +Linux Kernel SCTP +================= + +This is the current BETA release of the Linux Kernel SCTP reference +implementation. + +SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a IP based, message oriented, +reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for +transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages. +RFC2960 defines the core protocol. The IETF SIGTRAN working group originally +developed the SCTP protocol and later handed the protocol over to the +Transport Area (TSVWG) working group for the continued evolvement of SCTP as a +general purpose transport. + +See the IETF website (http://www.ietf.org) for further documents on SCTP. +See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2960.txt + +The initial project goal is to create an Linux kernel reference implementation +of SCTP that is RFC 2960 compliant and provides an programming interface +referred to as the UDP-style API of the Sockets Extensions for SCTP, as +proposed in IETF Internet-Drafts. + +Caveats +======= + +- lksctp can be built as statically or as a module. However, be aware that + module removal of lksctp is not yet a safe activity. + +- There is tentative support for IPv6, but most work has gone towards + implementation and testing lksctp on IPv4. + + +For more information, please visit the lksctp project website: + + http://www.sf.net/projects/lksctp + +Or contact the lksctp developers through the mailing list: + + <linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org> |