Re: login response for non-login request.

"Robert D. Russell" <rdr@io.iol.unh.edu> Wed, 25 September 2002 22:51 UTC

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From: "Robert D. Russell" <rdr@io.iol.unh.edu>
To: Michael Morrison <mmorrison@istor.com>
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Subject: Re: login response for non-login request.
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Michael:

The simplest answer is because the target is allowed
to send only Login Response PDUs during login phase,
and it is therefore illegal for it to send a Reject PDU.

Best,

Bob Russell
InterOperability Lab
University of New Hampshire
rdr@iol.unh.edu
603-862-3774



On 25 Sep 2002, Michael Morrison wrote:

> In the last paragraph of section 2.2.3 of draft 17
>
> "Once the Login phase has started, if the target
> receives any PDU except a Login request, it MUST send a Login reject
> (with Status "invalid during login") and then disconnect. If the
> initiator receives any PDU except a Login response, it MUST
> immediately terminate the connection."
>
> Shouldn't the target send back a Reject PDU with PROTOCOL ERROR in this
> case?
>
> why would the target send a Login Response to a non-login request?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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