Re: [rtcweb] RTCWEB Data Channel: Usage of PPID for protocol multiplexing

[Michael Tuexen <[e-mail]>]

On Feb 5, 2014, at 10:32 PM, "Makaraju, Maridi Raju (Raju)" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>> I believe that Firefox is the browser that does that.  At the last
>>> IETF, I think we agreed that it's a temporary fix at best while we
>>> wait until this problem is solved at the SCTP layer and not above it.
> [Raju] Using NDATA I believe.
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>>> 
>>> I'm not aware of any native clients that use this technique, unless
>>> there are native clients that use Firefox's code.   Perhaps there are;
>>> I just don't know of any.
>>> 
>>> In any case, it's not part of the standard, and I think the plan is
>>> that it won't be needed long-term.
>> As discussed in the last IETF meeting, this PPID based fragmentation and
>> reassembly
>> will be removed from the ID.
> [Raju] Can I then assume the reason for such removal is the availability of NDATA (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ndata-03) sooner than later, which will make such PPID based fragmentation/reassembly immediately obsolete?
Right. The point was not to have two solutions, but use one.

Best regards
Michael
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> [Raju] -Raju
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