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RFC5044-Marker PDU Aligned Framing for TCP Specification
【资料成文时间】： 2007
【语言】：英文
【页数】：74
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【文件格式】： PDF
【文件原名】：Marker PDU Aligned Framing for TCP Specification
【摘要或目录】：
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. Motivation .................................................4
1.2. Protocol Overview ..........................................5
2. Glossary ........................................................8
3. MPA’s Interactions with DDP ....................................11
4. MPA Full Operation Phase .......................................13
4.1. FPDU Format ...............................................13
4.2. Marker Format .............................................14
4.3. MPA Markers ...............................................14
4.4. CRC Calculation ...........................................16
4.5. FPDU Size Considerations ..................................21
5. MPA’s interactions with TCP ....................................22
5.1. MPA transmitters with a standard layered TCP ..............22
5.2. MPA receivers with a standard layered TCP .................23
6. MPA Receiver FPDU Identification ...............................24
7. Connection Semantics ...........................................24
7.1. Connection Setup ..........................................24
7.1.1. MPA Request and Reply Frame Format .................26
7.1.2. Connection Startup Rules ...........................28
7.1.3. Example Delayed Startup Sequence ...................30
7.1.4. Use of Private Data ................................33
7.1.4.1. Motivation ................................33
7.1.4.2. Example Immediate Startup Using
Private Data ..............................35
7.1.5. "Dual Stack" Implementations .......................37
7.2. Normal Connection Teardown ................................38
8. Error Semantics ................................................39
9. Security Considerations ........................................40
9.1. Protocol-Specific Security Considerations .................40
9.1.1. Spoofing ...........................................40
9.1.1.1. Impersonation .............................41
9.1.1.2. Stream Hijacking ..........................41
9.1.1.3. Man-in-the-Middle Attack ..................41
9.1.2. Eavesdropping ......................................42
9.2. Introduction to Security Options ..........................42
9.3. Using IPsec with MPA ......................................43
9.4. Requirements for IPsec Encapsulation of MPA/DDP ...........43
10. IANA Considerations ...........................................44
Appendix A. Optimized MPA-Aware TCP Implementations ...............45
A.1. Optimized MPA/TCP Transmitters ............................46
A.2. Effects of Optimized MPA/TCP Segmentation .................46
A.3. Optimized MPA/TCP Receivers ...............................48
A.4. Re-segmenting Middleboxes and Non-Optimized MPA/TCP
Senders ...................................................49
A.5. Receiver Implementation ...................................50
A.5.1. Network Layer Reassembly Buffers ...................51
A.5.2. TCP Reassembly Buffers .............................52
Appendix B. Analysis of MPA over TCP Operations ...................52
B.1. Assumptions ...............................................53
B.1.1. MPA Is Layered beneath DDP .........................53
B.1.2. MPA Preserves DDP Message Framing ..................53
B.1.3. The Size of the ULPDU Passed to MPA Is Less Than
EMSS Under Normal Conditions .......................53
B.1.4. Out-of-Order Placement but NO Out-of-Order Delivery.54
B.2. The Value of FPDU Alignment ...............................54
B.2.1. Impact of Lack of FPDU Alignment on the Receiver
Computational Load and Complexity ..................56
B.2.2. FPDU Alignment Effects on TCP Wire Protocol ........60
Appendix C. IETF Implementation Interoperability with RDMA
Consortium Protocols ..................................62
C.1. Negotiated Parameters ......................................63
C.2. RDMAC RNIC and Non-Permissive IETF RNIC ....................64
C.2.1. RDMAC RNIC Initiator ................................65
C.2.2. Non-Permissive IETF RNIC Initiator ..................65
C.2.3. RDMAC RNIC and Permissive IETF RNIC .................65
C.2.4. RDMAC RNIC Initiator ................................66
C.2.5. Permissive IETF RNIC Initiator ......................67
C.3. Non-Permissive IETF RNIC and Permissive IETF RNIC ..........67
Normative References ..............................................68
Informative References ............................................68
Contributors ......................................................70