10.8 Summary

We have looked at a simple SCTP client and server spanning about 150 lines of code. Both the client and server used the one-to-many-style SCTP interface. The server was constructed in an iterative style, common when using the one-to-many-style interface, receiving each message and responding on either the same stream the message was sent on or on one stream higher. We then looked at the head-of-line blocking problem. We modified our client to emphasize the problem and to show how SCTP streams can be used to avoid this problem. We looked at how the number of streams can be manipulated using one of the many socket options available to control SCTP behavior. Finally, we again modified our server and client so that they could be made to either abort an association including a user upper layer reason code, or in our server's case, shut down the association gracefully after sending a message.

We will examine SCTP more deeply in Chapter 23