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RFC 8261: Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Encapsulation of SCTP Packets

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The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport protocol originally defined to run on top of the network protocols IPv4 or IPv6. This document specifies how SCTP can be used on top of the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol. Using the encapsulation method described in this document, SCTP is unaware of the protocols being used below DTLS; hence, explicit IP addresses cannot be used in the SCTP control chunks. As a consequence, the SCTP associations carried over DTLS can only be single-homed.

Document record

Document ID
RFC8261
Published
November 2017
Authors
M. Tuexen; R. Stewart; R. Jesup; S. Loreto
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
wit
Pages
10
Also known as
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Updated by:
RFC 8899, RFC 8996

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