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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc1006.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc1006.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e5ca73 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc1006.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1124 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 1] + + + + +Network Working Group Marshall T. Rose, Dwight E. Cass +Request for Comments: RFC 1006 Northrop Research and Technology Center +Obsoletes: RFC 983 May 1987 + + + + ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP + Version: 3 + + +Status of this Memo + + This memo specifies a standard for the Internet community. Hosts + on the Internet that choose to implement ISO transport services + on top of the TCP are expected to adopt and implement this + standard. TCP port 102 is reserved for hosts which implement this + standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. + + This memo specifies version 3 of the protocol and supersedes + [RFC983]. Changes between the protocol as described in Request for + Comments 983 and this memo are minor, but are unfortunately + incompatible. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 1] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +1. Introduction and Philosophy + + + The Internet community has a well-developed, mature set of + transport and internetwork protocols (TCP/IP), which are quite + successful in offering network and transport services to + end-users. The CCITT and the ISO have defined various session, + presentation, and application recommendations which have been + adopted by the international community and numerous vendors. + To the largest extent possible, it is desirable to offer these + higher level directly in the ARPA Internet, without disrupting + existing facilities. This permits users to develop expertise + with ISO and CCITT applications which previously were not + available in the ARPA Internet. It also permits a more + graceful convergence and transition strategy from + TCP/IP-based networks to ISO-based networks in the + medium-and long-term. + + There are two basic approaches which can be taken when "porting" + an ISO or CCITT application to a TCP/IP environment. One + approach is to port each individual application separately, + developing local protocols on top of the TCP. Although this is + useful in the short-term (since special-purpose interfaces to the + TCP can be developed quickly), it lacks generality. + + A second approach is based on the observation that both the ARPA + Internet protocol suite and the ISO protocol suite are both + layered systems (though the former uses layering from a more + pragmatic perspective). A key aspect of the layering principle + is that of layer-independence. Although this section is + redundant for most readers, a slight bit of background material + is necessary to introduce this concept. + + Externally, a layer is defined by two definitions: + + a service-offered definition, which describes the services + provided by the layer and the interfaces it provides to + access those services; and, + + a service-required definitions, which describes the services + used by the layer and the interfaces it uses to access those + services. + + Collectively, all of the entities in the network which co-operate + to provide the service are known as the service-provider. + Individually, each of these entities is known as a service-peer. + + Internally, a layer is defined by one definition: + + a protocol definition, which describes the rules which each + service-peer uses when communicating with other service-peers. + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 2] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + Putting all this together, the service-provider uses the protocol + and services from the layer below to offer the its service to the + layer above. Protocol verification, for instance, deals with + proving that this in fact happens (and is also a fertile field + for many Ph.D. dissertations in computer science). + + The concept of layer-independence quite simply is: + + IF one preserves the services offered by the service-provider + + THEN the service-user is completely naive with respect to the + protocol which the service-peers use + + + For the purposes of this memo, we will use the layer-independence + to define a Transport Service Access Point (TSAP) which appears + to be identical to the services and interfaces offered by the + ISO/CCITT TSAP (as defined in [ISO8072]), but we will in fact + implement the ISO TP0 protocol on top of TCP/IP (as defined in + [RFC793,RFC791]), not on top of the the ISO/CCITT network + protocol. Since the transport class 0 protocol is used over the + TCP/IP connection, it achieves identical functionality as + transport class 4. Hence, ISO/CCITT higher level layers (all + session, presentation, and application entities) can operate + fully without knowledge of the fact that they are running on a + TCP/IP internetwork. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 3] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +2. Motivation + + + In migrating from the use of TCP/IP to the ISO protocols, there + are several strategies that one might undertake. This memo was + written with one particular strategy in mind. + + The particular migration strategy which this memo uses is based + on the notion of gatewaying between the TCP/IP and ISO protocol + suites at the transport layer. There are two strong arguments + for this approach: + + 1. Experience teaches us that it takes just as long to get good + implementations of the lower level protocols as it takes to get + implementations of the higher level ones. In particular, it has + been observed that there is still a lot of work being done at the + ISO network and transport layers. As a result, implementations + of protocols above these layers are not being aggressively + pursued. Thus, something must be done "now" to provide a medium + in which the higher level protocols can be developed. Since + TCP/IP is mature, and essentially provides identical + functionality, it is an ideal medium to support this development. + + 2. Implementation of gateways at the IP and ISO IP layers are + probably not of general use in the long term. In effect, this + would require each Internet host to support both TP4 and TCP. + As such, a better strategy is to implement a graceful migration + path from TCP/IP to ISO protocols for the ARPA Internet when the + ISO protocols have matured sufficiently. + + Both of these arguments indicate that gatewaying should occur at + or above the transport layer service access point. Further, the + first argument suggests that the best approach is to perform the + gatewaying exactly AT the transport service access point to + maximize the number of ISO layers which can be developed. + + NOTE: This memo does not intend to act as a migration or + intercept document. It is intended ONLY to meet the + needs discussed above. However, it would not be + unexpected that the protocol described in this memo + might form part of an overall transition plan. The + description of such a plan however is COMPLETELY + beyond the scope of this memo. + + Finally, in general, building gateways between other layers in the + TCP/IP and ISO protocol suites is problematic, at best. + + To summarize: the primary motivation for the standard described in + this memo is to facilitate the process of gaining experience with + higher-level ISO protocols (session, presentation, and + application). The stability and maturity of TCP/IP are ideal for + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 4] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + providing solid transport services independent of actual + implementation. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 5] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +3. The Model + + + The [ISO8072] standard describes the ISO transport service + definition, henceforth called TP. + + ASIDE: This memo references the ISO specifications rather + than the CCITT recommendations. The differences + between these parallel standards are quite small, + and can be ignored, with respect to this memo, + without loss of generality. To provide the reader + with the relationships: + + Transport service [ISO8072] [X.214] + Transport protocol [ISO8073] [X.224] + Session protocol [ISO8327] [X.225] + + + The ISO transport service definition describes the services + offered by the TS-provider (transport service) and the interfaces + used to access those services. This memo focuses on how the ARPA + Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) [RFC793] can be used to offer + the services and provide the interfaces. + + + +-----------+ +-----------+ + | TS-user | | TS-user | + +-----------+ +-----------+ + | | + | TSAP interface TSAP interface | + | [ISO8072] | + | | + +----------+ ISO Transport Services on the TCP +----------+ + | client |-----------------------------------------| server | + +----------+ (this memo) +----------+ + | | + | TCP interface TCP interface | + | [RFC793] | + | | + + + For expository purposes, the following abbreviations are used: + + TS-peer a process which implements the protocol described + by this memo + + TS-user a process talking using the services of a TS-peer + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 6] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + TS-provider the black-box entity implementing the protocol + described by this memo + + + For the purposes of this memo, which describes version 2 of the + TSAP protocol, all aspects of [ISO8072] are supported with one + exception: + + Quality of Service parameters + + + In the spirit of CCITT, this is left "for further study". A + future version of the protocol will most likely support the QOS + parameters for TP by mapping these onto various TCP parameters. + + The ISO standards do not specify the format of a session port + (termed a TSAP ID). This memo mandates the use of the GOSIP + specification [GOSIP86] for the interpretation of this field. + (Please refer to Section 5.2, entitled "UPPER LAYERS ADDRESSING".) + + Finally, the ISO TSAP is fundamentally symmetric in behavior. + There is no underlying client/server model. Instead of a server + listening on a well-known port, when a connection is established, + the TS-provider generates an INDICATION event which, presumably + the TS-user catches and acts upon. Although this might be + implemented by having a server "listen" by hanging on the + INDICATION event, from the perspective of the ISO TSAP, all TS- + users just sit around in the IDLE state until they either generate + a REQUEST or accept an INDICATION. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 7] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +4. The Primitives + + + The protocol assumes that the TCP[RFC793] offers the following + service primitives: + + Events + + connected - open succeeded (either ACTIVE or PASSIVE) + + connect fails - ACTIVE open failed + + data ready - data can be read from the connection + + errored - the connection has errored and is now closed + + closed - an orderly disconnection has started + + Actions + + listen on port - PASSIVE open on the given port + + open port - ACTIVE open to the given port + + read data - data is read from the connection + + send data - data is sent on the connection + + close - the connection is closed (pending data is + sent) + + +This memo describes how to use these services to emulate the following +service primitives, which are required by [ISO8073]: + + Events + + N-CONNECT.INDICATION + - An NS-user (responder) is notified that + connection establishment is in progress + + + N-CONNECT.CONFIRMATION + - An NS-user (responder) is notified that + the connection has been established + + N-DATA.INDICATION + - An NS-user is notified that data can be + read from the connection + + + + + +M. 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Cass [Page 8] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + N-DISCONNECT.INDICATION + - An NS-user is notified that the connection + is closed + + Actions + + N-CONNECT.REQUEST + - An NS-user (initiator) indicates that it + wants to establish a connection + + N-CONNECT.RESPONSE + - An NS-user (responder) indicates that it + will honor the request + + N-DATA.REQUEST - An NS-user sends data + + N-DISCONNECT.REQUEST + - An NS-user indicates that the connection + is to be closed + + The protocol offers the following service primitives, as defined + in [ISO8072], to the TS-user: + + Events + + T-CONNECT.INDICATION + - a TS-user (responder) is notified that + connection establishment is in progress + + T-CONNECT.CONFIRMATION + - a TS-user (initiator) is notified that the + connection has been established + + T-DATA.INDICATION + - a TS-user is notified that data can be read + from the connection + + T-EXPEDITED DATA.INDICATION + - a TS-user is notified that "expedited" data + can be read from the connection + + T-DISCONNECT.INDICATION + - a TS-user is notified that the connection + is closed + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 9] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + Actions + + T-CONNECT.REQUEST + - a TS-user (initiator) indicates that it + wants to establish a connection + + T-CONNECT.RESPONSE + - a TS-user (responder) indicates that it + will honor the request + + T-DATA.REQUEST - a TS-user sends data + + T-EXPEDITED DATA.REQUEST + - a TS-user sends "expedited" data + + T-DISCONNECT.REQUEST + - a TS-user indicates that the connection + is to be closed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 10] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +5. The Protocol + + + The protocol specified by this memo is identical to the protocol + for ISO transport class 0, with the following exceptions: + + - for testing purposes, initial data may be exchanged + during connection establishment + + - for testing purposes, an expedited data service is + supported + + - for performance reasons, a much larger TSDU size is + supported + + - the network service used by the protocol is provided + by the TCP + + + The ISO transport protocol exchanges information between peers in + discrete units of information called transport protocol data units + (TPDUs). The protocol defined in this memo encapsulates these + TPDUs in discrete units called TPKTs. The structure of these + TPKTs and their relationship to TPDUs are discussed in the next + section. + + PRIMITIVES + + The mapping between the TCP service primitives and the service + primitives expected by transport class 0 are quite straight- + forward: + + network service TCP + --------------- --- + CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT + + N-CONNECT.REQUEST open completes + + N-CONNECT.INDICATION listen (PASSIVE open) + finishes + + N-CONNECT.RESPONSE listen completes + + N-CONNECT.CONFIRMATION open (ACTIVE open) + finishes + + DATA TRANSFER + + N-DATA.REQUEST send data + + N-DATA.INDICATION data ready followed by + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 11] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + read data + + CONNECTION RELEASE + + N-DISCONNECT.REQUEST close + + N-DISCONNECT.INDICATION connection closes or + errors + + Mapping parameters is also straight-forward: + + network service TCP + --------------- --- + CONNECTION RELEASE + + Called address server's IP address + (4 octets) + + Calling address client's IP address + (4 octets) + + all others ignored + + DATA TRANSFER + + NS-user data (NSDU) data + + CONNECTION RELEASE + + all parameters ignored + + + + CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT + + The elements of procedure used during connection establishment + are identical to those presented in [ISO8073], with three + exceptions. + + In order to facilitate testing, the connection request and + connection confirmation TPDUs may exchange initial user data, + using the user data fields of these TPDUs. + + In order to experiment with expedited data services, the + connection request and connection confirmation TPDUs may + negotiate the use of expedited data transfer using the + negotiation mechanism specified in [ISO8073] is used (e.g., + setting the "use of transport expedited data transfer service" + bit in the "Additional Option Selection" variable part). The + default is not to use the transport expedited data transfer + service. + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 12] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + In order to achieve good performance, the default TPDU size is + 65531 octets, instead of 128 octets. In order to negotiate a + smaller (standard) TPDU size, the negotiation mechanism + specified in [ISO8073] is used (e.g., setting the desired bit + in the "TPDU Size" variable part). + + To perform an N-CONNECT.REQUEST action, the TS-peer performs + an active open to the desired IP address using TCP port 102. + When the TCP signals either success or failure, this results + in an N-CONNECT.INDICATION action. + + To await an N-CONNECT.INDICATION event, a server listens on + TCP port 102. When a client successfully connects to this + port, the event occurs, and an implicit N-CONNECT.RESPONSE + action is performed. + + NOTE: In most implementations, a single server will + perpetually LISTEN on port 102, handing off + connections as they are made + +DATA TRANSFER + + The elements of procedure used during data transfer are identical + to those presented in [ISO8073], with one exception: expedited + data may be supported (if so negotiated during connection + establishment) by sending a modified ED TPDU (described below). + The TPDU is sent on the same TCP connection as all of the other + TPDUs. This method, while not faithful to the spirit of [ISO8072], + is true to the letter of the specification. + + To perform an N-DATA.REQUEST action, the TS-peer constructs the + desired TPKT and uses the TCP send data primitive. + + To trigger an N-DATA.INDICATION action, the TCP indicates that + data is ready and a TPKT is read using the TCP read data + primitive. + +CONNECTION RELEASE + + To perform an N-DISCONNECT.REQUEST action, the TS-peer simply closes + the TCP connection. + + If the TCP informs the TS-peer that the connection has been closed or + has errored, this indicates an N-DISCONNECT.INDICATION event. + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 13] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +6. Packet Format + + + A fundamental difference between the TCP and the network service + expected by TP0 is that the TCP manages a continuous stream of + octets, with no explicit boundaries. The TP0 expects information + to be sent and delivered in discrete objects termed network + service data units (NSDUs). Although other classes of transport + may combine more than one TPDU inside a single NSDU, transport + class 0 does not use this facility. Hence, an NSDU is identical + to a TPDU for the purposes of our discussion. + + The protocol described by this memo uses a simple packetization + scheme in order to delimit TPDUs. Each packet, termed a TPKT, is + viewed as an object composed of an integral number of octets, of + variable length. + + NOTE: For the purposes of presentation, these objects are + shown as being 4 octets (32 bits wide). This + representation is an artifact of the style of this + memo and should not be interpreted as requiring + that a TPKT be a multiple of 4 octets in length. + + A TPKT consists of two parts: a packet-header and a TPDU. The + format of the header is constant regardless of the type of packet. + The format of the packet-header is as follows: + + 0 1 2 3 + 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | vrsn | reserved | packet length | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + + where: + + vrsn 8 bits + + This field is always 3 for the version of the protocol described in + this memo. + + packet length 16 bits (min=7, max=65535) + + This field contains the length of entire packet in octets, + including packet-header. This permits a maximum TPDU size of + 65531 octets. Based on the size of the data transfer (DT) TPDU, + this permits a maximum TSDU size of 65524 octets. + + The format of the TPDU is defined in [ISO8073]. Note that only + TPDUs formatted for transport class 0 are exchanged (different + transport classes may use slightly different formats). + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 14] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + To support expedited data, a non-standard TPDU, for expedited data + is permitted. The format used for the ED TPDU is nearly identical + to the format for the normal data, DT, TPDU. The only difference + is that the value used for the TPDU's code is ED, not DT: + + 0 1 2 3 + 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | header length | code |credit |TPDU-NR and EOT| user data | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | ... | ... | ... | ... | + | ... | ... | ... | ... | + | ... | ... | ... | ... | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + + After the credit field (which is always ZERO on output and ignored + on input), there is one additional field prior to the user data. + + TPDU-NR and EOT 8 bits + + Bit 7 (the high-order bit, bit mask 1000 0000) indicates the end + of a TSDU. All other bits should be ZERO on output and ignored on + input. + + Note that the TP specification limits the size of an expedited + transport service data unit (XSDU) to 16 octets. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 15] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +7. Comments + + + Since the release of RFC983 in April of 1986, we have gained much + experience in using ISO transport services on top of the TCP. In + September of 1986, we introduced the use of version 2 of the + protocol, based mostly on comments from the community. + + In January of 1987, we observed that the differences between + version 2 of the protocol and the actual transport class 0 + definition were actually quite small. In retrospect, this + realization took much longer than it should have: TP0 is is meant + to run over a reliable network service, e.g., X.25. The TCP can be + used to provide a service of this type, and, if no one complains + too loudly, one could state that this memo really just describes a + method for encapsulating TPO inside of TCP! + + The changes in going from version 1 of the protocol to version 2 + and then to version 3 are all relatively small. Initially, in + describing version 1, we decided to use the TPDU formats from the + ISO transport protocol. This naturally led to the evolution + described above. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 16] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + +8. References + + + [GOSIP86] The U.S. Government OSI User's Committee. + "Government Open Systems Interconnection Procurement + (GOSIP) Specification for Fiscal years 1987 and + 1988." (December, 1986) [draft status] + + [ISO8072] ISO. + "International Standard 8072. Information Processing + Systems -- Open Systems Interconnection: Transport + Service Definition." + (June, 1984) + + [ISO8073] ISO. + "International Standard 8073. Information Processing + Systems -- Open Systems Interconnection: Transport + Protocol Specification." + (June, 1984) + + [ISO8327] ISO. + "International Standard 8327. Information Processing + Systems -- Open Systems Interconnection: Session + Protocol Specification." + (June, 1984) + + [RFC791] Internet Protocol. + Request for Comments 791 (MILSTD 1777) + (September, 1981) + + [RFC793] Transmission Control Protocol. + Request for Comments 793 (MILSTD 1778) + (September, 1981) + + [RFC983] ISO Transport Services on Top of the TCP. + Request for Comments 983 + (April, 1986) + + [X.214] CCITT. + "Recommendation X.214. Transport Service Definitions + for Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) for CCITT + Applications." + (October, 1984) + + [X.224] CCITT. + "Recommendation X.224. Transport Protocol + Specification for Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) + for CCITT Applications." (October, 1984) + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 17] + +RFC 1006 May 1987 + + + [X.225] CCITT. + "Recommendation X.225. Session Protocol Specification + for Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) for CCITT + Applications." + (October, 1984) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +M. Rose & D. Cass [Page 18] +
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