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+NWG/RFC # 151                                                 A. Shoshani
+                                                              SDC
+NIC #6755                                                     May 10, 1971
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+                   COMMENTS ON A PROFERRED OFFICIAL ICP
+                             (RFCs 123, 127)
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+Bob Long at SDC noticed that the order in which messages go out to the
+network depend on the local NCP. In particular commands may be given
+priority over data and therefore in the sequence specified for server in
+RFC 123 (top of Page 3), the last two INIT commands may go out before the
+data = S on socket = L is sent.  (This is the case in the current
+implementation of SDC's NCP.) The implication is that the user's NCP should
+be prepared to keep the INIT's it received from the server until the user
+process gets the data = S and issues two INITs in response.
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+This case is brought up now so that people will think about it before the
+Atlantic City meeting and comment whether their NCP can tolerate it. It may
+be necessary to make it explicit in the ICP that the two INITs sent by the
+server should go out only after the data = S is sent, or even after the
+user process acknowledges its receipt.
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+I have a more general remark about the ICP. This is a third level protocol
+and therefore should not alter or ignore procedures of the second level
+protocol (Host-Host protocol). In particular three remarks seem
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+Kreznar                                                         [Page 1]
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+RFC 19                                                      October 1969
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+1. In RFC 123 (bottom of Page 2) it is suggested that the byte size for the
+   connection to the server socket L is 32. However, in the modifications
+   to second level protocol (RDC 107) it is specified that it is up to the
+   sending process to chose the byte size. According to the Host-Host
+   protocol, NCPs should be prepared to accept messages in any byte size
+   (1<= size <=255);  therefore there is no need to impose a size of 32 in
+   this case.  Furthermore, since it is up to the sender to choose the byte
+   size, some Hosts may choose a particular byte size (for simplicity and
+   convenience) and their NCP may not be geared to transmit in an imposed
+   byte size.
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+2. In RFCs 66 and 80, an ALL is expected on the connection to the server
+   socket before data can be sent. In RFCs 123 and 127 the ALL requirement
+   disappeared.  But the ALL is a Host-Host protocol requirement and not
+   requiring it creates special case. A particular NCP implementation may
+   cause the ALL to be sent internally when a connection is created,
+   without the user process having control of it. Relaxing this requirement
+   will create a special case for the receiving NCP not to send the ALL and
+   for the sending NCP to send the data = S without first receiving an ALL.
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+3. In RFC 127, I disagree with the comment "send 32 bits of data in one
+   message" because it is a second level protocol decision that a message
+   can be sent in any size pieces and the size is to be specified through
+   the ALL mechanism. In particular, there may be hosts which are not
+   prepared to accept more than few bytes at a time (TIPs).
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+In general we should not make second level decisions in a third level
+protocol.
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+        [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
+        [ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the   ]
+        [ direction of Alex McKenzie.                   12/96   ]
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+Kreznar                                                         [Page 2]
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