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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc40.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc40.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2fd024a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc40.txt @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group E. Harslem +Request for Comments: 40 J. Heafner + RAND + March 1970 + + More Comments on the Forthcoming Protocol + +We have recently discussed NWG/RFC Nos. 36 and 39 with Steve Crocker, +UCLA. Steve has asked that we elaborate on the errors, queries, and +HOST status that were mentioned in NWG/RFC #39. + +Please voice your opinions soon in order to affect the forthcoming +protocol specifications. + +ERROR MESSAGES + + <ERR> <Code> <Command length> <Command in error> + +<Code> is an eight-bit field that specifies the error type. The +assigned codes are shown below. <Command length> is a 16-bit integer +that indicates the length of the <Command in error> in bits. The +<Command in error> is the spurious command. + +The ranges of <Code> are shown below in hexidecimal. + + 00 Unspecified error types + 10-0F Resource errors + 10-1F Status errors + 20-2F Content errors + 30-3F Unused + +Specific values of <Code> are shown below with their meaning. + + <Code> value Semantics + + 00 Unspecified errors. + 01 Request for an invalid resource. + 02 Request for an exhausted resource, try later. + 03-0F Unused. + 10 Invalid <RSM>, i.e., link connected but unblocked. + 11 Invalid <SPD>. + 12 Invalid <ASG>, i.e., connected but no <RDY> + received. + + + + + + + + + [Page 1] + + <Code> value Semantics + + 13 Message received on blocked link. + 14-1F Unused. + 20 Unknown command code. + 21 Message received on unconnected link. + 22 Invalid <RFC>. + 23 Invalid <CLS>. + 24 Invalid <RSM>, i.e., link not connected. + 25 Invalid <FND>. + 26 Invalid <END>. + 27 Invalid <RDY>. + 28 Invalid <ASG>, i.e., not connected. + 29-2F Unused. + 30-FF Unused. + +QUERIES + + <QRY> <My Socket> +or <RPY> <Your Socket> <Text> + +The <QRY> is the query indicated in NWG/RFC #39 and <RPY> is the reply. +The format of <Text> is shown below; also refer to NWG/RFC #36, p. 3. + +<Text>::= <16 bit count of relevant connection table entries> + <relevant connection table entries> + +<relevant connection table entries>::= + <relevant connection table entries> + <a relevant connection table entry> + <a relevant connection table entry> + +<a relevant connection table entry>::= <local socket> <foreign socket> + <link> <connection state> + <flow state and buffer control> + <reconnection control state> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + [Page 2] + +HOST STATUS + + <NOP> + +An NCP may be up, down, pending, etc. When an NCP changes its +state to UP it should send a <NOP> to each remote NCP which +indicates the NCP is available. The sending NCP can then +construct a vector of HOST status from the RFNMs it receives. An +NCP receiving a <NOP> can update the availability of the sending +NCP in its HOST status vector. + + + + [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] + [ into the online RFC archives by Richard Ames 6/97 ] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + [Page 3] + |