From 4bfd864f10b68b71482b35c818559068ef8d5797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Voss Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:54:24 +0100 Subject: doc: Add RFC documents --- doc/rfc/rfc22.txt | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/rfc/rfc22.txt (limited to 'doc/rfc/rfc22.txt') diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc22.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc22.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe06830 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc22.txt @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group Vint Cerf +Request for Comments: 22 UCLA + October 17, 1969 + + + Host-Host Control Message Formats + + NWG/RFC 11 has been modified at UCLA; and will be republished. In + the meantime, it seems important to report a new control message + format which does not use 7-bit ASCII character mode of transmission. + + All Host-Host control messages consist of sequences of 8-bit bytes of + the form: + + ... + + It is reasonable to transmit more than one control message in any + given packet, although this is not mandatory. + + Presently, 9 control messages have been defined by UCLA; these are + given in the table below along with their parameters. The + interpretation is given from the point of view of the transmitting + host. ("L" or "Li" mean Link#, and are binary values.) + + Control byte Parameter Interpretation + + <0> Please establish primary connection; + our output link # is L + + <1> Please establish auxiliary connection + parallel to our primary output link L. + The auxiliary output link is L2. + + <2> DK primary. Your primary output link + to us was L; our primary output link + to you is L2. + + <3> OK auxiliary. Your auxiliary output + link is Li, our auxiliary output link + is L2. + + <4> Not OK primary. We cannot establish a + primary connection. Your primary + output link number was L. + + <5>
  • Not OK auxiliary. We cannot establish + an auxiliary connection. Your primary + output link no was L2. + + + +Cerf [Page 1] + +RFC 22 Host-Host Control Message Formats October 1969 + + + <6> Please stop transmitting over link + number L. This is called the CEASE + directive. + + <7> We are CLOSING our output link number + L. You may get this message before + the last message arrives over this + link since control messages are higher + priority than regular data messages. + + <8> UNCEASE: that is, you may resume + transmitting over output link number + L. + + Each control message is embedded in the appropriate message structure + e.g.: + + <-------------32 bits ---------------> + | HEADER | + |____________________________________| + | | | | | + | mark | l | | | + |______|_______|___________|_________| + | | | + | checksum | Padding | + |_________________|__________________| + typical control message (please + establish auxiliary link #L2 + parallel to our primary link #l) + + The header for all HOST-HOST control messages is given below: + + 0 3 4 7 8 9 10 14 LINK# 24 31 + _______________________________________________________________ + | | | | | |////////////////| + | FLAGS | TYPE | H | SITE | 00000001 |////////////////| + |_______|______|_____|_______|_______________|________________| + + where FLAGS - 0000 + TYPE - 0000 (regular message) + H - host #(0-3) at SITE (usually 0 for single HOST sites) + SITE - Site # + LINK# - 00000001 (HOST-HOST control link) + + + [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] + [ into the online RFC archives by Alison De La Cruz 12/00 ] + + + + +Cerf [Page 2] + -- cgit v1.2.3