Paper Info
Title
SCTP: an innovative transport layer protocol for the web
Abstract
We propose using the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), a recent IETF transport layer protocol, for reliable web transport. Although TCP has traditionally been used, we argue that SCTP better matches the needs of HTTP-based network applications. This position paper discusses SCTP features that address: (i) head-of-line blocking within a single TCP connection, (ii) vulnerability to network failures, and (iii) vulnerability to denial-of-service SYN attacks. We discuss our experience in modifying the Apache server and the Firefox browser to benefit from SCTP, and demonstrate our HTTP over SCTP design via simple experiments. We also discuss the benefits of using SCTP in other web domains through two example scenarios ? multiplexing user requests, and multiplexing resource access. Finally, we highlight several SCTP features that will be valuable to the design and implementation of current HTTP-based client-server applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1145/1135777.1135867
WWW
Keywords
Field
DocType
multiplexing user request,current http-based client-server application,sctp feature,single tcp connection,reliable web transport,http-based network application,sctp design,innovative transport layer protocol,network failure,recent ietf transport layer,multiplexing resource access,fault tolerant,sctp,client server,head of line blocking,stream control transmission protocol,fault tolerance,web applications,transport layer,denial of service
World Wide Web,Stream Control Transmission Protocol,Computer science,Computer network,Transport layer,Fault tolerance,Head-of-line blocking,Diameter,Web application,Multiplexing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-59593-323-9
17
1.27
References 
Authors
10
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Preethi Natarajan122112.49
Janardhan R. Iyengar260139.81
Paul D. Amer395394.28
Randall Stewart415911.95