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Is there a concept of fail back in SCTP Multi Homing ?

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Is there any concept of Fail back in SCTP Multi Homing ??

posted Dec 19, 2013 by Nithin Kp

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RFC2960 specifically calls for the SCTP stack NOT to change the primary address. The reason behind this is that the application may have a preference for the primary path (e.g., cost, quality) and SCTP should follow application preference.

So in Summary SCTP stack supports the fail-back mechanism from the start though the behavior control ie control/disable of fail-back mechanism can very from vendor to vendor.

answer Dec 19, 2013 by Salil Agrawal
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