RE: I-D ACTION:draft-coene-multi6-sctp-00.txt

[<john.loughney@nokia.com>]

Hi Lode,

> >In the SCTP sockets API Internet draft
> >(draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpsocket-07.txt), there is a sendmsg() flag
> >(MSG_ADDR_OVER) for the one-to-many style that allows the application to
> >request that the SCTP stack override the primary destination address. Do
> >implementations honor (mandatory) this request, or can the SCTP stack
> >override it? Thanks.
> 
> My take is:
> The implementation must send the msg on the IP address provided
> instead of the primary destination address. 
> But if the address provided by the application is not reachable at that
> particular moment, then the SCTP implementation will try any of the
> alternative addresses of the association(including the primary destination
> address)

That's how we coded it.

John