"Stream Control Transmission Protocol" complements [TCP] and [UDP].
Useful reading includes "SCTP for Beginners"
[http://tdrwww.exp-math.uni-essen.de/inhalt/forschung/sctp_fb/],
the Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCTP],
[RFC] 2960 
[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2960.txt],
a Networksorcery explanation
[http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/sctp.htm]
and http://www.sctp.de/ .

Here are two important facts about SCTP:
   * it's designed to transport PSTN (conventional telephony) over [IP]; and
   * the third (that is, the posthumous) edition of Stevens' book [[give reference]] covers it.

The big question for Tclers is whether [Tcl] deserves an SCTP-savvy
[extension].  Is [ceptcl] a good location?



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