RFC 129 (rfc129) - Page 1 of 6
Request for comments on socket name structure
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group 22 April 1971
Request for Comments: 129 E. E. Harslem-Rand
NIC 5845 J. F. Heafner-Rand
E. Meyer-MIT
A REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON
SOCKET NAME STRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION
This RFC is in answer to a request (made at the
February NWG Meeting at the University of Illinois) that
we comment on several suggested socket name structures.
We apologize for the delay in getting out these comments
and we hope that you will respond more quickly with your
reactions.
Please direct your replies via the standard RFC
mechanism.
Two structures are presented in this RFC as shown
below.
31 1
+-------------------------------+-+
1. | Arbitrary | | <-- gender
+-------------------------------+-+
24 7 1
+------------------------+------+-+
2. | User ID | tag | | <-- gender
+------------------------+------+-+
Three variations are given for the way in which
socket names are assigned, as examples of use of the
first structure.
1. Users pick the arbitrary number arbitrarily
and associate it with a process.
2. A logger chooses the arbitrary number dynamically
and associates it with a process via a directory.
3. The arbitrary number is assigned outside of a
logger but may be issued by a logger to the
remote party.
