randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu (Randall Atkinson) (08/06/89)
In article <8908051908.AA12163@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, dcrocker@AHWAHNEE.STANFORD.EDU (Dave Crocker) writes: >There is no standard for mapping TLI calls into TCP operations. Each >supplier of SVR3(Streams) TCP is likely to have somewhat different >interface functionality or calling sequences. I understand that AT&T UNIX System V Release 4 will provide tcp/ip support. I have heard that a Berkeley-style sockets interface implemented via STREAMS will be provided and I'm sure that a TLI/STREAMS interface will also be provided. I think that the System V.4 mapping of TLI calls to TCP will become a "de facto" standard. Certainly, I hope so (in large part because I believe that sockets 'know too much' and want to see the cleaner TLI/STREAMS approach be more widely used). What I've heard about V.4 is from what I consider reliable sources, but if I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me.