Re: iSCSI: Digests and Multiple Connections

["Anshul Chadda" <anshul.chadda@trebia.com>]

The field "Use:IO" implicitly makes a key a connection level characteristic.
This holds for Digests as well as Markers.
But I agree it is not explicitly stated.

Anshul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Prasenjit Sarkar" <psarkar@almaden.ibm.com>
To: "Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>
Cc: <ips@ece.cmu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: iSCSI: Digests and Multiple Connections


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> Julian,
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> My question was about digests only and you ought to put that
> assertion in Appendix D to avoid confusion.
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>    Prasenjit Sarkar
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> Prasenjit,
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> Digests and security are connection level characteristics.
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> Regards,
> Julo
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>    Prasenjit
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> The standard says:
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> When Initiator and Target agree on a digest, this digest MUST be used
> for every PDU in full feature phase.
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> Also, it appears that digests are a session-level parameter.
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> Scenario:
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> The first connection of a multiple-connection session agrees on digests
> and proceeds to full-feature phase with digests.
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> What about the subsequent connections that try to login? Do these
> connections
> suspend digests during non-full feature phase and turn it on during
> full feature.
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> The standard is silent on this issue.
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>   Prasenjit Sarkar
>   Research Staff Member
>   IBM Almaden Research
>   San Jose
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