RE: iSCSI: Negotiation clarifications still needed

["Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>]

Login is coming - I just wanted to get the list off this topic and look at Security! - Julo

Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@wasabisystems.com> Sent by: owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu 05/30/2002 01:59 AM Please respond to Bill Studenmund

To:        Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL         cc:        <ips@ece.cmu.edu>, Martins Krikis <mkrikis@yahoo.com>, <owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu>, <pat_thaler@agilent.com>         Subject:        RE: iSCSI: Negotiation clarifications still needed

On Thu, 30 May 2002, Julian Satran wrote:

> it is already there - thank you. Julo

Thank you. I had not seen 12-95 was available.

The use of the 'C' bit in Text Request and Response cleanly implememnts
what Martins was suggesting.

However I did not see where we state that login negotiations use a
comparable mechanism. Actually, it looks like the text indicating login
negotiations can span PDUs was removed. Was that the desired effect?

> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Julian Satran wrote:
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> > Martins & Pat,
> >
> > In going over the list of the arguments for the ongoing negotiation
> (that
> > we have now) versus. "stop-until-you-have-full-buffer" I think that I am
> > more inclined now to accept that Martins's point about absolute
> simplicity
> > is valid and we should accept it (i.e., stop untill you have a full
> > buffer.
> > AFAIK it  will not break any existing implementation as all/most of them
> > are rudimentary and they are not in silicon (I hope).
>
> If there is intereste, I'm willing to help write suggested algorithms to
> implement this, a la appendix E.
>
> Take care,
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> Bill
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