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At 02:14 PM 3/31/2004 -0500, Timothy Ray wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Hello
all,</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2>I suggest that we:</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2> 1) Add an "EOF-Received"
Indication to CFDP</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2> 2) Add an MIB parameter to
enable/disable it</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2>
("EOF-Received.indication required?" "yes or
no")</font><font face="arial"></font></blockquote><br>
The relevance of this tweak to the Unacknowledged CFDP Extensions may not
be obvious, but I think it is real. By turning off Notice of
Completion issuance on receipt of EOF in Unacknowledged mode when the
file is not completely received, UCE disables delivery of the Finished
indication under these conditions. It is possible that some CFDP
implementations might count on that indication to signal EOF arrival in
Unacknowledged mode (regardless of file delivery completeness), for
purposes similar to those Tim describes; UCE would break those
implementations. By adding an optional EOF-Received indication we
could provide a replacement source for this information without working
too hard.<br><br>
I definitely DO NOT want to open the door to casual reconsideration of
CFDP specification elements in general. But I think the UCE
revisions do arguably motivate Tim's proposed mod, and I think the impact
of the change would be modest. Let's discuss on this list and at
the UCE working group meeting in Montreal.<br><br>
Scott</body>
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