Socket-API
Socket API for the SCTPLIB User-Space SCTP Implementation

https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/sctplib

💡 What is Socket-API?

Socket-API is an implementation of the SCTP Socket API for the SCTPLIB user-space SCTP implementation. See RFC 6458 for a description of this API.

📚 Details

It contains a number of files and directories that are shortly described hereafter:

• AUTHORS: People who have produced this code.
• COPYING: The license to be applied for using/compiling/distributing this code.
• INSTALL: Basic installation notes.
• README.md: This file.
• socketapi: This directory contains the socketapi sources.
• socket_programs: Example programs written in C.
• cppsocketapi: Some C++ wrapper classes for easier socket access.
• cppsocket_programs: Example programs written in C++ using the C++ classes.

💾 Build from Sources

Socket-API is released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL).

Please use the issue tracker at https://github.com/dreibh/socketapi/issues to report bugs and issues!

Development Version

The Git repository of the Socket-API sources can be found at https://github.com/dreibh/socketapi:

git clone https://github.com/dreibh/socketapi
cd socketapi
sudo ci/get-dependencies --install
./configure
make

Note: The script ci/get-dependencies automatically installs the build dependencies under Debian/Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, and FreeBSD. For manual handling of the build dependencies, see the packaging configuration in debian/control (Debian/Ubuntu Linux), socketapi.spec (Fedora Linux), and Makefile FreeBSD.

Contributions:

• Issue tracker: https://github.com/dreibh/socketapi/issues. Please submit bug reports, issues, questions, etc. in the issue tracker!

• Pull Requests for Socket-API: https://github.com/dreibh/socketapi/pulls. Your contributions to Socket-API are always welcome!

• CI build tests of Socket-API: https://github.com/dreibh/socketapi/actions.

Release Versions

See https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/socketapi/#current-stable-release for the release packages!

🔗 Useful Links

• Wireshark
• [NetPerfMeter – A TCP/MPTCP/UDP/SCTP/DCCP Network Performance Meter Tool](https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/* HiPerConTracer – High-Performance Connectivity Tracer netperfmeter/)
• SubNetCalc – An IPv4/IPv6 Subnet Calculator
• System-Tools – Tools for Basic System Management
• Virtual Machine Image Builder and System Installation Scripts
• Thomas Dreibholz's SCTP Page
• Thomas Dreibholz's Reliable Server Pooling Page
• Michael Tüxen's SCTP Page
• NorNet – A Real-World, Large-Scale Multi-Homing Testbed