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Re: COPS : Clarifications

In normal operation, only a single TCP connection is needed, because
multiple COPS Client OPEN can be multiplexed over the same TCP
connection.  But this does not limit the use of multiple TCP connections
if it is necessary.
-- Kwok Ho Chan --

At 09:58 AM 7/24/02 +0200, Dan Davidson wrote:

Hi,

        In section 2.3 "Communication" of the COPS protocol (RFC 2748) the
following
sentences can be encountered:

"The COPS protocol uses a single persistent TCP connection between the PEP
and a remote PDP"

a little later in the same section":

"If a single PEP can support multiple client-types, it may send multiple
Client-Open messages, each specifying a particular client-type to a PDP over
one or more TCP
connections".

The question is: How many TCP connections are there ? A single one or
multiples ?

Thanks for the help,
Best Regards,
Dan