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An easier way to go: SCTP over UDP in the Linux kernel
Stream Control Transmission Protocol over User Datagram Protocol (SCTP over UDP, also known as UDP encapsulation of SCTP) is a feature defined in RFC6951 and implemented in the Linux kernel space since 5.11.0. It is planned to be supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.5.0 and 9.0. This article is a quick introduction to SCTP over UDP in the Linux kernel. Why we need SCTP over UDP As described in the Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comments (RFC), there are two main reasons th...