Re: [RFC PATCH] netfilter: conntrack: simplify sctp state machine

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On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 12:31:43PM +0100, Sriram Yagnaraman wrote:
> All the paths in an SCTP connection are kept alive either by actual
> DATA/SACK running through the connection or by HEARTBEAT. This patch
> proposes a simple state machine with only two states OPEN_WAIT and
> ESTABLISHED (similar to UDP). The reason for this change is a full
> stateful approach to SCTP is difficult when the association is
> multihomed since the endpoints could use different paths in the network
> during the lifetime of an association.

Do you mean the router/firewall might not see all packets for
association is multihomed?

Could you please provide an example?



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