Subject: Re: Deregistration

From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:38:17 -0500

Javier,

Javier Pastor-Balbas (ECE) wrote:                          (Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:19:22)
> Hi Brian, 
> 
> I see it as a SHOULD since it can happen that the particular ASP can have
> just failed. Imagine that the last action after crash is detected is to send
> a ASPIA and a DEREG. In that case it can not wait for the ASPIA_ACK and it
> is not sure that the ASP_INACTIVE state has been achieved.

Why is this "crashing" ASP sending ASPIA if it can't wait for an Ack?
Was this "crashing" ASP going to send ASPIA and DEREG for every RC?

This is not a reason at all: if your "crashing" ASP can get any messages
off at all, it should send just one:  ASP Down.

I still see no reason not to change "SHOULD" to "MUST".

--brian

> 
> Cheers // Javier.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian F. G. Bidulock [mailto:[email-masked]]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:48 PM
> > To: sigtran
> > Subject: Deregistration
> > 
> > 
> > Section 4.4.2 states:
> > 
> >   deregister.  An ASP SHOULD move to the ASP-INACTIVE state for an 
> >   Application Server before attempting to deregister the Routing Key 
> >   (i.e., deregister after receiving an ASP Inactive Ack).  
> > Also, an ASP 
> > 
> > 
> > Change "SHOULD" to "MUST".
> > 
> > --brian
> > 
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