Limitation and Constraints of SCTP Protocol
- IP address
- In this protocol a maximum of eight IP address and eight destination IP address are used in communication.
- In this only static IP NAT is supported.
- SCTP Payload Protocol Blocking
- If there is any change in the protocol blocking configuration it immediately impacts the traffic of existing associations.
- The protocol which is supported is in decimal value ranging from 0 to 63, which includes 48 IANA protocol and 16 unassigned protocols.
- All the static NAT the interfaces packets (client or server side) should belong from the same zone.
- The sessions of SCTP are not deleted with associations they have a time out of 30 min (default).
- Only the Static NAT is supported for SCTP protocol.
Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a network protocol that is connection-oriented and used for transmitting multiple streams of data simultaneously between any two endpoints that have established a connection in a computer network. SCTP is a transport layer of Internet Protocol (IP).
SCTP support telephone connection over the internet.