{"draft":"draft-ietf-sigtran-sctp-applicability-08","doc_id":"RFC3257","title":" Stream Control Transmission Protocol Applicability Statement ","authors":["L. Coene"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"13","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Signaling Transport","abstract":" This document describes the applicability of the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP).  It also contrasts SCTP with the two dominant transport protocols, User Datagram Protocol (UDP) & Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), and gives some guidelines for when best to use SCTP and when not best to use SCTP.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.  ","pub_date":"March 2002","keywords":["sctp","udp","tcp","rtp","transport security","transport","nat","multihoming"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC3257","errata_url":null}