Hello, folks!

I am new to this mailing list.
Sorry to bother if this question is not relevant to this group.

I have a transport protocol in TDI and I also provide Winsock
Transport Service for this protocol with winsock helper DLL.
I am using AF_UNSPEC for Address Family for this protocol
at this time as there is no suitable address family
in the current definition in winsock2.h. And I see that
Address families are added by Microsoft when a new family
is introduced. Do I have to register to Microsoft to register
our Address family to avoid using AF_UNSPEC? If so, to
whom (or email address) in Microsoft should I contact?

Thank you in advance.

Hobin Lee

Re: Winsock Transport Service Provider by Doron

Doron
Mon Aug 07 22:55:09 CDT 2006

aren't AF numbers managed by IANA?

http://www.iana.org/assignments/address-family-numbers
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"hootch" <hootch0@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, folks!
>
> I am new to this mailing list.
> Sorry to bother if this question is not relevant to this group.
>
> I have a transport protocol in TDI and I also provide Winsock
> Transport Service for this protocol with winsock helper DLL.
> I am using AF_UNSPEC for Address Family for this protocol
> at this time as there is no suitable address family
> in the current definition in winsock2.h. And I see that
> Address families are added by Microsoft when a new family
> is introduced. Do I have to register to Microsoft to register
> our Address family to avoid using AF_UNSPEC? If so, to
> whom (or email address) in Microsoft should I contact?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Hobin Lee
>



Re: Winsock Transport Service Provider by hootch

hootch
Tue Aug 08 11:58:43 CDT 2006

Thank you for replying.
But, the AF numbers at IANA are different from winsock2.h.
It seems like winsock2.h has its own way to assign AF numbers.
If I get an AF number from IANA, will Microsoft add the AF number to
winsock2.h later?
Should I just use an AF number that is not assigned in winsock2.h?

Thank you.

Hobin Lee


Doron Holan [MS] wrote:
> aren't AF numbers managed by IANA?
>
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/address-family-numbers
> d
>
>
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> "hootch" <hootch0@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154997006.177845.123500@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello, folks!
> >
> > I am new to this mailing list.
> > Sorry to bother if this question is not relevant to this group.
> >
> > I have a transport protocol in TDI and I also provide Winsock
> > Transport Service for this protocol with winsock helper DLL.
> > I am using AF_UNSPEC for Address Family for this protocol
> > at this time as there is no suitable address family
> > in the current definition in winsock2.h. And I see that
> > Address families are added by Microsoft when a new family
> > is introduced. Do I have to register to Microsoft to register
> > our Address family to avoid using AF_UNSPEC? If so, to
> > whom (or email address) in Microsoft should I contact?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Hobin Lee
> >


Re: Winsock Transport Service Provider by Doron

Doron
Tue Aug 08 22:21:36 CDT 2006

if you use an unused number, you run the risk of conflicting with someone
else claiming the same number

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"hootch" <hootch0@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you for replying.
> But, the AF numbers at IANA are different from winsock2.h.
> It seems like winsock2.h has its own way to assign AF numbers.
> If I get an AF number from IANA, will Microsoft add the AF number to
> winsock2.h later?
> Should I just use an AF number that is not assigned in winsock2.h?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Hobin Lee
>
>
> Doron Holan [MS] wrote:
>> aren't AF numbers managed by IANA?
>>
>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/address-family-numbers
>> d
>>
>>
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>> newsgroup purposes only.
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>>
>> "hootch" <hootch0@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1154997006.177845.123500@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hello, folks!
>> >
>> > I am new to this mailing list.
>> > Sorry to bother if this question is not relevant to this group.
>> >
>> > I have a transport protocol in TDI and I also provide Winsock
>> > Transport Service for this protocol with winsock helper DLL.
>> > I am using AF_UNSPEC for Address Family for this protocol
>> > at this time as there is no suitable address family
>> > in the current definition in winsock2.h. And I see that
>> > Address families are added by Microsoft when a new family
>> > is introduced. Do I have to register to Microsoft to register
>> > our Address family to avoid using AF_UNSPEC? If so, to
>> > whom (or email address) in Microsoft should I contact?
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance.
>> >
>> > Hobin Lee
>> >
>



Re: Winsock Transport Service Provider by hootch

hootch
Thu Aug 10 16:21:07 CDT 2006

Thank you for reply.

Should I contact Microsoft to get an AF number?
I guess Microsoft does not allow third-party protocol without business
partnership.
Do I need kind of Microsoft ISV membership?
If so, what kind of program do think I should subscribe?

Thanks.

Hobin Lee