RFC 3342 (rfc3342) - Page 3 of 22


The Application Exchange (APEX) Option Party Pack, Part Deux!



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RFC 3342       The Application Exchange (APEX) Party Pack      July 2002


   This option provides for a new attachment to automatically terminate
   any existing attachment for the same endpoint.  For example, this
   might be helpful when a new attachment is required from a different
   device while a previously-used device is still attached e.g.,

        +-------+                  +-------+
        |       | -- attach -----> |       |
        | appl. |                  | relay |
        |   #1  | <--------- ok -- |       |
        +-------+                  +-------+

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    ... some time later appl #2 starts on a different computer ...

                                   +-------+                  +-------+
                                   |       | <----- attach -- |       |
        +-------+                  |       |                  | appl. |
        |       | <-- terminate -- | relay | -- ok ---------> |   #2  |
        | appl. |                  |       |                  +-------+
        |   #1  | -- ok ---------> |       |
        +-------+                  +-------+

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