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Mapping of Airline Reservation, Ticketing, and Messaging Traffic over IP
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Network Working Group A. Robert
Request for Comments: 2351 SITA
Category: Informational May 1998
Mapping of Airline Reservation, Ticketing,
and Messaging Traffic over IP
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Security Disclaimer:
This document fails to adequately address security concerns. The
protocol itself does not include any security mechanisms. The
document notes that traffic can be authenticated based on external
mechanisms that use static identifiers or what are apparently clear-
text passwords, neither of which provide sound security. The
document notes in general terms that traffic can be secured using
IPSEC, but leaves this form of sound security strictly optional.
Abstract
This memo specifies a protocol for the encapsulation of the airline
specific protocol over IP.
Table of Conents
1. INTRODUCTION 2
2. TERMINOLOGY & ACRONYMS 4
3. LAYERING 7
4. TRAFFIC IDENTIFICATION 7
5. TCP PORT ALLOCATION 8
6. MATIP SESSION ESTABLISHMENT 8
7. OVERALL PACKET FORMAT FOR TYPE A & TYPE B 9
8. MATIP FORMAT FOR TYPE A CONVERSATIONAL TRAFFIC 10
8.1 Control Packet Format 10
8.1.1 Session Open format (SO) 10
8.1.2 Open Confirm format (OC) 12
8.1.3 Session Close (SC) 14
8.2 Data Packet Format 14
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