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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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