\subsection{ASP}
\index{asp}

\topic{NAME}
ASP (A Simple Protocol)

\topic{SPECIFICATION}

\noindent
L. Peterson and B. Davie. {\it Computer Networks: A Systems Approach}.
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, CA (1996).

\topic{SYNOPSIS}

\noindent
ASP is an example protocol that supports an unreleable message
delivery service, where the two end-points of an ASP channel are
identified by a pair of ports.

\topic{REALM}

\noindent 
ASP is in the ASYNC realm.

\topic{PARTICIPANTS}

\noindent 
ASP removes a pointer to a long (the ASP port number) from the
participant stack.  ASP ports must be less than 0x10000.  
If the local participant is missing, or if the local protocol
number is ANY\_PORT, ASP will select an unused local port. 

\topic{CONFIGURATION}

\noindent {\tt name=asp protocols=ip;}

\topic{AUTHORS}

\noindent Larry Peterson and Andrew Bavier