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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2007</year>
- <year>2016</year>
+ <year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@
<p>The integers in all multibyte fields are in big-endian order.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>
+ The Erlang Distribution protocol is not by itself secure and does not
+ aim to be so. In order to get secure distribution the distributed nodes
+ should be configured to use distribution over tls.
+ See the <seealso marker="ssl:ssl_distribution">
+ Using SSL for Erlang Distribution</seealso> User's Guide
+ for details on how to setup a secure distributed node.
+ </p>
+ </warning>
+
<section>
<title>EPMD Protocol</title>
<p>The requests served by the EPMD are summarized in the following
@@ -818,7 +829,30 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
<item>
<p>The node understand UTF-8 encoded atoms.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>-define(DFLAG_MAP_TAG, 16#20000).</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The node understand the map tag.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>-define(DFLAG_BIG_CREATION, 16#40000).</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The node understand big node creation.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>-define(DFLAG_SEND_SENDER, 16#80000).</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Use the <c>SEND_SENDER</c>
+ <seealso marker="#control_message">control message</seealso>
+ instead of the <c>SEND</c> control message and use the
+ <c>SEND_SENDER_TT</c> control message instead
+ of the <c>SEND_TT</c> control message.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
+ <p>
+ There is also function <c>dist_util:strict_order_flags/0</c>
+ returning all flags (bitwise or:ed together) corresponding to features
+ that require strict ordering of data over distribution channels.
+ </p>
</section>
</section>
@@ -911,6 +945,7 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
</item>
</taglist>
+ <marker id="control_message"/>
<p>The <c>ControlMessage</c> is a tuple, where the first element indicates
which distributed operation it encodes:</p>
@@ -1017,4 +1052,49 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>New Ctrlmessages for Erlang/OTP 21</title>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>SEND_SENDER</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{22, FromPid, ToPid}</c></p>
+ <p>Followed by <c>Message</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This control messages replace the <c>SEND</c> control
+ message and will be sent when the distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_SEND_SENDER</c></seealso>
+ has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
+ </p>
+ <note><p>
+ Messages encoded before the connection has
+ been set up may still use the <c>SEND</c> control
+ message. However, once a <c>SEND_SENDER</c> or <c>SEND_SENDER_TT</c>
+ control message has been sent, no more <c>SEND</c>
+ control messages will be sent in the same direction
+ on the connection.
+ </p></note>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>SEND_SENDER_TT</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{23, FromPid, ToPid, TraceToken}</c></p>
+ <p>Followed by <c>Message</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ This control messages replace the <c>SEND_TT</c> control
+ message and will be sent when the distribution flag
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_SEND_SENDER</c></seealso>
+ has been negotiated in the connection setup handshake.
+ </p>
+ <note><p>
+ Messages encoded before the connection has
+ been set up may still use the <c>SEND_TT</c> control
+ message. However, once a <c>SEND_SENDER</c> or <c>SEND_SENDER_TT</c>
+ control message has been sent, no more <c>SEND_TT</c>
+ control messages will be sent in the same direction
+ on the connection.
+ </p></note>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+
</chapter>