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Revision: 426
Author:   

Date:     Fri Jul 29 06:33:23 2011
Log:      Added information about negotiating NDT version.
http://code.google.com/p/ndt/source/detail?r=426

Modified:
 /wiki/NDTProtocol.wiki

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--- /wiki/NDTProtocol.wiki      Thu Jul 28 10:10:07 2011
+++ /wiki/NDTProtocol.wiki      Fri Jul 29 06:33:23 2011
@@ -164,6 +164,26 @@
 || 9990 || This is a check from server to verify if the client is alive.  
Available from v3.5.5. The client SHOULD respond to this message by  
sending 'MSG_WAITING' empty message. ||
 || N || Where N is any other value. It means the estimated number of  
minutes that client will wait for its test to begin. ||

+When server decides that client can start its test session, it sends  
SRV_QUEUE message with value *0*. After this server and clients SHOULD  
verify their version compatibility.
+
+Server MUST send a MSG_LOGIN message containing its version identifier in  
the following form:
+
+{{{
+      0                   1                   2                   3
+      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+     |      2        |          LENGTH               |     'v'       |
+     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+     |                                                               |
+     |                       VERSION number                          |
+     |                                                               |
+     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+}}}
+
+where VERSION is the current NDT version, for example *3.6.4*.
+
+It is RECOMMENDED, that client will display a warning message in case of  
the difference. Moreover, client MAY also drop a connection when  
incompatibility is too big.
+
 == NDTP-Tests ==
 === Middlebox test ===
 === Simple firewall test ===